I welcome the Jamaica Observer’s editorial of July 2, 2026 which continued the national conversation on rural and community ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jamaica, as a tourist destination, is an island that many travelers often only see a glimpse of, whether they’re enjoying the ...

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has equipped more than 20 kindergartens in rural Jamaica with necessary goods such as papers and printers. The supplies, likely to benefit more than 1,200 school children ...

IN every election campaign, there’s usually one defining issue. In 2011, Andrew Holness’s bitter medicine comment, though true, sealed the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) fate. In 2016, the $1.5-million ...

A Queens model whose ambition took her to Jamaica in search of work to save money for film school has been found dead, her throat slashed, on the side of a rural road on the island. The body of ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 12, 2010 - St. Mary, a rural parish known for its agriculture, is also one of the least developed parishes in Jamaica. Access to modern educational facilities remains a ...

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Government plans to introduce a dedicated school bus system for rural Jamaica starting in September this year. The announcement was made yesterday by Prime Minister Dr Andrew ...

The Commonwealth Short Story Prize has helped launch the careers of many writers, but Jamaican Roland Watson-Grant, who has won the 2021 prize for the Caribbean region, admits that it is “pretty ...

Jamaica, as a tourist destination, is an island that many travelers often only see a glimpse of, whether they’re enjoying the all-inclusives of Montego Bay or chasing waterfalls near Ocho Rios. Some, ...