The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) continues its fight against COVID-19 with support to St. Vincent and The Grenadines. The latest effort occured on Wednesday January 6th, 2021. The OECS PPS (Pooled Procurement Service) distributed a donation of 1000 RT-PCR test kits, the gold...
If Jamaica had a certain way of measuring the full value of the contribution of its citizens, we might well declare Gordon “Butch” Stewart the most valuable Jamaican, and that indisputably puts him among that rare constellation of national heroes. But Butch, the affectionate moniker he...
Founder and chairman of the ATL Group of Companies, Gordon “Butch” Stewart passed away last night. He was 79. Stewart, who is also chairman of the Jamaica Observer, will be most remembered for his multiple award-winning Sandals and Beaches Resorts, which helped to establish the Caribbean,...
POPCAAN gave former sprint star Usain Bolt some musical advice yesterday. According to the dancehall deejay, Bolt should give up-and-coming talents the opportunity to live their dream. Popcaan was responding to a single titled Living The Dream by Bolt and his Executive Manager Nugent “NJ” Walker....
Barbados has recorded a superspreader event - Jason Gittens' bus crawl held on December 26, 2020. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases coming out of tests conducted at HMP Dodds is over 45, with 21 being attendees of the aforementioned bus crawl. At the time, Health Minister...