Subscribe Login
Jamaica Observer
ePaper
The Edge 105 FM Radio Fyah 105 FM
Jamaica Observer
ePaper
The Edge 105 FM Radio Fyah 105 FM
    • Home
    • News
      • Latest News
      • Cartoon
      • International News
      • Central
      • North & East
      • Western
      • Environment
      • Health
      • #
    • Business
      • Social Love
    • Sports
      • Football
      • Basketball
      • Cricket
      • Horse Racing
      • World Champs
      • Commonwealth Games
      • FIFA World Cup 2022
      • Olympics
      • #
    • Entertainment
      • Music
      • Movies
      • Art & Culture
      • Bookends
      • #
    • Lifestyle
      • Page2
      • Food
      • Tuesday Style
      • Food Awards
      • JOL Takes Style Out
      • Design Week JA
      • Black Friday
      • #
    • All Woman
      • Home
      • Relationships
      • Features
      • Fashion
      • Fitness
      • Rights
      • Parenting
      • Advice
      • #
    • Obituaries
    • Classifieds
      • Employment
      • Property
      • Motor Vehicles
      • Place an Ad
      • Obituaries
    • More
      • Games
      • Elections
      • Jobs & Careers
      • Study Centre
      • Jnr Study Centre
      • Letters
      • Columns
      • Advertorial
      • Editorial
      • Supplements
      • Webinars
    • Home
    • News
      • Latest News
      • Cartoon
      • International News
      • Central
      • North & East
      • Western
      • Environment
      • Health
      • #
    • Business
      • Social Love
    • Sports
      • Football
      • Basketball
      • Cricket
      • Horse Racing
      • World Champs
      • Commonwealth Games
      • FIFA World Cup 2022
      • Olympics
      • #
    • Entertainment
      • Music
      • Movies
      • Art & Culture
      • Bookends
      • #
    • Lifestyle
      • Page2
      • Food
      • Tuesday Style
      • Food Awards
      • JOL Takes Style Out
      • Design Week JA
      • Black Friday
      • #
    • All Woman
      • Home
      • Relationships
      • Features
      • Fashion
      • Fitness
      • Rights
      • Parenting
      • Advice
      • #
    • Obituaries
    • Classifieds
      • Employment
      • Property
      • Motor Vehicles
      • Place an Ad
      • Obituaries
    • More
      • Games
      • Elections
      • Jobs & Careers
      • Study Centre
      • Jnr Study Centre
      • Letters
      • Columns
      • Advertorial
      • Editorial
      • Supplements
      • Webinars
  • Home
  • News
    • International News
  • Latest
  • Business
  • Cartoon
  • Games
  • Food Awards
  • Health
  • Entertainment
    • Bookends
  • Regional
  • Sports
    • Sports
    • World Cup
    • World Champs
    • Olympics
  • All Woman
  • Career & Education
  • Environment
  • Webinars
  • More
    • Football
    • Elections
    • Letters
    • Advertorial
    • Columns
    • Editorial
    • Supplements
  • Epaper
  • Classifieds
  • Design Week
Capital turmoil
News
Capital turmoil
Post-Melissa frustration in Black River comes to a head
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
January 11 12:20 AM
Capital turmoil
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
When preachers play God
News
When preachers play God
Kelsey Thomas | Online Coordinator 
January 11 12:18 AM
When preachers play God
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Ja-US opera singer to host masterclass
Entertainment, ...
Ja-US opera singer to host masterclass
Raehann Bryce-Davis comes home; mounts workshop and concert month end
January 11 12:16 AM
Ja-US opera singer to host masterclass
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Fruits of farm work
News
Fruits of farm work
Jamaican seasonal workers turn gains from Canada, US jobs into lasting success
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 11 12:14 AM
Fruits of farm work
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
‘HELP US!’
Athletics, ...
‘HELP US!’
Coaches of Melissa-ravaged schools plead for assistance as western track meets suffer
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 11 12:12 AM
Western schools scramble amidst track and field meet cancellations
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Landscapers love opportunity to beautify Jamaica
News
Landscapers love opportunity to beautify Jamaica
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 11 12:11 AM
Landscapers love opportunity to beautify Jamaica
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
exP.Perience Til Sunset
Lifestyle
exP.Perience Til Sunset
January 11 12:10 AM
exP.Perience Til Sunset
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
‘To God be the glory’
News
‘To God be the glory’
JFB staff member with newborn gets help to rebuild home
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 11 12:09 AM
‘To God be the glory’
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
❮ ❯

