CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuela's imprisoned former leader Nicolas Maduro on Sunday welcomed "any path to dialogue," ahead of a US-backed meeting in the coming week between representatives of the Latin American country's interim government and opposition leaders. "We welcome any path to dialogue that helps consolidate peace, coexistence, and reconciliation among Venezuelans," read a message posted on the official Telegram account of the deposed president, who is imprisoned in...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The People's National Party (PNP) has expressed profound sadness at the passing of Headley "Dellmar" Samuels, who served as the party's official photographer for more than 30 years. Samuels passed away Saturday following a period of illness. Noting that Samuels began his craft with the Jamaica Progressive League in New York, continuing his work upon his return to Jamaica in 1974 and went on to become a...

ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — A 47-year-old reggae artiste and actor, identified as Brian Boucher, popularly known as Ras Ajai, was shot and killed by armed assailants in Waterford, Portmore, St. Catherine, on Saturday night. Boucher was also known for portraying Claudie Massop in the 'Bob Marley: One Love' film. Preliminary reports indicate that about 9:00 pm, Boucher was sitting on a section of Kendal Road in an area of Waterford...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – The Antigua and Barbuda government has launched a fresh diplomatic effort to persuade the United States (US) to remove the twin-island nation from recently imposed visa restrictions and the newly established US Visa Bond Programme. Prime Minister Gaston Browne has written to US President Donald Trump requesting a review of the measures affecting Antiguan and Barbudan nationals under Presidential Proclamation 10998, related visa restrictions and...

Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Sony and Marvel's latest chapter in the comic book adventure starring Tom Holland as the iconic web-slinger, raked in a massive $355 million in its North American debut, industry estimates showed Sunday. The opening was the second-biggest in domestic box office history, only behind "Avengers: Endgame" (2019) at $357 million, not adjusted for inflation, according to Box Office Mojo. The film -- which also stars Zendaya...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Chairman of the Jamaica Labour Party’s Communication Taskforce, Senator Abka Fitz-Henley, is calling on Opposition Leader and PNP President, Mark Golding, to abandon what he describes as the PNP’s ‘flip-flopping and delay tactics’ and allow Jamaica to become a Republic. In a statement on Sunday, he noted that Jamaica’s Constitution mandates cooperation from the Opposition if the British Monarchy is to be deposed as Head of State...

A number of international and local acts are set to hit the stage and deliver their respective hit songs at the Heroes' Weekend staging of Republic Weekend at Plantation Cove in St Ann. While remaining tight-lipped about revealing names, Mikhail De Gale, director of Fete Republic, organisers of Republic Weekend, told Observer Online exclusively on Saturday at the Republic Beach Club event at Plantation Cove, that patrons are in for a treat. "We...

ATHENS, Greece (AFP) — The two-man crew of a firefighting helicopter in Greece were killed in a mid-air collision with another chopper Sunday as both aircraft were deployed to battle a wildfire near Athens, a fire department spokesman said. "The pilots... were taken unconscious to hospital, where their death was confirmed," the fire department's director of communications Vassilis Vathrakogiannis said in a televised address.

Dancehall artiste Govana, known for hits like Champ, Shrimp Patty, Loyalty, Breeze and Run Road with Aidonia, has seen his partnership with Guinness extended for the 2026-2027 period. The announcement of the extension of the artiste’s relationship with the iconic brand was revealed on Friday night at Dream Live, part of the Dream Wknd series of events in Montego Bay. According to Guinness Brand Manager Nadine Hylton, the renewed partnership reflects both Govana's influence and the...

  ST CATHERINE, Jamaica (—Waterford Primary School is pursuing changing academic outcomes for students with passion and patience, according to school officials. “You must have passion and patience,” said Principal Nicola Grizelle,“as without these qualities you’re setting up yourself for failure. You have to genuinely want to help them because the children can feel when someone is around with a passion for them to learn – and at that time it...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuela and the Dominican Republic agreed Sunday to work toward restoring relations severed two years ago when the latter joined an international chorus of complaints that Nicolas Maduro's claimed presidential reelection was fraudulent. The two countries have now agreed on a road map for talks on "gradual normalisation" of their diplomatic ties, the Venezuelan foreign ministry said in a statement. Maduro, a leftist criticised as a...