1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (680+ words) The people behind the forests jamaicaobserver.com The people behind the forests Kimberly Ivey-Blackwood’s journey into urban forestry KIMBERLY Ivey-Blackwood’s interest in forestry began with a simple curiosity about the world around her. As a grade nine student, geography field…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (535+ words) GEORGE’S PLAIN, Westmoreland — After more than two decades in the making, Jamaica’s first solid waste temporary holding area was officially commissioned here last Friday. Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie is hopeful that, despite public scepticism, complaints…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (624+ words) Health concerns were not something he expected to bring his busy life to a halt. But in 2018, an unexpected doctor’s visit would force Reid to confront a reality he had spent years unknowingly putting off. Today, he looks back on…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (760+ words) I guess because we have all benefited so much from programmes he started, particularly the National Housing Trust, that it seems a bit ungrateful to remember things that soil his larger image. Secondly, it was such a divided era, particularly…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (293+ words) Promoted teams Tru-Juice FC and Humble Lion FC will hope to avoid a baptism of fire when they kick off the Jamaica Premier League season against Mount Pleasant and Tivoli Gardens, respectively, today. Four games are scheduled for today, with…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (859+ words) This is the first of a two-part article. THE Jamaican church has rarely been short of land, buildings or influence. Its properties sit in almost every town, village and inner-city community: sanctuaries, rectories, schoolrooms, assembly halls, burial grounds, car parks,…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (696+ words) The Mark Golding-led People’s National Party (PNP) is evidently in the doldrums. I previously set out irrefutable evidence to support this determination. “When an opponent is falling, don’t stand in the way” is a variation of the famous strategic advice…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (621+ words) Last Friday the world marked the 25th anniversary of abominable attacks that claimed the lives of thousands of innocent civilians in the United States — carried out by men who somehow convinced themselves that mass murder could be justified. Nearly 3,000 people were…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (617+ words) For the 2025/2026 academic year, there were 31,321 grade 11 students sitting in Jamaica’s classrooms. There is therefore an important distinction to be made between an exam pass rate and a cohort attainment rate. The former tells us how those who sat an…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (621+ words) MAYOR of Kingston Andrew Swaby has scoffed at the criticism of his leadership by Councillor Rohan Hall (Jamaica Labour Party, Red Hills Division). What began as a smooth resumption of monthly meetings for the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation…...