7+ hour, 48+ min ago   (536+ words) Jamaica Observer Elderly customer left without answers after card mix-up I write on behalf of my 86-year-old father who has an account at the Spanish Town branch of the National Commercial Bank (NCB). He is a debit card holder and…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (522+ words) Fortinet, the global cybersecurity company driving the convergence of networking and security, on Tuesday released findings from its latest FortiGuard Labs Global Threat Landscape Report, which revealed that Jamaica recorded 46.7 million attempted cyberattacks during 2025. In addition 5.4 million cyberattack attempts were…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago   (542+ words) Ghana’s education ministry recently directed the immediate suspension of all senior high school graduation ceremonies, citing growing concerns over what it described as excessive displays of wealth and flamboyance during such events. A report carried by Ghanaian media house CNR…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago   (266+ words) Property insurance is the one business that runs the other way around. It asks you, the customer, to supply the single most technical figure in the whole contract — the full rebuild cost of your home — prices the policy on your…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (686+ words) MONTEGO BAY, St James — For outgoing principal of St James High School Joseph Williams, the fact that there were no murders of any of his charges during his more than two decades at the helm of the once-violence-plagued school is…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (598+ words) ADMINISTRATORS of Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) have described the arrest of one of its staff members for misuse of students’ funds, as proof that its internal checks and balances work. In a release on Thursday, shortly after the Financial Investigations…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (650+ words) EDUCATORS, parents, and community organisations are being urged to take a more proactive approach to helping young people navigate increasingly complex social pressures amid growing concern about exposure to adult influences and risky behaviour at earlier ages. The issue was…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago   (381+ words) WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The Pentagon on Friday released a first batch of previously secret files documenting reported sightings of unidentified flying objects — some as far back as the 1940s — a move sought for decades by some Americans. “These files, hidden…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (772+ words) SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — The indiscipline on show at several schools across the island in recent weeks reared its ugly head at St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) on Wednesday leading to a suspension of classes on Thursday and uncertainty…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (472+ words) KINGSTON, Jamaica— In an attempt to strengthen Jamaica’s response to increasingly sophisticated financial crime, the Financial Investigations Division (FID) has taken a significant step in securing access to Asset Reality, a global platform that supports law enforcement and government agencies…...