Miss Jamaica Toni-Ann Singh crowned Miss World
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Toni-Ann Singh, Miss Jamaica World is Miss World 2019.Singh won from a field of 114 contestants at the 69th edition of the pageant in London today.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Toni-Ann Singh, Miss Jamaica World is Miss World 2019.Singh won from a field of 114 contestants at the 69th edition of the pageant in London today.
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Promoters of Daybreak Breakfast Party are promising a bigger and better staging at next Saturday's execution, at Sabina Park in Kingston. Read More
Bounty rode high at Footloose
The turnout at last Saturday night's staging of Footloose was more than the promoters, Broadway Productions, could ask for. The Mas Camp, at Stadium North, was filled to capacity, as patrons filed in to hear their favourite retro music and to also witness a performance by the self-styled...... Read More
Malica puts spin on classic
IT has been three months since singer Malica's song Oh Me Oh My was released, and with Christmas in the air, she sees enough potential for it to be a smash in 2020.... Read More
Du'Rite calls for end to violence
Reggae artiste Du'Rite believes that the factors driving gun violence in Jamaica has morphed from political to sociocultural, a move which signals a dangerous threat to the security of the nation.... Read More
Recording artiste Serani is calling for established Jamaican artistes to provide support and mentorship for their up-and-coming counterparts.“One of the nicest times in dancehall music was when Bounty Killer was running the place with The Alliance; that was... Read More
Trinidadian singer Queen Omega, who is currently in Jamaica recording songs for her seventh album, is scheduled to perform at the Dub Club in St Andrew tomorrow. Read More
Iba Mahr and his Harar Music Group are again committing to giving back to the Linstead Hospital in St Catherine for the fifthconsecutive year. The singer made the announcement at the launch of the Tru Juice Sound The Alarm Music Festival at the hospital on... Read More
Stevie Face believes that reggae music is still one of the most popular genres worldwide and will remain so for a very long time. Read More
Plays often teach life lessons that even a watchful audience never knew they needed. Mikhail Solomon's thrilling drama, From Pit To Pulpit, is one of those. Read More
Black Queen, a close friend of incarcerated deejay Ninjaman, says he has been released from hospital and a date for his surgery has been postponed. Read More
BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com | Friday, December, 13 2019
Five years ago, OMI dropped his début single Cheerleader. Little did he know the song would catapult him to worldwide fame and gold record status, a feat enjoyed by not many Jamaicans on their first track. Read More
BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com | Friday, December, 13 2019
As the debate rages regarding the formalisation of the Jamaican native tongue as an official language, the proponents of this moot were quietly celebrating last Saturday night with the performance of Dr Andrew Marshall's patois cantata, Jiizas A-Go Baan, staged at the Courtleigh... Read More
The second Jamaica Frenzy event is scheduled for March 31-April 5 in Negril. A house music blitz featuring the genre's top spinners, it was first held in that resort town in March. Read More
Carnival group Xodus is ready to give revellers a taste of its 2020 carnival festivities with Remedy, dubbed the ultimate soca fete. This takes place tomorrow at Janga's Sound Bar, Belmont Road, Kingston. Read More
Terrel Pencle, a dietician and promoter of the popular Tea Cup Breakfast and Brunch series in Clarendon, believes in giving back to the community. So, two years ago he started the Tea Cup CXC and CSEC Support Fund. Read More