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NEW YORK, USA — Multiple Jamaican organisations and individuals across the United States are hurrying to meet the December 31, 2025 deadline for the G...
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BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
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Members of the local Rastafarian community have expressed mixed views on President Donald Trump’s recent signing of an executive order seeking to recl...
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Urban Development Corporation (UDC) returns with the fireworks festival this December 31, 2025, continuing a cherished national tradition that brings ...
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Two die in Manchester crashes; two-month-old among four hospitalised
BY KASEY WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter kaseyw@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 22 12:24 AM
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Two people died in separate crashes in this south-central parish on Sunday while four others, including a two-month-old baby,...
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JN Money has embarked on a Holiday Hope initiative to spread cheer over the festive season and drive further support for families and communities in J...
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With athletic events unlikely to return to the Montego Bay Sports Complex for the foreseeable future, Inter-secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA...
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Race against time!
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Race against time!
Charities trying to beat Dec 31 deadline for hurricane relief supply waivers
BY HAROLD G BAILEY Observer writer 
December 22, 2025
NEW YORK, USA — Multiple Jamaican organisations and individuals across the United States are hurrying to meet the December 31, 2025 deadline for the G...
Rastas express mixed views on cannabis exec order in US
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Rastas express mixed views on cannabis exec order in US
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 22, 2025
Members of the local Rastafarian community have expressed mixed views on President Donald Trump’s recent signing of an executive order seeking to recl...
Two die in Manchester crashes; two-month-old among four hospitalised
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Two die in Manchester crashes; two-month-old among four hospitalised
BY KASEY WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter kaseyw@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 22, 2025
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Two people died in separate crashes in this south-central parish on Sunday while four others, including a two-month-old baby,...
JN Money spreading ‘Holiday Hope’
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JN Money spreading ‘Holiday Hope’
December 22, 2025
JN Money has embarked on a Holiday Hope initiative to spread cheer over the festive season and drive further support for families and communities in J...
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Hear the Children’s Cry opposes calls for decriminalisation of consensual sex between minors
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior Reporter aliciaw@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 22, 2025
CHILD rights advocacy group, Hear the Children’s Cry has described as “baffling and disheartening” recent calls for the decriminalisation of consensua...
IRAWMA founder launches fund to aid hurricane-hit hospitals
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IRAWMA founder launches fund to aid hurricane-hit hospitals
Desmond Allen Executive Editor allend@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 22, 2025
CHICAGO-BASED Jamaican community activist Dr Ephraim Martin has thrown his weight behind the call for assistance with medicine or medical care for Jam...
Marge Roper — from planning families to planning meals
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Marge Roper — from planning families to planning meals
BY DESMOND ALLEN Executive editor — special assignment allend@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 22, 2025
FOR almost 16 years Nellie Fullerton was known throughout the length and breadth of Jamaica by the famous pseudonym Marge Roper, which she pioneered a...
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Today is the 356th day of 2025. There are 9 days left in the year. TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT 1995: As thousands cheer, Yasser Arafat’s wife lights the Christm...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Monday, December 22, 2025. The past few days might have brought up difficult feelings concerning our relationships, but the current...
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December 21, 2025
Government Senator Keith Duncan has moved to explain why he backed the crimefighting plan of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Administration, revealing ...

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