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Jamaica has been the location for high-profile music videos including I Was A King by Eddie Murphy, Turn Me On by Kevin Lyttle, Donnell Jones’ Put Me Down, Love Me Now by Wyclef Jean and Lauryn Hill’s Turn Your Lights Down Low.

NEW York-based broadcaster Clive Hudson believes the Caribbean community in the tri-state area owes a debt of gratitude to Gil Bailey and other Jamaican radio hosts who paved the way.“It was a tight-knit community, Pat and Gil Bailey, Earl “Rootsman” Chin, Safia Seivwright, Clinton Lindsay were helping some of the top reggae entertainers in Jamaica […]

Johnny Golding, whose Swing Magazine covered the Jamaican entertainment scene for over 10 years, died on April 26 in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. He was 83.His brother, musician Steve Golding, told the Jamaica Observer that he died from natural causes. Johnny Golding, a member of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, had lived in Ethiopia for 15 […]

SINGJAY RT Boss is generating a buzz with his latest single, Survivor. Released last month on the RT Boss imprint, the single is aimed at giving inspiration to persons who may be affected mentally, spiritually, or financially by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

The Health Ministry is reporting 10 new cases of the coronavirus in Jamaica pushing the tally to 432. One of the new cases is an Alorica worker, seven are contacts of employees and two are under investigation. In the meantime, there have been…

WESTERN BUREAU: A reported 70 per cent reduction in business has forced fast-food chain Mother’s to close its 18 stores islandwide, relieving 900 staff and 200 vendors of their jobs for the next 30 days. It takes effect Saturday. Mother’s joined…

Jamaica’s eighth COVID-19 death has been linked to the Alorica call centre whose Portmore site was the epicentre of a surge in coronavirus cases that sparked a ramping up of testing protocols and shut down the parish of St Catherine. That lockdown…

The National Public Health Laboratory is now operating on a 24-hour schedule as it moves to clear a backlog of 400 samples for COVID testing. On Monday, Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton reported that there was a backlog of around 600 samples…

There is new-found elation for the 43 Jamaican ship workers aboard the Marella Discovery 2. In a matter of days, they will be coming home. According to one of the workers, the group has been advised that they will be leaving London on May 6. It is…

Staring down a challenge that it has breached the constitutional rights of Vaughn Bignall of Bignall Law, the General Legal Council (GLC) has welcomed a lawsuit to determine whether attorneys can lawfully advertise their services. As the Supreme…


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