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
      • Business Bites
      • 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
      • Business Bites
      • 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
    • Business Bites
  • 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
Caribbean Airlines to discontinue some flights, reduce operations in others
Business, ...
Caribbean Airlines to discontinue some flights, reduce operations in others
May 23 05:51 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Caribbean Airlines says it will discontinue flights to Dominica, St Kitts and the Ogle–Suriname corridor from June 1 as the Trinid...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Capleton generates buzz with ‘Prayers Up’
Entertainment, ...
Capleton generates buzz with ‘Prayers Up’
May 23 05:00 PM
Reggae-dancehall icon Capleton is feeling the love from fans worldwide as buzz continues to build around his latest single, Prayers Up , featuring Der...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Kenne Blessin wins new fans with ‘Vice Versa Love’ remake
Entertainment, ...
Kenne Blessin wins new fans with ‘Vice Versa Love’ remake
May 23 04:52 PM
For reggae singer Kenne Blessin, revisiting a classic is less about nostalgia than reinterpretation. The artiste's new version of Barrington Levy’s Vi...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Real Madrid end troubled Liga season with win, Mallorca, Girona down
Latest News, ...
Real Madrid end troubled Liga season with win, Mallorca, Girona down
May 23 04:21 PM
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — Real Madrid ended a troubled La Liga campaign with a 4-2 win over Athletic Bilbao in Alvaro Arbeloa's last game at the helm, ...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Carpenter charged after allegedly using relative’s money to build house
Latest News, ...
Carpenter charged after allegedly using relative’s money to build house
May 23 03:55 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A St James carpenter has been charged with fraudulent conversion after allegedly spending money entrusted to him by a relative. Jo...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Enhanced Games athletes under scrutiny as health fears swirl
Latest News, ...
Enhanced Games athletes under scrutiny as health fears swirl
May 23 03:39 PM
LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — The drug-fueled Enhanced Games have put competing athletes under scrutiny, with critics asking why they signed up for...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
WATCH: Jamaica safe, says tourism minister
Latest News, ...
WATCH: Jamaica safe, says tourism minister
May 23 03:11 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — On the heels of the death of a United States citizen, who was shot in a confrontation with police at the Sangster International Ai...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Ukraine, US embassy warn of possible major Russian airstrike
International News, ...
Ukraine, US embassy warn of possible major Russian airstrike
May 23 02:30 PM
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the US embassy in Kyiv issued warnings Saturday about the risk of a major Russian air...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
❮ ❯

