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FNID sends clear warning: Nobody untouchable
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 13 12:20 AM
No one above
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Jamaica’s road safety crisis
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 13 12:18 AM
20 years, 7,420 deaths
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Richie Stephens honours Jimmy Cliff with new cover
January 13 12:16 AM
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January 13 12:16 AM
Jolyan Silvera murder trial remains private
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Jason Cross | Reporter 
January 13 12:14 AM
Absent witnesses force delay in Maitland trial
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January 13 12:14 AM
CWI makes appeal to Pooran for T20 World Cup
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NSWMA appeals for patience, says teams working night and day clearing Melissa debris
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 13 12:12 AM
‘We’re going to get it done’
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BY ASHAGAYE MULLINGS Observer writer 
July 15, 2023
MORANT BAY, St Thomas — With 37 active cases of COVID-19 in the parish and the advent of mosquito-breeding season, public health officials are urging ...
COVID-19, News
Jason Cross | Reporter 
July 12, 2023
MINISTER of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton has revealed that there has been an uptick in the positivity rate for COVID-19 in Jamaica. The m...
COVID-19, Health, News
May 6, 2023
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The COVID-19 pandemic, which killed millions of people and wreaked economic and social havoc, no longer constitutes a glob...
COVID-19, International News, News
March 12, 2023
WASHINGTON, USA (AP) — A requirement that travellers to the US from China present a negative COVID-19 test before boarding their flights expired Frida...
COVID-19, Health, News
March 11, 2023
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is calling on countries in the Americas, including the Caribbean, to...
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BY ASHAGAYE MULLINGS Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 13, 2023
MORANT BAY, St Thomas — Warning that there is once again an uptick in COVID-19 cases in St Thomas, which only has a 16 per cent vaccination rate, the ...
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January 18, 2023
MONTEGO BAY, St James — As COVID-19 makes a resurgence in some countries the local business process outsourcing (BPO) sector is keeping a watchful eye...
COVID-19, News, Regional, ...
Anthony Lewis | Observer Writer 
January 16, 2023
LUCEA, Hanover — Dr Kaushal Singh, medical officer of health for Hanover, said while the parish recorded only one COVID-19 case last month, residents ...
COVID-19, Health, News
January 15, 2023
CONCERNED about the lack of adherence to COVID-19 measures, health officials are reiterating calls for people to practise personal safety, stating tha...
COVID-19, Health, News
BY BRITTNY HUTCHINSON Observer staff reporter hutchinsonb@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 14, 2023
JAMAICA is among 12 countries set to benefit from a multimillion-dollar vaccine initiative which is expected to strengthen COVID-19 vaccination delive...
COVID-19, Letters, News
January 12, 2023
Dear Editor, Chief Medical Officer(CMO) Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie is encouraging individuals who indulged in self-testing for the novel coronavir...
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Robert Bailey | Sports Writer 
January 8, 2023
Following the recent spike in COVID-19 cases in China, former president of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) Dr Warren Blake is ...
COVID-19, News
January 4, 2023
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States said Tuesday that the requirement of Covid tests for travellers from China was based on science an...
COVID-19, News
January 2, 2023
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida– As a growing number of Caribbean destinations continue to set record tourism arrivals, expenditures and hotel occupancies, t...
COVID-19, News
December 29, 2022
THE Jamaican Government will not at this time be imposing restrictions on travellers from the People's Republic of China (PRC) despite a surge in COVI...
COVID-19, Golf, News, ...
December 20, 2022
ROSE HALL, St James — There is optimism after last Thursday's reopening of the White Witch golf course in Rose Hall, St James, after being closed for ...
COVID-19, News
December 12, 2022
MORE than half (53 per cent) of men in Jamaica have been experiencing varying levels of depression during the post-COVID-19 period, according to a stu...
COVID-19, News
December 12, 2022
TEXAS, United States (AP) — Coronavirus-related hospital admissions are climbing again in the United States, with older adults a growing share of US d...
COVID-19, Health, News
December 8, 2022
BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC) — Belize is experiencing a new wave of COVID-19 infections with the Ministry of Health and Wellness releasing a report indicati...
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December 5, 2022
HONG KONG (AP) — China on Sunday reported two additional deaths from COVID-19 as some cities move cautiously to ease anti-pandemic restrictions amid i...
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December 2, 2022
PRIME Minister Andrew Holness on Wednesday charged that the country would have 'certainly collapsed' if it was under the governance of the People's Na...
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November 23, 2022
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Two of the World Health Organization's mos t senior figures in the fight against COVID-19 are quitting next week, accordin...
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