Friday, February 27th, 2009 at 10:46 am
Jamaica Observer
Posted: 2/27/2009 10:06:33 AM
THE Court of Appeal this morning ruled that the seat of West Portland is to be decided by by-election after People’s National Party (PNP) challenger Abe Dabdoub failed in his bid to unseat Daryl Vaz of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) who won the constituency in the September 2007 General Election but was later ruled ineligible for holding dual citizenship
The by-election date will be
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Friday, February 27th, 2009 at 12:35 am
I do not know the Statistic, but I can guess that Jamaicans have to fall within the top 10 countries whose residents return home after spending years abroad. However, returning home to their homeland after years of hard work is not a pleasant experience for many. Returning residents have now become
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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 at 7:30 am
A better tomorrow for dancehall?
Published: Tuesday | February 24, 2009
Howard Campbell, Gleaner Writer
Mavado (right) with superstar Wyclef Jean, one of his many hip hop admirers. – Contributed
IT'S BEEN some time since a dancehall artiste made a big mark in the United States. Fans have to look back to 2006 to Junior Gong's Welcome to Jamrock to find a massive seller stateside.
Some pundits in the US believe
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Monday, February 23rd, 2009 at 6:32 pm
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaican regulators say they are forbidding all explicit references to sex and violence over the airwaves. The new rules from the island's broadcast commission ban any song or music video that depicts
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Friday, February 20th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Weekend Star
People have been preying on burial spots in the May Pen Cemetery offering already used spaces for sale, investigations by THE WEEKEND STAR have uncovered. When THE WEEKEND STAR recently visited the cemetery, graves without coffins but containing skulls and bones were seen
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Thursday, February 19th, 2009 at 8:19 pm
Remember DJ Papa Michigan from the duo Michigan and Smiley?The Jamaican family who died in the Buffalo N.y. plane crash were his relatives. He seems to be taking it very hard. Click here for more
Thursday, February 19th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
With the election of Barrack Obama as president of the USA, many people believe that this signals an era of a new beginning in race relationship but apparently some people are determined to keep it alive. Just this week a cartoon in the New York Post referred to Obama as a Chimpanzee. The creator did it in a way that he could wiggle his way out, but the inference was very clear about his intentions. For those of us who are optimistic about race relations we have to remember that so many people and institutions are profiting from racism that hell will freeze over before they give up on it.
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 at 12:54 am
What’s the connection between the King and Queen of Spain and the Prime Minister of Jamaica?
I might be one of the few Jamaican who is wondering what kind of deal is going on between the Prime Minister of Jamaica and the King of Spain. From I can remember I don’t know of Spain assisting Jamaica with any significant aid of any sort. The only thing I heard is that the Spaniards were to
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
Little over a week has passed since the ban of all songs with the word 'daggerin' and those which require bleeps and already Click Here for More
Monday, February 16th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
The United States army is to accept immigrants with temporary US visas, for the first time since the Vietnam war, according to the New York Times. Until now immigrants have had to have permanent residency – a "green card" – in order to qualify Click Here for More
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