April 6, 2021
MANCHESTER, United Kingdom (AFP) — Pep Guardiola praised “exceptional” Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland as he admitted Manchester City could spend the kind of money required to sign a player of his calibre. City are one of more
April 3, 2021
Los Angeles , United States (AFP) — Jeff Green scored a team-high 21 points as the Brooklyn Nets became the first Eastern Conference team to win 20 home games this season with a 111-89 rout of the Charlotte Hornets on Thursday. Kyrie Irving t more
April 1, 2021
This is the first in a series of stories by the Jamaica Observer's Entertainment Desk marking the 40th anniversary of reggae icon Bob Marley's passing on May 11, 1981. In September 1980 Bob Marley was on a high. The reggae king was on the United S more
March 29, 2021
YOUTUBER, 'relationship guru' and author Derrick Jaxn was the name on everybody's lips last week — the man who had spent time and made copious amounts of money giving people relationship advice was outed for having affairs during his marriag more
March 28, 2021
DESPITE COVID-19, Mailpac Group Limited has seen its business accelerate as it positions itself to be the provider of 'need' in the current challenging environment for many people who are making the adjustment to the new way of life. The company wh more
March 24, 2021
ISRAEL (AFP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's party was on track to win the most seats in Israel's election yesterday, the fourth in less than two years, but he was not guaranteed to secure a majority. The projections, based on exit poll more
March 24, 2021
Today is the 83rd day of 2021. There are 282 days left in the year TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT 1989: Supertanker Exxon Valdez runs aground on a reef in Alaska's Prince William Sound and begins leaking 11 million gallons (41.6 million litres) of crude oil. more
March 16, 2021
Los Angeles, United States (AFP) — Golden State star Stephen Curry celebrated his 33rd birthday Sunday with a 32-point performance that propelled the Warriors to a 131-119 victory over the National Basketball Association (NBA)-leading Utah Jaz more
March 15, 2021
TINA Turner asked a question in 1984 that many of us have found ourselves asking time and time again — what's love got to do with it? — and the answer, for many us, has been 'Not much'. Oftentimes we love someone deeply, but the challe more
March 9, 2021
TURIN, Italy (AP) — Juventus — and Cristiano Ronaldo — crashed out of the Champions League round of 16 on away goals for the second successive year as the Bianconeri were eliminated by 10-man Porto on Tuesday. Srgio Oliveira score more
March 9, 2021
Having lost four cousins to COVID-19 last year, 60-year-old Norman Pryce, a Jamaican living in Long Island, New York, is infuriated by people who trivialise the pandemic on social media. He is also encouraging Jamaicans, especially front-line worker more
March 3, 2021
The news on Monday that former Reggae Boy Darren Moore is being appointed manager at Sheffield Wednesday Football Club (SWFC) has brought joy to many Jamaicans, but none more so than former Owls player Jermaine “Teddy” Johnson. Both for more
February 23, 2021
IT began on the morning of Valentine's Day when her car, with a three-year-old among three people on-board, fell into a ditch as a deadly snowstorm began to take shape in Texas. The next few days then became progressively worse for Jamaican-born nurs more
February 20, 2021
Paris , France (AFP) — There is a Milan derby of huge significance in the Serie A title race, while Schalke and Borussia Dortmund clash in possibly the last Ruhr derby for a while, Kylian Mbappe takes on his old club and the Bundesliga's other more
February 16, 2021
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC) — Veteran Chris Barnwell's maiden List A hundred inspired a 109-run crushing of Jamaican Scorpions as Guyana Jaguars won their third-straight game in the Regional Super50 Cup here Sunday night. With Jaguars tottering o more
February 8, 2021
NOT even the copious amount of Lysol that we've been spraying can eradicate the infectious love bug in the air this week. As we gear up for the romantic weekend ahead (or gear up to watch the lovers get silly), we know that a lot of things will be more
February 1, 2021
Today is the 32nd day of 2021. There are 333 days left in the year TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT 1960: Four black college students begin a sit-in protest at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, where they'd been refused service. OTH more
January 31, 2021
The elephant does not limp when walking on thorns. — Sidama proverb, Ethiopia The barbaric murders of four homeless Jamaicans in the Corporate Area last week hopefully punched home some powerful realities to those who like to delude themselve more
January 16, 2021
BEIJING, China (AP) — China on Saturday finished building a 1,500-room hospital for COVID-19 patients to fight a surge in infections the government said are harder to contain and that it blamed on infected people or goods from abroad. The hosp more
January 11, 2021
The following was published in the Jamaica Observer on Monday, June 2, 2008 after the celebration of the Appliance Traders Limited (ATL) Group's 40th anniversary. I explored the passion and vision of Gordon “Butch” Stewart, whose legacy more
January 6, 2021
Today is the sixth day of 2021. There are 359 days left in the year, TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT 1942: The Pan American Airways Pacific Clipper arrives in New York after making the first round-the-world trip by a commercial aeroplane. OTHER EVENTS 1492: more
January 4, 2021
NOT even the horrors of 2020 can stop a cautious optimist or a hopeless romantic from having big plans for our 2021 love lives. In fact, we are expecting all that we desire with interest this year, to make up for the pain and heartache we endured more
December 25, 2020
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Talented 21-year-old Slovenian star Luka Doncic powers the Dallas Mavericks against LeBron James and the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers in today's feature matchup of five NBA Christmas contests. Both p more
December 25, 2020
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Liverpool Coach Jurgen Klopp moved to dismiss speculation over Egypt forward Mohamed Salah's future, saying yesterday he is happy at the Premier League champions. The 28-year-old gave an interview in Spain last w more
December 22, 2020
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Kevin Durant says the quality of his Brooklyn Nets teammates promises him a “smooth ride” on his return from an 18-month National Basketball Association (NBA) absence in the wake of a devastating torn more