Forex: $156.87 to one US dollar

The United States (US) dollar on Tuesday, February 10, ended at $156.87, down 9 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s daily exchange trading summary. Meanwhile, the Canadian dollar ended trading ...

Positive vibrations mark Bob Marley’s 81st Birthday

Celebrations marking the 81st anniversary of the birth of Robert Nesta Marley took place on Thursday at the Bob Marley Museum ...

WATCH: JLP councillors walk out of KSAMC meeting after election of deputy mayor

Uproar broke out at the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) monthly council meeting on Tuesday following the election of Springfield Division councillor Lorraine Dubson as deputy ...

Toots & The Maytals strikes gold in New Zealand with ’54-46′

Three years after it earned a gold certification in the United Kingdom, 54-46 (That's My Number) by Toots and the Maytals has ...

Toots and the Maytals strike gold in New Zealand with 54-46

Three years after it earned a gold certification in the United Kingdom, 54-46 (That's My Number) by Toots and the Maytals, ...

Man charged with three murders in Manchester, another warned to surrender

Police in Manchester have charged a man with three counts of murder stemming from two incidents including a double murder on . Charged with murder is CJ Wilson, 21, a resident of Old England in ...

Cops detain high-risk target in St Andrew

A man who police described as a high-risk target, was apprehended by the Area 4 police on Chisholm Avenue, Kingston 11 on Monday afternoon. The 35-year-old man whose identity police have declined to ...

Childcare entities urged to strengthen family-based care systems

Childcare organisations are being urged to strengthen family-based care systems for vulnerable children as Jamaica continues ...

Google turns to century-long debt to build AI

Google-parent Alphabet will issue bonds maturing in 100 years as it continues to invest massively in infrastructure for ...

Ukrainian athlete vows to wear banned helmet at Winter Olympics

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych vowed Tuesday that he would wear a helmet that depicts victims of the war with Russia "on race day" at the Milan-Cortina Games despite a ban imposed by ...

What does ‘increasing productivity’ really mean?

In the hopes of increasing national income and economic growth, which have remained perpetually anaemic in Jamaica, the need to enhance productivity has become a common refrain over the last 50 years, ...

Reggae Boyz to face Martinique in pre-World Cup playoffs friendly

The Jamaica Observer has learnt that the Reggae Boyz will take on Martinique in an international friendly on February 21 as they continue preparations for their final attempt to qualify for the FIFA ...