Latest News

BOJ lowers policy rate
Latest News, News
BOJ lowers policy rate
May 16, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has announced its decision to lower the policy interest rate (the rate offered on overnight deposits wit...
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Exercise does not delay decline in people with dementia — study
Latest News, News
Exercise does not delay decline in people with dementia — study
May 16, 2018
PARIS, France (AFP) — While physical exercise may stave off dementia, it does not delay mental decline in people after they've been diagnosed, a study...
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Temporary traffic changes for Santa Cruz Bypass in St Elizabeth
Latest News, News
Temporary traffic changes for Santa Cruz Bypass in St Elizabeth
May 16, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Effective tomorrow, the National Works Agency (NWA) will convert a section of the Santa Cruz Bypass in St Elizabeth in the vicinit...
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Trump defends ‘animals’ remark, says he’ll always use it
Latest News, News
Trump defends ‘animals’ remark, says he’ll always use it
May 16, 2018
WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday defended his use of the word "animals" to describe some immigrants who enter the c...
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
King of pop Michael Jackson to get street name in Detroit
Latest News, News
King of pop Michael Jackson to get street name in Detroit
May 16, 2018
CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — The king of pop will be honoured in Motown with a street named Michael Jackson Avenue, officials announced on Thursday ...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Paints to be added to products protected under revised CARICOM treaty
Latest News, News
Paints to be added to products protected under revised CARICOM treaty
May 16, 2018
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states, Guyana and Suriname have agreed to join the region's Less Developed Countries ...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Trump to nominate Arizona businessman as US ambassador to Jamaica
Latest News, News
Trump to nominate Arizona businessman as US ambassador to Jamaica
May 16, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — US President Donald Trump today announced his intention to nominate Donald Ray Tapia of Arizona as Ambassador Extraordinary and Pl...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Gov’t should foot legal fees if INDECOM goes to Privy Council — Police Federation
Latest News, News
Gov’t should foot legal fees if INDECOM goes to Privy Council — Police Federation
May 16, 2018
ST ANN, Jamaica — Sergeant Cecil McCalla, outgoing chairman of the Jamaica Police Federation, has warned Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
15 men listed as persons of interest in Clarendon
Latest News, News
15 men listed as persons of interest in Clarendon
May 16, 2018
CLARENDON, Jamaica — The Clarendon police have listed 15 men as persons of interest in the parish and are asking them to immediately visit the May Pen...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Gov’t spending $28m to erect more drop-in centres for homeless persons
Latest News, News
Gov’t spending $28m to erect more drop-in centres for homeless persons
May 16, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie says the ministry is erecting additional drop-in centres f...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Two killed in St Mary crash
Latest News, News
Two killed in St Mary crash
May 16, 2018
ST MARY, Jamaica — The police have reported that two persons were killed in a vehicular collision on Iteboreale main road in St Mary last evening. The...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Usain Bolt’s Tracks and Records lights up Mobay Hip Strip
Entertainment, Latest News, News
Usain Bolt’s Tracks and Records lights up Mobay Hip Strip
May 16, 2018
ST JAMES, Jamaica — World-renowned franchise, Usain Bolt’s Tracks and Records (UBT&R) has officially opened the doors of its third restaurant in St Ja...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Gov’t updating laws to improve correctional services
Latest News, News
Gov’t updating laws to improve correctional services
May 16, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government is pursuing legislative changes aimed at bolstering the efficiency and effectiveness of the Department of Correctio...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Debt-to-GDP ratio to dip below 100% — Clarke
Latest News, News
Debt-to-GDP ratio to dip below 100% — Clarke
May 16, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica's debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio is projected to fall below 100 per cent at the end of the 2018/19 fiscal year...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
CARICOM calls for restraint in Israel-Palestine conflict
Latest News, News
CARICOM calls for restraint in Israel-Palestine conflict
May 16, 2018
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has called for restraint in the use of force and for a halt to an “unacceptable escalatio...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Hawaii volcano summit erupts, residents urged to take shelter
Latest News, News
Hawaii volcano summit erupts, residents urged to take shelter
May 16, 2018
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted from its summit early Thursday, shooting a huge plume of ash miles into the sky an...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Student, teacher killed, 43 injured in US bus crash
Latest News, News
Student, teacher killed, 43 injured in US bus crash
May 16, 2018
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — An American school bus carrying fifth graders collided with a dump truck on a New Jersey interstate Thursday, killing ...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Tragic star Whitney Houston abused as child — documentary
Latest News, News
Tragic star Whitney Houston abused as child — documentary
May 16, 2018
CANNES, France (AFP) — A new documentary about the life of Whitney Houston claims that the tragic singer was sexually abused as a child by her cousin,...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Trump draws rebuke for ‘animal’ remark at immigration talk
Latest News, News
Trump draws rebuke for ‘animal’ remark at immigration talk
May 16, 2018
WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — While railing against California for its so-called sanctuary immigration policies, President Donald Trump referred to...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Man charged with child abduction, sexual grooming
Latest News, News
Man charged with child abduction, sexual grooming
May 16, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The police are reporting that a man has been charged with abduction of a child under 16-years-old and sexual grooming by detective...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Forex: J$126.70 to one US dollar
Latest News, News
Forex: J$126.70 to one US dollar
May 16, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The US dollar on Thursday, May 17, ended trading at J$126.70 up by 11 cents according to the Bank of Jamaica's daily foreign excha...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Black Britons hope royal wedding heralds post-racial future
Latest News, News
Black Britons hope royal wedding heralds post-racial future
May 16, 2018
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — With Meghan Markle's induction into Britain's royal family rapidly approaching, Caribbean grocer Esme Thaw explained wh...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Tweets

