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‘Stay prepared’
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‘Stay prepared’
Met Service expert says Jamaica not yet out of the woods for storm threats
Vanassa McKenzie | Observer Online Reporter 
November 20 12:20 AM
‘Stay prepared’
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Gov’t to establish national reconstruction body with initial US$1.15b
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Gov’t to establish national reconstruction body with initial US$1.15b
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 20 12:18 AM
Gov’t to establish national reconstruction body
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Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 undergoing treatment in Thailand
Art & Culture, ...
Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 undergoing treatment in Thailand
...appearance in tonight’s grand finale uncertain
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
November 20 12:16 AM
Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 undergoing treatment in Thailand
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The fight continues
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The fight continues
Government presses JPS as MPs demand clearer restoration timelines
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
November 20 12:14 AM
The fight continues
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WHERE FROM HERE?
Football, ...
WHERE FROM HERE?
JFF boss sheds no tears over McClaren exit; search on for new head coach
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 20 12:12 AM
Good riddance?
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Totally Delicious Garlic Bread
November 20 12:10 AM
Straight Out Of the Oven: Totally Delicious Bakery’s Garlic Hard-Dough Bread
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St Elizabeth hardest hit
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St Elizabeth hardest hit
World Bank tags parish’s damage assessment at a whopping US$2,286 million
Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
November 20 12:07 AM
St Elizabeth hardest hit
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Construction materials most needed in Trelawny
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Construction materials most needed in Trelawny
Custos welcomes food and clothes but argues rebuilding homes must begin now
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
November 20 12:06 AM
Construction materials most needed in Trelawny
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Bahamas gov’t to use dormant accounts to fund disaster emergencies
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Bahamas gov’t to use dormant accounts to fund disaster emergencies
October 22, 2025
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — The Bahamas Government is defending its decision to table legislation aimed at transferring funds from dormant accounts to the...
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Bahamians urged to avoid fast speed boats leaving Venezuela
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Bahamians urged to avoid fast speed boats leaving Venezuela
October 20, 2025
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) – National Security Minister Wayne Munroe is advising Bahamians to “stay out of go fast boats leaving Venezuela” as the United S...
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Central Bank of Bahamas says economy grew at moderate pace in August
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Central Bank of Bahamas says economy grew at moderate pace in August
September 30, 2025
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) – The Central Bank of  the Bahamas (CBB) says preliminary indicators are that the domestic economy grew at a moderated paced up ...
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Central bank says Bahamas economy tempered pace of growth continues
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Central bank says Bahamas economy tempered pace of growth continues
September 2, 2025
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — The Central Bank of the Bahamas (CBB) says preliminary indications are that the domestic economy’s tempered pace of growth per...
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Bahamian man jailed for having sex with a minor
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Bahamian man jailed for having sex with a minor
August 29, 2025
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — A Bahamian High Court judge has sentenced a 54-year-old man to 12 years in jail after he admitted to sex-related charges again...
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Bahamian gov’t denies selling passports ‘like candy’
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Bahamian gov’t denies selling passports ‘like candy’
August 27, 2025
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — The Bahamas Government is strongly denying allegations that it is involved in selling passports “like candy”. The allegations ...
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Bahamas signs multi-million dollar loan with IDB
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Bahamas signs multi-million dollar loan with IDB
August 20, 2025
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — Prime Minister Phillip Davis says the signing of a US$30 million loan with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) reflects ...
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Bahamian man charged with having sex with his 8-y-o step-granddaughter
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Bahamian man charged with having sex with his 8-y-o step-granddaughter
July 29, 2025
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — A 58-year-old man has been remanded in custody after he appeared in a Bahamian court accused of having sex with his eight-year...
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Bahamas police pleased with mid-year report on crime
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Bahamas police pleased with mid-year report on crime
July 28, 2025
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) – Bahamas Police Commissioner Shanta Knowles on Monday said that the Bahamas recorded a 14 per cent decrease in major crimes for...
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Judge orders release of Jamaican man detained in Bahamas
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Judge orders release of Jamaican man detained in Bahamas
July 24, 2025
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) – A Jamaican man detained in The Bahamas beyond the expiration of his deportation order has been ordered released by the Supreme...
