Mekyah McQueen, D-Smyrna, can remember being an advocate was in the third grade. A girl in her class — a redhead who McQueen described as a “hard pill to swallow” — was being picked on.

With the island experiencing reduced rainfall and some sections a dry spell over the last two months, there is a call for the National Water Commission to truck water to affected communities and ...

The NWC’s response follows last week’s Jamaica Observer report of residents expressing anger and frustration about having to pay for contaminated water supply. Natshon Edwards, a resident who ...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has welcomed the decision by the United States to grant posthumous clemency to Jamaica’s first National Hero, Marcus Mosiah Garvey. Holness thanked outgoing U.S ...