Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck earlier this month announced that he would be taking a submission to Cabinet which would outline the reasons the 1898 Obeah Act should be repealed. Chuck’s ...

Campaigners say the Obeah Act in Jamaica was born out of colonial fear and control and must be changed to stop the practice being criminalised Christian congregations across Jamaica have rallied ...

Haviah Mighty’s “Obeah” explores the spirituality of that Caribbean practice — describing the bad energy one might catch from a jealous friend. A true storyteller, Mighty introduces the listener to a ...

In passing the judgment in a recent court case in Montego Bay, St James, the judge suggested Bible reading for a man found guilty of practising Obeah. I was amazed at the judgment and also the ...