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Businessman charged with son’s murder wants plea deal

Published:Jamaica Gleaner - Friday | December 31, 2021 | 12:11 AMTanesha Mundle/Staff Reporter A St Andrew businessman who was reportedly captured on video shooting his son to death at the family business place in Papine, St Andrew, in April is planning to seek…

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Entertainment

Foundation singer Leo Graham dies at 80

Published:Wednesday | December 29, 2021 | 12:09 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer Foundation singer Leo Graham, who began his recording career as the lead vocalist of the Jamaican trio known as the Bleechers, has died. His son, Daweh Congo, told The Gleaner that Graham, who was…

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Entertainment

‘I tested negative for COVID,’ says Beenie Man in response to claims he broke quarantine in Ghana

Published: Jamaica Gleaner - Tuesday | December 28, 2021 | 12:06 PM Dancehall artiste Beenie Man has denied media reports out of Ghana that he tested positive for COVID-19 when he arrived in the West African republic. "I have no COVID, never caught…

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Entertainment

Five Questions with Julene Robinson

Published:Jamaica Gleaner - Friday | December 24, 2021 | 12:10 AMStephanie Lyew/Gleaner Writer Season Two of the fantasy drama television series, The Witcher, has a new addition. Jamaican actress Julene Robinson, who plays a barmaid, stands out in the fictional storyline – which is…

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Football Sports

No vax, no football

Parish associations, JFF looking for 100% vaccination to facilitate restart Published:Jamaica Gleaner - Friday | December 24, 2021 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer FOOTBALL AT the parish-association level in Jamaica is unlikely to restart unless all players and officials are vaccinated, seems to…

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Andrew Azar transforms Southdale Plaza despite pandemic

Wednesday Dec 15, 2021 BY VERNON DAVIDSON Executive editor — publications -davidsonv@jamaicaobserver.com Andrew Azar points to the renovated Shoppes at Southdale plaza at the soft opening on November 24, 2021. Azar, who bought the plaza just before the onset of the novel…

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Football Sports

Hall confident Reggae Boyz can prove a force in Concacaf once again

Wednesday December 15, 2021 BY SANJAY MYERS Senior staff reporter - myerss@jamaicaobserver.com Then Reggae Boyz Assistant Coach Paul Hall (left) gives instructions to players (from second left) Cory Burke, Andre Gray and Blair Turgott during the Concacaf Gold Cup Tournament in the United…

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Entertainment Music

Sheldon plants ‘Seeds of Hope’

Wednesday, December 15, 2021 BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter - johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com Sheldon Shepherd PERFORMANCE artiste Sheldon Shepherd of the group No-Maddz is still buzzing following a virtual performance in South Africa in support of the Nelson Mandela Foundation. “This is certainly a big deal…

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Entertainment Music

126 submissions in Reggae Grammy category still too low – Cristy Barber

Published:Sunday | December 12, 2021 | 12:06 AMYasmine Peru - Sunday Gleaner Writer Cristy Barber The final round of voting, which will determine the recipients of the annual Grammy Awards, opened on December 6, and Grammy-nominated producer Cristy Barber is ready to go. “There…

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Why Jamaican students in Cuba are yet to get promised COVID care packages

Johnson Smith... the clearance of the shipment by the authorities in Cuba is outside of the control of the Foreign Ministry. The promised COVID care packages for Jamaican medical students in Cuba are yet to be delivered, Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith has…