13+ hour, 17+ min ago   (280+ words) On October 28, VaChikepe The Poet will release A Dollar, a seven-song album that hears him expressing his thoughts in English for the first time. The Zimbabwean artiste’s previous work was done in his native Shona language. Recording songs in English,…...

23+ hour, 14+ min 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, 1+ 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…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (410+ words) Building on the success of its previous editions, this year’s tournament is expected to attract more than 300 athletes from clubs across Jamaica — almost double last year’s participation of 160 competitors while welcoming an anticipated 1,000 plus spectators over the tournament weekends. The…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (144+ words) ST MARY, Jamaica—A 48-hour curfew has been imposed in sections of Islington following a triple murder in Robin’s Bay on Wednesday. The affected areas cover parts of Baccasswood, Strawberry Field, Rosend and sections of the White Hall main road....

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (397+ words) WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—Elon Musk’s lawyers put the makers of a new four-hour documentary about the multibillionaire on formal legal notice days before its premiere, warning that the film defames him. The September 3 letter from attorney Alex Spiro, addressed…...

4+ day, 3+ 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…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (452+ words) TRANSPORT Minister Daryl Vaz has indicated that a new contract arrangement for the maintenance of vehicles used in the National Rural School Bus Programme should be finalised by next month, but even with that not in place, he is confident…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (517+ words) Jamaica Observer Prisons must no longer be a liability to justice THE Attorney General’s Chambers has done the country a service by drawing attention to a problem that can no longer be treated as an unfortunate by-product of Jamaica’s correctional…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (659+ words) OSLO, Norway (AFP)—Norway observed a nationwide minute of silence on Wednesday at the funeral of King Harald V, a modern and unifying figure whose end of reign was tarnished by scandals. His son and heir King Haakon VIII, Ukraine…...