Jamaican (nationality)

A team of Jamaican scientists and curators who left the island last week for Glasglow, Scotland, is expected to return this week with a 170-year-old lizard ... Show more

Artefact repatriation - Jamaica Observer

Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit and husband to Serena Williams, has announced a new invitational track event for the world’s top female sprinters which ... Show more

Alexis Ohanian announces highest paying women’s track event - Jamaica Observer

Despite Leon Bailey’s suspension from the Reggae Boyz and his subsequent controversial comments last month, Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) President Michael ... Show more

‘CONDITIONS APPLY’ - Jamaica Observer

Jamaican winger Leon Bailey scored one and assisted another as Aston Villa tightened their grip on Champions League football next season with a 3-1 win over ... Show more

Bailey hits 10th goal of EPL season as Aston Villa tighten grip on top four - Jamaica Observer

President of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Michael Ricketts says he is yet to speak to star forward Leon Bailey about his return to the Reggae Boyz set ... Show more

JFF president optimistic issues with Leon Bailey, Reggae Boyz will be resolved soon - Jamaica Observer

House Speaker Juliet Holness has tabled the attorney general’s opinion on the tabling of reports from the auditor general and the Integrity Commission ... Show more

Bloodied but unbowed. Jamaica’s first woman Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn walked away from the job Sunday ... Show more

Paula Llewellyn walks - Jamaica Observer

Jamaica Labour Party leader Prime Minister Andrew Holness is being urged to go to today’s meeting of the party’s Central Executive with political guns blazing ... Show more

Holness urged to clean house | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

Nearly half of Jamaicans are of the view that things are going in the wrong direction, citing unemployment among youth as a major indicator ... Show more

WRONG WAY | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

After five months of stonewalling, Juliet Holness, the Speaker, finally relented on Tuesday and tabled the opinions by the Attorney General’s Chambers on the ... Show more

Editorial | The Speaker’s right move | Commentary | Jamaica Gleaner

The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) wants People's National Party (PNP) Westmoreland Western aspirant Ian Hayles to withdraw and apologise for marking claims about ... Show more

JLP chides Ian Hayles over water tank distribution claims, demands apology | News | Jamaica Gleaner

Opposition Leader Mark Golding says the parliamentary Opposition may ask the court to compel House Speaker Juliet Holness to release the legal opinion of the ... Show more

Golding threatens legal action over shielded AG’s opinion | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

While there are significant doubts about the Jamaica Labour Party's current administration, many Jamaicans are still indifferent in their confidence in the ... Show more

‘WAKE-UP CALL’ | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

Reigning 400m world champion Antonio Watson has expressed his eagerness to break the sub-44 barrier this season, believing that once he is injury-free ... Show more

‘JUST GETTING STARTED’ - Jamaica Observer

The Constitutional Court ruling on Friday in relation to the extension of the tenure of Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn is the latest in a ... Show more

Court defeats raise questions about legal advice being given to PM - Jamaica Observer

Opposition lawmaker Phillip Paulwell raises concern that tributes are being made to retired Clerk to the Houses of Parliament Valrie Curtis without her being ... Show more

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has strongly condemned Thursday's killing of a schoolboy in Grange Hill, Westmoreland. Sixteen-year-old Carson Bennett ... Show more

Holness condemns killing of Grange Hill High student | News | Jamaica Gleaner

As Government and Opposition legislators prepare to get back to work in Gordon House today, the people’s representatives have unfinished business as they had ... Show more

JFJ says Holness should withdraw Curtis letter today, make public apology | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Friday condemned the brutal killing of Carlton Barrett, a 16-year-old student of Grange Hill High in Westmoreland ... Show more

Holness condemns killing of 16-y-o Westmoreland student - Jamaica Observer

World Indoor 60-metre bronze medallist, Ackeem Blake, had the best finish of the nine Jamaicans competing at yesterday’s opening Diamond League meet in Xiamen ... Show more

Blake makes notable return to China | Sports | Jamaica Gleaner

The Minister of Culture, Olivia Grange, says he has been left saddened by the death of Bishop Dr Ronald Blair, who passed away today at age 86 ... Show more

Grange saddened by death of Bishop Ronald Blair | News | Jamaica Gleaner

Opposition Leader Mark Golding says Attorney General Derrick McKoy and Justice Minister Delroy Chuck should resign for saying Paula Llewellyn remains director ... Show more

Golding demands resignation of justice minister, attorney general over DPP crisis | News | Jamaica Gleaner

Determined to fight for her place on Jamaica’s team to the Paris Olympic Games, relay medallist Shashalee Forbes says she is aiming to return to action as soon ... Show more

Forbes fighting to be ready for ‘Trials’ - Jamaica Observer

Great technical execution, great performances all around, visual presentation spot on and glitch free, and a gigantic stage that rivals any major music event ... Show more

High praises at Fun in the Son - Jamaica Observer

Junior Foreign Affairs Minister Alando Terrelonge says a member of his team was responsible for posting a photo to his Instagram account with images of former ... Show more

Jamaican striker Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw was instrumental in moving Manchester City to the top of the Women’s Super League (WSL) table after scoring a brace in ... Show more

Bunny Shaw scores brace to bring Manchester City top of WSL, celebrates 50th goal in league - Jamaica Observer

Two orders that will increase the national minimum wage and the minimum wage for industrial security guards were approved by the House of Representatives on ... Show more

