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May 10, 2026
US employers defy economic shock from Iran war and add a surprisingly strong 115,000 jobs in April
America's employers delivered a surprising 115,000 new jobs last month despite an economic shock from the Iran war.
Hiring beat the 65,000 jobs forecasters had expected, though it decelerated…
May 10, 2026
Capleton to perform in Canada for first time in 16 years
Reggae and dancehall fans across Canada are anticipating Capleton’s return to the Canadian stage for the first time in 16 years, following the approval of his Canadian work permit. Free People…
May 10, 2026
by Yasmine Peru
Ras-I pours out his ‘Heart of Love’
With today being Mother's Day, singer Ras-I will do what he always does on this special day: he will ensure that his mother, Lorna Wainwright, is pampered. But truth be told, making her feel…
May 10, 2026
by Krysta Anderson
A mother’s dream comes true - American activist and author Marley Dias talks new book, maternal roots
In the fifth grade, a bright-eyed Marley Dias grew curious about her school’s curriculum and the absence of books featuring black girls as central characters. Troubled by the lack of representation,…
May 9, 2026
Xinyu Addae-Lee | Maternity care under the radar
Reports in the Jamaica Observer some time ago have once again placed maternity care under public scrutiny — from the tragic death of a newborn at Cornwall Regional Hospital to accounts of a difficult…
May 9, 2026
Orville Taylor | Mothers’ every day
“You're what I celebrate, You're like a never ending holiday. You're my forever special occasion.”
Dorothy Moore, sang that almost 50 years ago; two years after the UN dedicated 1975…
May 9, 2026
Garth Rattray | Ode to mother
Even as a child, I wondered why my siblings and I called our mother ‘Mother’. We never called her ‘Mom’, ‘Mommy’, ‘Moms’, ‘Momsy’, ‘Mamma’, ‘Mum’, ‘Mummy’, or ‘Ma’. There was no historical or cultural…
May 10, 2026
Editorial | Grasping India’s pivot
Last week’s visit to Jamaica by India’s external affairs minister, Dr S Jaishankar, should be read as more than diplomatic reflex – or a nicety to a now peripheral country of the Girmitiya, the…