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Thirteen years after it was first released, the song Let’s Do it Again by Hawaiian reggae singer J Boog, has been certified platinum in America. The certification was issued on February 8 by the Recording Industry Association of America to commemorate streaming and sales equivalent of one million units. In 2022, the song was certified silver in the United Kingdom. Let’s Do it Again was produced by Jamaican Donovan ‘Don...

ST MARY, Jamaica— A man was shot dead and another narrowly escaped injuries after picking apples in Belfield Penn, St Mary Thursday afternoon. The dead man has only been identified as Ryan Prendergast. Both men are from Belfield Penn, the police said. Reports reaching Observer Online are that around 2:45 pm, the two men went to a property in the community and picked apples. On their way from the property,...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Having lost the Rae Town Division by one vote in a magisterial recount in the 2016 Local Government elections, the People's National Party's Shawn McGregor is confident that he will enjoy a change of fortune this time around. McGregor told Observer Online that he's entering this year's polls "seven years wiser" and even more energised as he seeks to secure victory. "Seven years ago, I was seven...

CLARENDON, Jamaica – The incumbent candidate for the Mocho division in Clarendon, the People’s National Party’s (PNP) Romaine Morris is promising that the division will be “flipped” to the PNP in the upcoming Local Government election. Morris, who won the seat on a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) ticket in 2016, crossed the floor to the PNP in January following a fallout with the Member of Parliament Robert Nesta Morgan. On...

WESTMORELAND, Jamaica - Incumbent candidate for the Grange Hill Division in Westmoreland, Lawton McKenzie, who will be contesting the local government election as an independent, says he expects to retain his seat come February 26. Speaking with Observer Online on Nomination Day on Thursday, McKenzie, who won the 2016 election on a People's National Party (PNP) ticket, says he expects to seal his victory at the upcoming polls in "fine...