Executive Director of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) Imega Breese McNab is to demit office come Friday, July 21. She said the decision to resign was not an easy one despite…
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Approves $540K for Affordable Housing in South Florida
Habitat for Humanity of Broward has been approved to receive $540,000 in State funding by Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis on 1 July when the State budget went into effect. This is the first…
COUNTERFEIT CRACKDOWN
ROUGHLY $200 million worth of counterfeit goods was on Wednesday seized from a store in the West Parade section of downtown Kingston when cops swooped in on the establishment following a formal complaint…
Phased reopening of Cornwall Regional possible by mid-2024 — Tufton
DOGGED by criticism over the Government’s handling, or mishandling, of the makeover of Cornwall Regional Hospital, Ministry of Health Dr Christopher Tufton is optimistic that the St James-based facility will begin phased operation…
Facebook parent launches free AI system Llama
Facebook parent company Meta Platforms has built an artificial intelligence system that rivals the likes of ChatGPT and Google’s Bard but it’s taking a different approach: releasing it for free. Meta CEO Mark…
C&W Communications officially launches ‘JUMP’
Private-public initiative aims to help bridge the digital divide across Caribbean A plan to deliver all-important internet connections to low-income Caribbean households has been unveiled as part of a private-public partnership between leading…
What’s It Like Being a Jamaican Living in the U.S. Virgin Islands?
Have you ever wondered what’s it like being a Jamaican living in the U.S. Virgin Islands? In our “Jamaicans to the World” series, Jamaicans.com founder Xavier Murphy speaks with Ramone Reid-Ventura. She is…
Is There a Changing of the Guard in Jamaica Track & Field?
The four-day Jamaica National Trials Senior and Junior Athletic Trials held at the island’s National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica, ended last Sunday evening. With the 19th staging of the World Championships set for Budapest,…
There’s no row, says Johnson Smith
THE Government has denied reports of a brewing diplomatic row with the United States, but Jamaica Observer sources are adamant that all is not well in the relationship between Kingston and Washington. In…
Gov’t adds $14.8 billion to 2023/24 budget
THE Government is transferring an additional $14.8 billion from its current budgeted contingency allocation to a number of its ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to compensate their employees. This Central Government spend for…