House approves orders for minimum wage increases - Jamaica Observer

Minister of Education and Youth, Fayval Williams, has revealed that she is awaiting a report from the board of the St James High School in relation to a matter ... Show more

Education minister awaiting report from St James High School board in regards to student expulsion - Jamaica Observer

If the Andrew Holness administration enacts legislation making Portmore a parish without direct consultation with its residents ... Show more

Fitz Jackson makes pledge to Portmore | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

Education Minister Fayval Williams is hoping Jamaican children will learn how to solve conflicts without resorting to violence ... Show more

Williams: Pray our children won’t normalise violence | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

Constitutional expert Dr Lloyd Barnett has described as “unfortunate and sad” the so-called letter saga in which Speaker of the House of Representatives ... Show more

Curtis, Holness may have to resolve issue through mediation - Barnett | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

A 37-year-old Jamaican, Sereika Savariau, on Tuesday pleaded guilty in a US District Court to creating a series of fraudulent debt relief companies that ... Show more

Jamaican facing up to 30 years in US prison for debt-relief scam - Jamaica Observer

Earlier this month, Jamaica’s Taino chief, Kasike Kalaan Nibonrix Kaiman, gave a presentation titled, ‘Stories as medicine: Taino and African Healing and the ... Show more

Jamaica’s Taino chief speaks abroad on stories as medicine | News | Jamaica Gleaner

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has expressed disappointment over the length of time the first artisan village in Falmouth, Trelawny ... Show more

PM officially opens long-overdue artisan village in Falmouth - Jamaica Observer

Jamaica Labour Party stalwart and former Cabinet Minister Derrick Smith says the changes coming out of Sunday’s Central Executive meeting are not enough ... Show more

NOT ENOUGH | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

The Government is looking to establish a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics innovation teaching centre at National Heroes Circle in Kingston ... Show more

Gov’t to establish STEM Innovation Teaching Centre at Heroes Circle | News | Jamaica Gleaner

President of the Judicial Committee of the United Kingdom Privy Council, Lord Reed of Allermuir on Wednesday disclosed that he has asked the British Government ... Show more

Privy Council invitation - Jamaica Observer

The Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association has selected a pool of 31 athletes to represent Jamaica in six events at the World Athletics Relays ... Show more

JAAA names World Relays teams | Sports | Jamaica Gleaner

In the first half, West Ham presented Leverkusen with real problems, and after the restart Alonso's team took control of the game ... Show more

Live ticker | West Ham United - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1:1 | Quarterfinals | Europa League 2023/24 - kicker

Almost daily, Jamaican young professionals on the ‘X’ platform, formerly known as Twitter, clamour for the ‘crash of the housing market’ in hopes of being able ... Show more

Mounting housing hurdles for young professionals | Lifestyle | Jamaica Gleaner

Three weeks into his new job as police commissioner, Dr Kevin Blake declared his intention to arrest Jamaica’s nagging problem of public disorder and sent a ... Show more

Public order push - Jamaica Observer

Junior Foreign Affairs Minister Alando Terrelonge says a member of his team was responsible for posting a photo to his Instagram account with images of former ... Show more

🔊SOUND ON🔊 The Opposition says it is appalled, though not surprised, by Information Minister Robert Morgan's pushback against public debate over whether House ... Show more

Opposition rebukes Morgan for dismissal of Juliet Holness-Valrie Curtis reprimand criticisms | News | Jamaica Gleaner

Information Minister Robert Morgan has described as “immaterial”, public debate over whether House Speaker Juliet Holness should withdraw a letter of reprimand ... Show more

Morgan dismisses critics of Holness' ex-clerk reprimand, withholding of AG opinion | News | Jamaica Gleaner

Amidst pulsating beats at Kingston’s Uptown Mondays this week, a historic moment unfolded as music enthusiasts gathered to witness the launch of the Recoup ... Show more

Recoup rhythm sets Uptown Mondays ablaze - Jamaica Observer

Former Clerk to the Houses of Parliament Valrie Curtis has said she will accept nothing less than a public withdrawal by House Speaker Juliet Holness of a ... Show more

Curtis breaks silence | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

Here’s What to Eat at @funinthesonfest! The @bestdressedja Fun in the Son Festival is hitting the National Stadium on April 20th ... Show more

Lose? Bayer Leverkusen is still not doing that. Xabi Alonso's team struggled for a long time in the second leg of the Europa League quarter-finals at West Ham ... Show more

Music producer Tarik “Rvssian” Johnson is quite upbeat about his involvement in the Supreme Ventures Money Time campaign, which launched a little over a month ... Show more

Money Time vibes - Jamaica Observer

Jurgen Klopp said his decision to trust the depth of his squad had been rewarded after a 3-1 win at Fulham on Sunday took Liverpool level on points with ... Show more

Klopp backs ‘massive quality’ in Liverpool squad to launch title fight - Jamaica Observer

Reggae Boy Leon Bailey believes Sunday’s stunning win over Arsenal at Emirates will breathe further life into the crucial second leg of their Europa Conference ... Show more

Bailey expects Villa boost ahead of Europa League clash - Jamaica Observer

Vice-Chairman of National Road Safety Council (NRSC) Dr Lucien Jones has added his voice to those urging young male drivers to take better care on the roads ... Show more

Careless young men the cause of many road crashes, says Jones - Jamaica Observer

The attorney general’s denial of an access to information request for the advice provided to Parliament on how to handle reports by the auditor general is not ... Show more

Editorial | Go to court on AG opinion | Commentary | Jamaica Gleaner