Leonard Bartley News Today

Close to one year after the death of veteran dancehall deejay Merciless, his family is yet to receive his death certificate, and, according to his sister, Claire Howell, this is causing a hold up in completing vital business transactions relating...

James Samuels James Samuels, bass vocalist of The Aces who sang on Desmond Dekker's Israelites and 007 (Shanty Town), died on January 29 at age 78. He passed away at the St Ann's Bay Hospital fro...

Barbara Gloudon The veteran broadcaster and theatre legend died at the University Hospital of the West Indies May 11. She was 87. She wrote the radio drama Wrong Move, which aired on Radio Jamaic...

Bounty Killer shared that late dancehall artist Merciless died of a drug overdose. The Warlord is responding to critics from some quarters of the

Harvel 'Gadafi' Hart, manager of Merciless says he regrets that he wasn’t able to attend the late entertainer’s funeral because of issues with his US passport. Still, he’s peeved that Beenie Man and B...

MEMBERS of Jamaica's entertainment fraternity turned out in their numbers to pay their final respects to dancehall artiste Merciless at the St Gabriel's Anglican Church Hall on Church Street, Clar...

Dancehall veteran Spragga Benz paid a touching tribute to his late colleague and longtime friend Merciless at a funeral for the ‘Ole Gallis’ singer in May Pen, Clarendon on Saturday. Spragga, in his t...

Clarendon, Jamaica – The thanksgiving service for the life of dancehall deejay Merciless is underway at the St Gabriel's Anglican Church Hall on Church Street in May Pen, Clarendon. The white coffin w...

The Jamaica Observer's Entertainment Desk continues with the 49th of its biweekly feature looking at seminal moments that have helped shape Jamaica over the past 60 years. AFTER a sev...

Sting Jamaica principals promises to host the biggest show in Jamaica this century. The true test of a dancehall artist has long been considered their