Jamaica Observer

Jamaica Poetry Festival, this year, celebrates its 15th anniversary on Sunday, August 10, 2025. It returns to University of Technology, Jamaica’s Amphitheatre featuring Professor Mervyn Morris, Mutabaruka, Tony Gregory, Vivian Crawford (JPF 2025 Lifetime Achievement awardee),…

HAPPENING NOW: JLP supporters are out in full force at the Portland West Constituency Office, 1 Victoria Road, Buff Bay, for a gospel concert, workers' meeting, and awards ceremony. Portland Eastern and Western supporters are gathered to rally together in the heart of election…

The US deadline of August 1 for imposing tariffs on its trading partners is firm and there will be no extensions, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday. jamaicaobserver.com/2025/07/27/us-…

In the small African kingdom of Eswatini, the arrival of five men, including a Jamaican, deported from the United States under Washington's aggressive anti-immigrant measures has sparked a rare wave of public dissent. jamaicaobserver.com/2025/07/27/que…

Arnett Gardens made a strong start to their Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Shield title defence with a commanding 4-0 win over Dublanc FC of Dominica on Sunday at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Trinidad and Tobago. jamaicaobserver.com/2025/07/27/arn…

This week in My Kingston, we sip and chat with Alec Sukhu, Marketing Manager at Tastee Ltd., whose refreshing take on leadership, legacy, and Jamaican living is as smooth as his go-to cocktail — the Stormy Valley. From supporting entrepreneurs to finding inspiration in reggae and…

The stage is set for a conclusion to the 2025 Red Stripe Flavours/Netball Jamaica Elite League as the Kingston Humming Birds take on the undefeated Manchester Spurs in the championship final at the National Arena today at 5:00 pm. jamaicaobserver.com/2025/07/27/cha…

The St Mary Police Division has launched a high-level investigation into a deadly shooting incident that occurred at a bar in Galina, St Mary early Sunday morning. jamaicaobserver.com/2025/07/27/pat…

Mounting political tension in the St Thomas Eastern constituency escalated on Saturday when PNP activist Jairzenho Bailey clashed with residents of the Duckenfield community over the removal of PNP campaign material. jamaicaobserver.com/2025/07/27/wat…

Exceeding its fund-raising target for this year’s staging of its charity run/walk event, RAYZ For Life 5K, Jamaica Energy Partners Group (JEP Group) has donated $2 million to Bustamante Hospital for Children to support its ongoing efforts to provide critical paediatric care.…

No better time than now, SO reckons, to seek out fab holiday hideaways and Peeniwalli, designed by Jamaican-born architect Samantha Gore, whose three-decade career in Los Angeles deeply informed her return to island living, certainly got our full attention!…

A growing number of Jamaican merchants are resisting the use of the contactless functionality on point-of-sale (POS) terminals, citing fears over disputed transactions and fraud, despite assurances from commercial banks that the payment method is secure and protected.…

Lee “Priest” Johnson won the fifth Jamaica International Independence Foreign Song Competition (JIIFSC) which took place on Saturday, July 26 at Shiloh High School Theatre in Snellville, Georgia, United States. jamaicaobserver.com/2025/07/27/lee…

Defending champions Frazsiers Whip FC and Cavalier SC took commanding leads after their first leg semi-finals against Los Perfectos FC and Arnett Gardens FC respectively on Saturday, at Constant Spring field. jamaicaobserver.com/2025/07/27/fra…

Government Senator Marlon Morgan has launched a sharp critique of the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) following recent comments by its spokesman on education, Senator Damion Crawford, who proposed a two-hour extension to the national school day. jamaicaobserver.com/2025/07/27/jlp…

Reggae star Glen Washington gave his fans a scare over the weekend when he was hospitalised for two days at the Piedmont Fayette Hospital in Fayetteville, Georgia after experiencing exhaustion and dehydration. jamaicaobserver.com/2025/07/27/gle…

Tensions appear to be rising in the St Thomas Eastern constituency following a fresh wave of political vandalism targeting the People’s National Party (PNP). Two videos reaching Observer Online show several people removing political posters and material belonging to PNP in the…

Tensions appear to be rising in the St Thomas Eastern constituency following a fresh wave of political vandalism targeting the People's National Party (PNP). jamaicaobserver.com/2025/07/27/ten…

Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has blasted political detractors who he accuses of describing health care as a crisis without appreciating how complex the health-care system truly is. jamaicaobserver.com/2025/07/27/tuf…

The United States and European Union on Sunday clinched what President Donald Trump described as the "biggest-ever" deal to resolve a transatlantic tariff stand-off that threatened to explode into a full-blown trade war. jamaicaobserver.com/2025/07/27/eu-…