Planned Vybz Kartel performance during Trinidad Carnival faces backlash
Entertainment, ...
Planned Vybz Kartel performance during Trinidad Carnival faces backlash
Promoter, entertainer accused of disrespecting T&T culture
November 27 09:21 AM
A promoter in Trinidad & Tobago has sought to clarify details of a Carnival Friday concert featuring Vybz Kartel after an earlier announcement of the ...
Grenada parliament to introduce the use of AI in 2025
Latest News, ...
Grenada parliament to introduce the use of AI in 2025
November 27 08:50 AM
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC) – Grenada’s Parliament will introduce artificial intelligence (AI) tools next year and legislators will be encouraged to ma...
UN adapting, ‘not leaving’ its operations in Haiti.
Latest News, ...
UN adapting, ‘not leaving’ its operations in Haiti.
November 27 08:38 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Worsening conditions in Haiti are forcing the United Nations to take a step back and adjust how they provide aid to the violen...
Incoming WHO Africa chief dies at 55
Health, ...
Incoming WHO Africa chief dies at 55
November 27 07:53 AM
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AFP) - The incoming World Health Organization's regional director for Africa, Faustine Ndugulile, died while receiving treatm...
Coffee price hits highest since 1977 on Brazil crop fears
International News, ...
Coffee price hits highest since 1977 on Brazil crop fears
November 27 07:36 AM
London, United Kingdom (AFP) - The price of Arabica coffee reached the highest level since 1977 in trading Wednesday on concerns of limited supplies c...
Fatal feud
News
Fatal feud
Weeping in Waltham Park as gangsters’ clash leaves six dead
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 27 12:20 AM
Fatal feud

Letters

Disappointed in Opposition
Letters
Disappointed in Opposition
July 31, 2023
Dear Editor, I listened to a debate in Parliament last week and was disturbed by the stance taken by the People's National Party (PNP) members in rela...
Flirting with suicide?
Letters
Flirting with suicide?
July 31, 2023
Dear Editor, The current Government led by Prime Minister Andrew Holness has grown tired of shouldering the responsibility of the nation and is seemin...
A new PNP low
Letters
A new PNP low
July 31, 2023
Dear Editor, I was shocked to hear People's National Party (PNP) Human Rights Commiss Chairman Isat Buchanan praising lyrics by his client, who is a m...
4 decades of stigma
Letters
4 decades of stigma
July 31, 2023
Dear Editor, I note with interest the recent conversations in both traditional and social media landscapes about the increase in HIV infections among ...
Sign it, Sir Patrick!
Letters
Sign it, Sir Patrick!
July 31, 2023
Dear Editor, I am in full support of the decision to increase the retirement age of the director of public prosecutions (DPP) and the auditor general ...
Bartlett should apologise to Warmington
Letters
Bartlett should apologise to Warmington
July 30, 2023
Dear Editor, Quite recently, Everald Warmington, prominent member of the Integrity Commission's Parliamentary Oversight Committee, senior Government m...
This malady of injustice
Letters
This malady of injustice
July 30, 2023
Dear Editor, Some mightily strange things take place in this country of ours! A citizen, a public servant, asks the Government, whose members are also...
Office of DPP needs renewal
Letters
Office of DPP needs renewal
July 30, 2023
Dear Editor, The track record of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), in my opinion, is not very good, they've lost many cases, e...
Towards a 21st-century Security Council
Letters
Towards a 21st-century Security Council
July 30, 2023
Dear Editor, The United Nations Security Council has made a ground-breaking announcement regarding plans to implement a thorough reform aimed at resol...
Strong educational foundation needed for success
Letters
Strong educational foundation needed for success
July 27, 2023
Dear Editor, The nature of our education system is highly examination-centred. Ideally, parents want the best for their children, but there is often t...
Let’s hold our leaders accountable
Letters
Let’s hold our leaders accountable
July 27, 2023
Dear Editor, Old time people use to tell us, "Tek sleep mark death," and by that principle I am left with a deep concern and a heavy heart regarding t...
Hopeful about Jamaica’s future under Holness
Letters
Hopeful about Jamaica’s future under Holness
July 26, 2023
Dear Editor, I recently heard Prime Minister Andrew Holness in his usual pragmatic style explain that with a budget of $1 trillion and debt servicing ...
Shameful PNP grandstanding!
Letters
Shameful PNP grandstanding!
July 26, 2023
Dear Editor, I've always found it a bit odd that the retirement age for some key offices in Jamaica has remained at 60 years old when in various count...
Remembering Beverley Sinclair
Letters
Remembering Beverley Sinclair
July 26, 2023
Dear Editor, The passing of Beverley Sinclair, former editorial manager at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), though heart-rending, is another har...
A torturous day at NCB
Letters
A torturous day at NCB
July 26, 2023
Dear Editor, I was led into the NCB Knutsford branch at 9:00 am on Monday, July 24. The teller advised that my pension had not yet been lodged to my a...
Where is the data?
Letters
Where is the data?
July 26, 2023
Dear Editor, I write in reference to a column written by Dujean Edwards published in the Jamaica Observer on July 26 titled 'Educators exit in excess'...
Kudos to a faithful servant
Letters
Kudos to a faithful servant
July 26, 2023
Dear Editor: I have not heard the word "donkey" in donkey's years, but I was reading the newspaper and saw that Prime Minister Andrew Holness did not ...
Mark Golding’s leadership days are numbered
Letters
Mark Golding’s leadership days are numbered
July 25, 2023
Dear Editor, I recently heard audio on the newscast of People's National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding telling a political meeting in St Andrew E...
Golding should hold himself to a higher standard
Letters
Golding should hold himself to a higher standard
July 25, 2023
Dear Editor, Our politicians from both sides of the political divide are notorious for making ill-conceived and downright idiotic statements from poli...
Where is our love for the disabled?
Letters
Where is our love for the disabled?
July 25, 2023
Dear Editor, I write in response to recent media reports that approximately 70 per cent of our high schools are not equipped to accommodate students w...
Jamaica is leading on the Haiti issue
Letters
Jamaica is leading on the Haiti issue
July 24, 2023
Dear Editor, I do not believe that the best way to assist is to allow the Haitians who have turned up on our shores illegally to stay. International l...

Polls

Recent Posts

Incoming WHO Africa chief dies at 55
Health, ...
Incoming WHO Africa chief dies at 55
November 27, 2024
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AFP) - The incoming World Health Organization's regional director for Africa, Faustine Ndugulile, died while receiving treatm...

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
Categories
Ads
img
Jamaica Observer, © All Rights Reserved