“You better know what you are doing!” shouted Sharon to her husband Bill, as they packed to go on their long awaited vacation. Bill and Sharon have been married for a very long…
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JLP all set
The usual carnival atmosphere could be tempered at National Arena on Sunday as Labourities gather for the public session of the 80th annual conference of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) as they have…
Breaking the law in plain sight
An illegal trade in indigenous parrots continues in the open at Mammee Bay, St Ann, 10 months after it was first highlighted by the Jamaica Observer, and the National Environment and Planning Agency…
JLP execs deny paying supporters to show up, rebuff corruption accusations
Members of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) have dismissed as “absolute foolishness” the suggestion that supporters are paid to attend annual general conferences. That was the response of the party’s General Secretary Dr…
Mom adamant son will beat cancer
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Vanessa Williams-Morgan is dedicated to the mission of seeing her 12-year-old son Rajé Josephs beat stage four Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Rajé was diagnosed with cancer in 2019 at the…
Dennis Minott | Behold: vast cultivations of kindness!
In a world grappling with flailing social complexities, the significance of compassion and emotional learning (mCEL) has never been more apparent. mCEL, my strongly advocated examinable process (by CE, PEP, CSEC, CAPE, and…
Ainsley Brown | Drought affecting Panama Canal set to have ripple effects on Jamaica
Imagine a natural disaster that can potentially drive up the cost of food, energy, and retail items while negatively impacting manufacturing, tourism, exports, bank interest rates and even inflation, and basically impacting the…
From Jerk Ice Cream to Jerk Pork, Grace Jamaican Jerk Food Festival Draws Thousands to South Florida
Miramar, Florida was once again the epicenter of all things Caribbean all courtesy of this year’s 21st installment of the tasty Grace Jamaican Jerk Food Festival. Held on Sunday November 12, 2023 during…
Red tape hell
Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Friday used the ground-breaking ceremony for a new housing development at Rasta City in Tivoli Gardens, downtown Kingston, to decry unnecessary bureaucracy and other hurdles which he blamed…
More calls for no-drop policy in domestic violence cases
THE Government is facing fresh calls to urgently amend the Domestic Violence Act so as to make it easier for perpetrators to be convicted, even if the victim decides not to continue with…