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Bahamas recorded more than 150 new HIV/AIDS cases last year
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Bahamas recorded more than 150 new HIV/AIDS cases last year
July 18, 2025
NASSAU, Bahamas, (CMC) – The Bahamas recorded 156 cases of HIV infections last year, as health officials revealed that there were nearly 4,000 people ...
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Bahamas signs agreement with China for new hospital
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Bahamas signs agreement with China for new hospital
July 11, 2025
NASSAU, Bahamas, (CMC) — The Bahamas government Friday said its relationship with China is “rooted in cooperation, development and shared values” as t...
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CAF approves multi-million dollar loan for Bahamas
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CAF approves multi-million dollar loan for Bahamas
June 30, 2025
SEVILLE, Spain, (CMC) -The Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF), says it has approved a US$100 million loan to the Bahamas to ref...
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Bahamian gov’t to use budget surplus to decrease debt burden
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Bahamian gov’t to use budget surplus to decrease debt burden
June 24, 2025
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — The Bahamas government says it plans to use its projected surplus in this year’s national budget to directly pay down on the c...
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Bahamian PM announces salary increases for public servants
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Bahamian PM announces salary increases for public servants
June 5, 2025
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — The Bahamas Government says it is moving towards implementing the second phase of the comprehensive public service salary revi...
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Bahamian man faces jail term for indecently assaulting child
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Bahamian man faces jail term for indecently assaulting child
May 14, 2025
NASSAU, The Bahamas (CMC) — A 42-year-old man faces a potential maximum sentence of eight years in Bahamian prison after a majority nine-member jury i...
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Bahamas juror dismissed after crying over murdered 8-month-old
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Bahamas juror dismissed after crying over murdered 8-month-old
May 13, 2025
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — Justice Nei Brathwaite dismissed a woman juror on Monday after she broke down in tears during the testimony of a pathologist a...
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Jamaican man to appeal 2 year sentence after indecent assault charge in Bahamas
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Jamaican man to appeal 2 year sentence after indecent assault charge in Bahamas
May 6, 2025
NASSAU, The Bahamas — The lawyer for a 53-year-old Jamaican has hinted at appealing the two year jail sentence imposed on her client by a magistrate’s...
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Jamaican women to be deported after pleading guilty to prostitution in Bahamas
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Jamaican women to be deported after pleading guilty to prostitution in Bahamas
May 6, 2025
FREEPORT, The Bahamas (CMC) — Two Jamaican women are to be deported from The Bahamas after they pleaded guilty to prostitution charges. The women, 28-...
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WATCH: Jamaica bullish over swimming after strong Carifta performance
April 27, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica’s swimmers returned to the island last week after their impressive second-place finish at the 2025 Carifta Aquatics Champi...
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IMF says Bahamas vulnerable to effects of climate change
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IMF says Bahamas vulnerable to effects of climate change
April 11, 2025
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Friday said that The Bahamas is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, incl...
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Bahamian father found guilty of having sex with daughter
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Bahamian father found guilty of having sex with daughter
March 19, 2025
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — A Bahamas High Court judge has set June 11, 2025, as the date for sentencing a father, who was unanimously found guilty of inc...
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Met Service expert says Jamaica not yet out of the woods for storm threats
Vanassa McKenzie | Observer Online Reporter 
November 20, 2025
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Gov’t to establish national reconstruction body with initial US$1.15b
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Gov’t to establish national reconstruction body with initial US$1.15b
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 20, 2025
Gov’t to establish national reconstruction body
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Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 undergoing treatment in Thailand
Art & Culture, ...
Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 undergoing treatment in Thailand
...appearance in tonight’s grand finale uncertain
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
November 20, 2025
Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 undergoing treatment in Thailand
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The fight continues
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The fight continues
Government presses JPS as MPs demand clearer restoration timelines
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
November 20, 2025
The fight continues
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WHERE FROM HERE?
Football, ...
WHERE FROM HERE?
JFF boss sheds no tears over McClaren exit; search on for new head coach
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 20, 2025
Good riddance?
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