Jaheel Hyde (left) looks across at the finish line after winning the 110m hurdles gold in 13.36 seconds ahead of Xavier Coakley (second left) of The Bahamas, and teammate Seanie Selvin in third. (PHOTOS: COLLIN REID COURTESY OF SUPREME VENTURES AND
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The 12th Arts Festival of the Caribbean, CARIFESTA, will be held in Haiti from August 14 to 23 under the theme “Our Roots, Our Culture, Our Common Future.” Prime Minister Evans Paul, Minister of Culture, Dithny Joan Raton and Minister of Tourism and
Haiti is emerging as a hot spot for tourists, according to figures released by travel conglomerate Expedia. According to Expedia’s Director of Lodging Partner Services for the Caribbean, Demetrius Canton, although Haiti is not a traditional popular
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, Wednesday April 1, 2015 - A Caribbean vacation typically centers around sun, sand and sea. But, increasingly, value savvy travelers are discovering they can get all these, and more, without having to stay right on the beach, pay
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Wednesday April 1, 2015, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago says it has signed a cooperation agreement with Cuba that will allow for the development of multi-destination tourism packages.
A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Aff
WITH HIS EP due in September, European singer Alborosie is currently promoting the first song from the project.
Alborosie said he released Poser a few months ago and has since followed with the music video that premiered on the weekend.
He explain
SENATOR Imani Duncan-Price joins an outstanding group of 187 professionals who have been selected to become 2015 Young Global Leaders (YGL) of the World Economic Forum.
Each year a group of remarkable individuals under 40 are chosen from diverse ba
CALIFORNIA, United States, Tuesday March 17, 2015 – A feature-length documentary on Barbados’ pop princess Rihanna is in the works via a newly-formed production company Film 45, founded by Lone Survivor director Peter Berg who directed the singer in
ROSEAU, Dominica, Tuesday March 17, 2015, CMC - The Dominica government Monday confirmed that talks were being held with its Jamaican counterpart on a settlement regarding the deportation of dancehall artiste, Tommy Lee Sparta last February.
Lee, w
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ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, Tuesday March 10, 2015 – The Jolly Boys is a unique musical band in the cultural history of Grenada. They can be seen performing for tourists, at “Happy Hour’’ in funerals and at other social gatherings. But how
Friday March 6, 2015 – When Travel and Leisure took its pick of the World’s Coolest Plunge Pools last month, the Caribbean was in the swim with two listings earned by the luxurious facilities at Puerto Rico’s Royal Isabela Resort and St Lucia’s Lade
National coach Khaleel Azan (second right) shares a photo opportunity with junior shooters Nickolai Clarke (left), Brandon Reid (second left), Richard Lechler (with live juvenile alligator) and Peter Mahfood at the Gator Cup championship in Florida
Italian producer Paolo Baldini (centre) is flanked by Mellow Mood members Giulio Frausin (left), twin brothers Jacopo and Lorenzo Garcia and reggae act Forelock (second right). (PHOTO: ANTONIO GRAHAM)
By: Simone Morgan - Jamaica Observer
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Bob Marley’s family won another victory in their multimillion dollar court case against image bootleggers just yesterday. Court documents released yesterday, February 20, 2015, confirm that they were successful in achieving justice in what is hopefu
The year 2012 was the first time that female boxers were allowed to compete at the Olympics. And the first female to represent Jamaica in the Olympic qualifiers was 33-year-old Sarah-Joy Rae, a Swiss-Jamaican public prosecutor.
Rae packs quite a punc
Jean-Pierre Roy and Michael Williams held a friendly rivalry called the Cool Runnings Cup II. Photo is from Roy’s Facebook page
Neither Jean-Pierre Roy nor Michael Williams expected to reach podium in giant slalom or slalom at the World Ski Champio
Andre Stewart, winner of the Sandals Grande Riviera Flair Bartending Competition recently
ANDRE Stewart, with a scintillating display of creativity and showmanship, was crowned the winner of the inaugural Sandals Grande Riviera Flair Bartending Com
Refurbished resort now employs 650, has more rooms and enjoying high occupancy
BY RICHARD BROWNE Business editor browner@jamaicaobserver.com
AFTER some nine months of closure, Sandals Barbados has opened its doors to high occupancy, an increased num
BE afraid, be very afraid.
That's the warning to the women's sprinting world after double Olympic 100m champion, Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce declared that she wants to lower her personal best and national record of 10.70 seconds this year.
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