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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
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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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Spice re-enters Billboard Reggae Albums chart with 10
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Spice re-enters Billboard Reggae Albums chart with 10
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
November 19, 2025
Queen of Dancehall Spice jumped back onto the Billboard Reggae Albums chart with her 2021 debut full-length studio album 10. The set, released four ye...
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Shake it to the Max is #1 on Billboard’s Rhythmic Top 40 Airplay
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Shake it to the Max is #1 on Billboard’s Rhythmic Top 40 Airplay
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
July 29, 2025
For the first time in 22 years, a song featuring Jamaicans has taken over the #1 spot on Billboard's Rhythmic Top 40 Airplay chart. Shake it to the Ma...
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Shake it to the Max (Fly) remix ranks #19 on Billboard list
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Shake it to the Max (Fly) remix ranks #19 on Billboard list
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
June 26, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The global dancehall hit  Shake it to the Max (Fly)  remix by MOLIY, Silent Addy, Skillibeng and Shenseea, ranks at #19 on Billboa...
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Damian Marley, Sean Paul feature on Billboard’s 100 Best Songs of 2005 list
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Damian Marley, Sean Paul feature on Billboard’s 100 Best Songs of 2005 list
Kevin Jackson 
April 16, 2025
Twenty years ago, Welcome to Jamrock by Damian ‘Jr Gong’ Marley and We Be Burnin by Sean Paul, were tearing up charts in America and Europe. Both song...
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Major Lazer’s ‘Pon De Floor’ with Vybz Kartel makes it to Billboard list
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Major Lazer’s ‘Pon De Floor’ with Vybz Kartel makes it to Billboard list
March 26, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Vybz Kartel is the second Jamaican to be ranked among Billboard magazine's 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time List. His collaboratio...
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Grace Jones’ ‘Pull up to the Bumper’ makes Billboard list
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Grace Jones’ ‘Pull up to the Bumper’ makes Billboard list
March 25, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica —  Pull Up to the Bumper , a 1981 hit song by Jamaican-born Grace Jones that didn't make the cut on a previous album, ranks at #82 o...
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‘Party Time’ deejay Danny English has died
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‘Party Time’ deejay Danny English has died
Claude Mills, Observer Writer 
January 24, 2025
Dancehall deejay Danny English died on Thursday evening at the Kingston Public Hospital after a long battle with diabetes. He was 54 years old. Best k...
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WATCH: Truck driver refuses to remove illegal billboards in St Catherine over alleged non-payment
November 28, 2024
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica – A planned exercise by the St Catherine Municipal Corporation to remove illegal billboards and advertising signs in Linstead fa...
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Popcaan’s ‘Twist and Turn’ is certified gold in America
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Popcaan’s ‘Twist and Turn’ is certified gold in America
Kevin Jackson 
November 14, 2024
For the second time in his career, dancehall artiste Popcaan has earned a gold-certified single in the United States of America. On Thursday, the Reco...
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Shenseea scores second entry on Billboard Mainstream R&B/Hip-hop, Rhythmic Top 40 Airplay charts
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Shenseea scores second entry on Billboard Mainstream R&B/Hip-hop, Rhythmic Top 40 Airplay charts
Kevin Jackson 
September 4, 2024
Work Me Out , the latest single from Shenseea's sophomore album 'Never Gets Late Here', has become her second entry on both Billboard's Mainstream R&B...
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Vybz Kartel earns eighth top 10 entry on Billboard Reggae Albums chart
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Vybz Kartel earns eighth top 10 entry on Billboard Reggae Albums chart
August 13, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — First Week Out, the 12-track mixtape by dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel, has debuted in the number eight position on this week's Bil...
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Rebelution’s ‘Fade Away’ mines gold in the US
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Rebelution’s ‘Fade Away’ mines gold in the US
Kevin Jackson 
March 8, 2024
Ten years after it was released, the song Fade Away by California reggae band Rebelution has been certified gold in the United States for digital sale...
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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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