The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) says several urns containing the remains of loved ones lie uncollected at the islands two major airports. The agency, in a newspaper advertisement today, named 19 people as cosignees for the urns and appealed to them to collect the items. It further warned that failure to do so within a month of the notice will result in the agency taking the necessary steps to hand over the remains to the authorized regulatory … Read entire article »

BY KEVIN JACKSON— AMERICAN reality TV star and rapper Cardi B is burning up the Billboard Rap, R&B Hip Hop and Hot 100 charts with her debut single Bodak Yellow (Money Moves). The song, released by Atlantic Records, is currently number one on the aforementioned charts and has been certified platinum for having more than one million in sales in the United States. But who is Cardi B? She was born Belcalis Almanzar to a Trinidadian mother and Dominican … Read entire article »

Valerie Neita-Robertson, one of the attorneys in Vybz Kartel’s murder appeal case, says she has all confidence in the country’s legal system. “We don’t regard the court of appeal as tainted in anyway,” said Robertson. “We have confidence that if we put our arguments properly, we will be listened to and then it will be a matter for them (the Court) to deliver their judgment.” Vybz Kartel is serving a life sentence for the murder of Clive … Read entire article »

TWO Jamaican dancers, Azariah Jones and Steven Cornwall, have been selected to participate in a week-long intensive at the renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater School in New York. The intensive will either be in December or next summer. Both were awarded the scholarships after having participated in a series of workshops organized by Plie for the Arts as part of the outreach for the just-concluded production Amalgamation, which featured artistes from some of the top dance … Read entire article »

Track  and  Field  superstar Usain  Bolt  looks  set  to  be  heading  to  the  Commonwealth  Games  next  year  in  Australia. Reports  are  that  negotiations started  with the  eight  time  Olympic  champion  to  be  in  attendance  at  the  event  following  his  retirement  from  the  track  at  the  end  of  the  IAAF World  Championships  recently  in  London.  His  presence  in the  Gold  Coast  during  the April 4  to  15   event  would  be  a  coup  for  the  organizers. The track and … Read entire article »

The People’s National Party (PNP) has turned to crowd funding to boost donations especially from supporters outside of Jamaica. This is a first for political parties in Jamaica which have usually turned to the traditional fundraising channels to solicit donations over the years. However, the Opposition party says it’s now changing the way in which funds are raised for political parties in Jamaica by making greater use of technology. It says crowd funding will allow greater participation in … Read entire article »

BY RACQUEL PORTER— Vendors, like Samantha Biggs, who line the Municipal Boulevard in St Catherine, are waiting to be relocated to Ackee Village in St Catherine.— HAVING been by her mother’s side as she vends since she was two years old, Samantha Biggs’ aim is to use education to breakaway from vending as a means of survival. However, despite studying hard, she was forced into the same situation. With nine Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate subjects and nine Caribbean Advanced … Read entire article »

  Playboy founder Hugh Hefner died at his Playboy Mansion home on Wednesday due to natural causes. He was 91. An iconic name behind an even more iconic brand, Hefner was one of America’s best-known businessmen, a media magnate conquering more than five decades in the publishing industry. Hefner was working as copywriter at Esquire in the 1952 when he left after being denied a $5 raise. The first issue of Playboy was released just a year later … Read entire article »

The funeral for Thadious “Mr Teddy” Jamieson, father of reggae singer Thriller U, has been set for next week Saturday, October 7, at the Greendale United Church in Spanish Town, St. Catherine. Starting time is 11:00 am. The singer confirmed the funeral details to the Jamaica Observer. Jamieson’s body was found in a shallow grave along the Simon Main Road in Tredegar Park, St Catherine, a week after he went missing. The police was alerted to the scene by … Read entire article »