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The report on the thanksgiving service for Allan ‘Skill’ Cole was the top entertainment story for 2025. Jamaica’s most outstanding footballer, Cole, 74, was a close confidante of reggae icon, Bob Marley and made a huge contribution to the music. He p
January 11, 2026

Top entertainment stories for 2025

1. Farewell to a legend 2. Veteran reggae singer Cocoa Tea has died 3. Mexican reggae singer Jah Fabio wished to take last breath in Jamaica 4. Six-foot standout Dreanna Williams wins Miss Universe…
Dancehall entertainer Chronic Law hits the charts with ‘NY Girl’.
January 11, 2026

Top 15 Dancehall Songs in the Streets

We took to the streets for this top-15 and who better than DJ Tom, one of the organisers of the popular Leggo Di Streets Wednesdays, a weekly party that is held in Kencot, St Andrew. 1. Mute –…
Delano ‘DJ3D’ Thomas named Armanii’s ‘Hard’ as the top song for 2025. Armanii seen here on stage t at Reggae Sumfest 2024 in Catherine Hall, Montego Bay, St James.
January 11, 2026

Top 15 Dancehall Songs 2025

Renaissance disc jock, Delano ‘DJ3D’ Thomas put his spin on compiling this exclusive list of dancehall songs for the year 2025. Sitting pretty at the top is Armanii, who also gets honourable mention…
Palestinians inspect the damage at a displacement camp following an Israeli strike in Gaza City.
January 11, 2026

Jalil Dabdoub | The goat, sheep, and the world order – The fall of principle

Bruce Golding’s recent article in the Jamaica Observer, titled ‘Things fall apart’ in almost every respect, is a truthful and courageous reckoning with the collapse of the post-WWII rules-based…
In this October 2025 photo a cordon is seen along Whitehall Avenue in St Andrew following a fatal police shooting.
January 11, 2026

Mickel Jackson | Jamaica’s historic crime reduction amid security forces killing surge

As we enter 2026, Jamaica confronts a stark paradox. In 2025, the nation achieved a historic breakthrough: murders fell to a provisional 673, the lowest annual total in over three decades and a…
A government supporter holds an image of President Nicolás Maduro during a women’s march to demand his return in Caracas, Venezuela.
January 11, 2026

Imani Tafari-Ama | Return of 21st century piracy?

For those who believed that the age of imperial adventurism and piracy was confined to the history books — age-old memories of the Barbary Coast or the scramble for Africa — the events unfolding in…
Howard Beckford
January 11, 2026

Howard Beckford | Jamaica and the politics of chaos after Hurricane Melissa

In the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, Jamaicans are again confronting a familiar but uncomfortable truth: disasters do not affect all groups equally. Some communities quickly regain normalcy while…
January 11, 2026

Hello mi neighbour | Seek to resolve conflicts quickly and peacefully

Had a good night’s rest last night? How are things generally? Relationships good? How about job/career? Making ends meet? Happy most times and know why? Unhappy most times and don’t know why?…
Residents look at a damaged apartment complex that neighbours say was hit during US strikes to capture Nicolás Maduro, in Catia La Mar, Venezuela.
January 11, 2026

Mark Wignall | Fundamentally evil

At his core, the US president swims in a huge void.One of the great Trump policy directions is one of non-intervention, that is, no armed intervention. That, I believe, was his intention until a…