Marcus Garvey

The coded messages of folk and mento music
Entertainment, Latest News
The coded messages of folk and mento music
May 23, 2026
The stirring presentation of the Tallawah Mento Band on the coded communication messaging of folk and mento music struck a key note at the recent Marc...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Garvey and Reggae to highlight 5th annual South Florida Black History Month event
Entertainment, Latest News
Garvey and Reggae to highlight 5th annual South Florida Black History Month event
February 22, 2026
The Marcus Garvey Groundings, the Black History Month cultural celebration of Jamaica’s National Hero Marcus Mosiah Garvey and the country’s reggae mu...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Congresswoman Yvette Clarke introduces ‘Marcus Garvey Legacy Package’ to exonerate, commemorate Jamaica’s first national hero
Latest News, Regional
Congresswoman Yvette Clarke introduces ‘Marcus Garvey Legacy Package’ to exonerate, commemorate Jamaica’s first national hero
August 21, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC)–Caribbean-American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette Clarke says she has introduced the Marcus Garvey Legacy Package in ...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Marcus Garvey inspires poet Richie Innocent
Entertainment, Latest News
Marcus Garvey inspires poet Richie Innocent
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL 
August 17, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica—For many reggae artistes, National Hero Marcus Garvey represents what the music stands for — black pride, anti-colonialism and self-...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Don G’s ‘Free’ inspired by Garvey
Entertainment, Latest News
Don G’s ‘Free’ inspired by Garvey
July 26, 2025
With the 138th anniversary of Marcus Garvey’s birth less than one month away, singer Don G is using a line from one of the Pan African icon’s greatest...
Telegram
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Burning Spear’s ‘Marcus Garvey’ to be revisited at Calabash for 50th anniversary
Entertainment, Latest News
Burning Spear’s ‘Marcus Garvey’ to be revisited at Calabash for 50th anniversary
Howard Campbell 
May 23, 2025
One of the great statement albums in pop music, Marcus Garvey by Burning Spear turns 50 this year. To mark its golden anniversary, organisers of the C...
Telegram
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Marcus Garvey plaque to be unveiled in Atlanta
Latest News, News
Marcus Garvey plaque to be unveiled in Atlanta
March 17, 2025
WASHINGTON DC, USA— A plaque will be unveiled in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 25 to honour Jamaica’s first National Hero Marcus Mosiah Garvey. The event...
Telegram
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Maroon Queen celebrates Garvey and black ideals with ‘Africa Mi Deya’ event on Feb 16
Entertainment, Latest News
Maroon Queen celebrates Garvey and black ideals with ‘Africa Mi Deya’ event on Feb 16
February 2, 2025
ST ANN, Jamaica - St Ann-based reggae singer Maroon Queen is doing her part to uplift black consciousness with her upcoming February 16th event, 'Afri...
Telegram
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
WATCH: Mayor Swaby welcomes posthumous pardon of Marcus Garvey
Latest News, News
WATCH: Mayor Swaby welcomes posthumous pardon of Marcus Garvey
January 21, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Mayor of Kingston, Andrew Swaby, has thanked former United States president Joe Biden for pardoning Marcus Garvey, Jamaica’s fir...
Telegram
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Congresswoman welcomes posthumous pardon of Marcus Garvey
Caribbean Region, Latest News
Congresswoman welcomes posthumous pardon of Marcus Garvey
January 20, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — Caribbean-American Democratic Congresswoman, Yvette Clarke, has welcomed the posthumous pardon of Jamaica’s first na...
Telegram
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
JLP’s Williams criticises PNP president for ‘Garvey exonerated’ blunder
Latest News, News
JLP’s Williams criticises PNP president for ‘Garvey exonerated’ blunder
January 19, 2025
Attorney-at-law and Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) spokesman, Donovan Williams is chiding Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding ...
Telegram
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
CARICOM welcomes posthumous pardon of Marcus Garvey
Caribbean Region, Latest News
CARICOM welcomes posthumous pardon of Marcus Garvey
January 19, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, (CMC) – The Caribbean Community (Caricom) on Sunday expressed “its profound gratitude” to the outgoing Biden administration after ...
Telegram
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Holness hails Garvey’s pardon as ‘a proud and historic day’ for Jamaica
Latest News
Holness hails Garvey’s pardon as ‘a proud and historic day’ for Jamaica
January 19, 2025
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has welcomed the decision by the United States to grant posthumous clemency to Jamaica’s first National Hero, Marcus Mos...
Telegram
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Finally! Biden pardons Garvey posthumously
International News, Latest News, News
Finally! Biden pardons Garvey posthumously
January 19, 2025
Late civil rights leader Marcus Garvey was among five people pardoned by US President Joe Biden on Sunday. The outgoing president also commuted the se...
Telegram
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer", "breaking-news":"Push Notifications"}
Biden urged to exonerate Marcus Garvey
Latest News, News
Biden urged to exonerate Marcus Garvey
December 27, 2024
WASHINGTON (CMC) – Outgoing United States President, Joe Biden, is being urged to exonerate Jamaica’s first national hero, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, for a...
Telegram
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Tweets

Polls

Recent Posts

Caribbean Airlines to discontinue some flights, reduce operations in others
Business, ...
Caribbean Airlines to discontinue some flights, reduce operations in others
May 23, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Caribbean Airlines says it will discontinue flights to Dominica, St Kitts and the Ogle–Suriname corridor from June 1 as the Trinid...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Capleton generates buzz with ‘Prayers Up’
Entertainment, ...
Capleton generates buzz with ‘Prayers Up’
May 23, 2026
Reggae-dancehall icon Capleton is feeling the love from fans worldwide as buzz continues to build around his latest single, Prayers Up , featuring Der...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Kenne Blessin wins new fans with ‘Vice Versa Love’ remake
Entertainment, ...
Kenne Blessin wins new fans with ‘Vice Versa Love’ remake
May 23, 2026
For reggae singer Kenne Blessin, revisiting a classic is less about nostalgia than reinterpretation. The artiste's new version of Barrington Levy’s Vi...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Real Madrid end troubled Liga season with win, Mallorca, Girona down
Latest News, ...
Real Madrid end troubled Liga season with win, Mallorca, Girona down
May 23, 2026
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — Real Madrid ended a troubled La Liga campaign with a 4-2 win over Athletic Bilbao in Alvaro Arbeloa's last game at the helm, ...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Carpenter charged after allegedly using relative’s money to build house
Latest News, ...
Carpenter charged after allegedly using relative’s money to build house
May 23, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A St James carpenter has been charged with fraudulent conversion after allegedly spending money entrusted to him by a relative. Jo...
{"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