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October 14 02:19 PM
Before he began introducing himself as JahFragrance, Roger Grant was making a living selling cologne. His customers had their own ideas about what to ...
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October 14 12:35 PM
MADRID, Spain (AFP)—Real Madrid winger Vinicius Junior will miss the upcoming Clasico in La Liga against Barcelona after being issued a four-match sus...
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October 14 12:28 PM
The rain on Tuesday evening caused the Miss Jamaica World organisers to shift the execution of their Beach Beauty Fast Track competition to the Legacy...
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October 14 12:17 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A high-powered weapon and more than 20 rounds of ammunition were seized at the Denham Town Golden Age Home in Kingston on Tuesday....
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October 14 11:32 AM
American music mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was reportedly rushed to hospital on Wednesday after allegedly getting into a physical altercation with convic...
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October 14 10:55 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Most of the 22 third-country nationals (TCNs) who arrived in Jamaica on Tuesday under an agreement with the United States are from...
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October 14 09:41 AM
Javier Brown scored a double as Jamaican champions Portmore United rallied from a goal down to secure a commanding 3-1 victory over Haiti’s Violette S...
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October 14 09:35 AM
ROME, Italy (AFP)—Pope Leo XIV is out of bed, walking and eating following an operation to remove a cancerous tumour from his lung, and has undergone ...
Environment, News
October 12, 2026
BATS have long been the subject of fear, folklore, and ‘duppy’ stories but these creatures we’ve spent generations running from are some of nature’s h...
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June 30, 2026
PARIS, France (AFP) — The world's oceans just experienced their hottest June on record and could set fresh highs in the months ahead as El Niño and cl...
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June 12, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Like the steady flow of a river that nourishes everything in its path before meeting the sea, another transformative environmental ...
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June 4, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A new report released Thursday by Earth Insight has warned that some of Jamaica’s most ecologically significant marine habitats co...
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May 31, 2026
Scientists scrap worst-case climate scenario
Business, Environment
BY CODIE-ANN BARRETT Senior business reporter barrettc@jamaicaobserver.com
May 31, 2026
Climate risks reshape insurance for businesses
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May 14, 2026
Experts are cautioning that Jamaica may be moving too quickly to reopen the bird shooting season following Hurricane Melissa, which devastated the isl...
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April 30, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Opposition Spokesperson on Environment and Climate Resilience, Omar Newell, has welcomed Wednesday’s landmark ruling by Jamaica's...
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February 5, 2026
PARIS, France (AFP) — In an ironic twist, lower air pollution during COVID lockdowns fuelled an unprecedented surge in the powerful greenhouse gas met...
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November 19, 2025
Draft COP30 agreement a ‘mixed bag’, says EU climate chief
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September 30, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — In an effort to prevent further degradation of Jamaica’s coral reefs, the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) launched...
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September 15, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The Earth's protective ozone layer is healing and the hole should fully disappear in the coming decades, the United Nation...
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August 21, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — The National Fisheries Authority (NFA) says it has achieved major milestones in its pilot project for the production of shrimp...
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August 20, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Hurricane Erin was nearing North Carolina's coast Wednesday, threatening huge waves and flooding as the strengthenin...
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August 13, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica—The Dream Entertainment team has officially anounced that Dream Wknd 2026 will staged in the resort city of Montego Bay from July 30...
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August 13, 2025
MIAMI, United States (CMC) — Tropical Storm Erin is expected to become a hurricane in a “couple of days” as it continues to move westward and approxim...
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August 12, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Caribbean Youth Climate Council (CYCC), a regional network representing young people from CARICOM member states, will host th...
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August 8, 2025
LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AFP) — A conservation group says it has photographic evidence of the presence of a female lion in a national park in northeastern C...
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August 6, 2025
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated as heavy rains batter southern China, flooding homes and triggering landslides,...
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July 31, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — A new world record for the longest distance lightning flash was declared on Thursday — a megaflash that stretched for 829 ...
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July 25, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States (US) President Donald Trump's administration is preparing to upend a foundational scientific determina...
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July 24, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Recording artiste Cerine Rage is a survivor of domestic abuse. She recently released the song Beater Man , which she hopes will in...
Entertainment, ...
October 14, 2026
Before he began introducing himself as JahFragrance, Roger Grant was making a living selling cologne. His customers had their own ideas about what to ...
International News, ...
October 14, 2026
MADRID, Spain (AFP)—Real Madrid winger Vinicius Junior will miss the upcoming Clasico in La Liga against Barcelona after being issued a four-match sus...
Entertainment, ...
October 14, 2026
The rain on Tuesday evening caused the Miss Jamaica World organisers to shift the execution of their Beach Beauty Fast Track competition to the Legacy...
Latest News, ...
October 14, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A high-powered weapon and more than 20 rounds of ammunition were seized at the Denham Town Golden Age Home in Kingston on Tuesday....
International News, ...
October 14, 2026
American music mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was reportedly rushed to hospital on Wednesday after allegedly getting into a physical altercation with convic...
