Buju Banton Earned Masters Degree While In Prison

December 06, 2018 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_5599" align="alignleft" width="300"] Buju Banton[/caption] Buju Banton has graduated with a Masters Degree in Music Business Management, (June 7, 2016) from the University of New York while incarcerated. The reggae artist is an inmate at McRae Correctional Facility, Atlanta, Georgia after he was arrested in December...

Fly Jamaica Sued Over Crash Landing in Guyana

December 05, 2018 in Regional

A Toronto-based law firm has filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Fly Jamaica almost a month after one of the airline’s Canada-bound planes was forced to make an emergency landing at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) in Guyana last month, resulting in injuries to...

Congratulations, Dalton!

December 04, 2018 in Regional

JAMAICAN Dalton Harris was declared the winner of popular British televised talent show X Factor on Sunday, much to the delight of Jamaica Observer online readers who shared in his joy. Here are some of their edited comments: Robert C Gray Congrats to Dalton Harris. Such a...

Ganja Bill Debate Delayed This Caribbean Nation

December 03, 2018 in Regional

Minister of Agriculture, Saboto Caesar, says that the three marijuana bills he will ask Parliament to pass into law in December consider traditional growers of the illegal plant. Caesar, in a Facebook Live broadcast last week, says that this consideration is shown from the inclusion of...