Polls

Recent Posts

Capital turmoil
News
Capital turmoil
Post-Melissa frustration in Black River comes to a head
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
January 11, 2026
Capital turmoil
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
When preachers play God
News
When preachers play God
Kelsey Thomas | Online Coordinator 
January 11, 2026
When preachers play God
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Ja-US opera singer to host masterclass
Entertainment, ...
Ja-US opera singer to host masterclass
Raehann Bryce-Davis comes home; mounts workshop and concert month end
January 11, 2026
Ja-US opera singer to host masterclass
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Fruits of farm work
News
Fruits of farm work
Jamaican seasonal workers turn gains from Canada, US jobs into lasting success
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 11, 2026
Fruits of farm work
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
‘HELP US!’
Athletics, ...
‘HELP US!’
Coaches of Melissa-ravaged schools plead for assistance as western track meets suffer
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 11, 2026
Western schools scramble amidst track and field meet cancellations
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}

Archives

Logo Jamaica Observer
Breaking news from the premier Jamaican newspaper, the Jamaica Observer. Follow Jamaican news online for free and stay informed on what's happening in the Caribbean
Featured Tags
  • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Health
  • Auto
  • Business
  • Letters
  • Page2
  • Football
Categories
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • Page2
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • Page2
Ads
img
Jamaica Observer, © All Rights Reserved
  • Home
  • Contact Us
  • RSS Feeds
  • Feedback
  • Privacy Policy
  • Editorial Code of Conduct