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Big win for Jamaica
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Big win for Jamaica
Tourism stakeholders welcome US travel advisory upgrade
BY HORACE HINES Observer writer 
January 19 12:30 AM
Big win for Jamaica
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‘World-class recovery’
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‘World-class recovery’
Bartlett credits destination assurance as PM welcomes US travel advisory upgrade
January 19 12:28 AM
‘World-class recovery’
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No light, no water
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No light, no water
Mixed views to JPS claim of promise delivered in Westmoreland
BY ANTHONY LEWIS Observer writer 
January 19 12:26 AM
No light, no water
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Medical records mess
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Medical records mess
Hurricane highlights need to speed up planned digitisation project as hospitals struggle to retrieve patients’ data
January 19 12:24 AM
Medical records mess
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Fewer inmate, detainee deaths last year
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Fewer inmate, detainee deaths last year
INDECOM lists illnesses as major cause
BY TAMOY ASHMAN Observer staff reporter ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 19 12:22 AM
Fewer inmate, detainee deaths last year
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Peta-Gaye McLeary: Breaking ground, breaking barriers
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Peta-Gaye McLeary: Breaking ground, breaking barriers
BY KEISH BECKFORD 
January 19 12:20 AM
Peta-Gaye McLeary
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‘Butch’ Stewart’s love affair with Air Jamaica
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‘Butch’ Stewart’s love affair with Air Jamaica
The Love Bird became the little piece of Jamaica that cries
BY DESMOND ALLEN Executive editor — special assignment allend@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 19 12:20 AM
‘Butch’ Stewart’s love affair with Air Jamaica
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Grandparents’ right to access
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Grandparents’ right to access
Margarette Macaulay 
January 19 12:18 AM
Grandparents’ right to access
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PNP caretaker demands answers after student allegedly falls from overcrowded school bus
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PNP caretaker demands answers after student allegedly falls from overcrowded school bus
December 13, 2025
PORTLAND, Jamaica —People’s National Party (PNP) Caretaker for Portland Western, Doreen Campbell, is demanding answers following what she describes as...
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Bus carrying students overturns in Dublin Castle
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Bus carrying students overturns in Dublin Castle
September 23, 2025
ST ANDREW, Jamaica - A motor vehicle crash on the Dublin Castle Road in St Andrew on Tuesday, has  left several people, including school children and ...
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New bus route to ease concerns in St Thomas —Vaz
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New bus route to ease concerns in St Thomas —Vaz
September 10, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Transport Minister Daryl Vaz says concerns raised by St Thomas residents over limited public transportation options are being addr...
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Jamaica Umbrella Groups of Churches slams bus blessing incident
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Jamaica Umbrella Groups of Churches slams bus blessing incident
September 2, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Umbrella Groups of Churches is calling on Transport Minister Daryl Vaz to retract videos showing a libation ritual fro...
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‘No guy can stop school bus rollout’ – Vaz
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‘No guy can stop school bus rollout’ – Vaz
August 25, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Transport Minister Daryl Vaz has doubled down on his position that the Government will press ahead with the rollout of 110 buses u...
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WATCH: ‘The PNP supports a rural transport system’, clarifies Phillips
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WATCH: ‘The PNP supports a rural transport system’, clarifies Phillips
August 24, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Opposition Spokesman on Transport and People's National Party (PNP) candidate for Manchester North West, Mikael Phillips, has so...
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130 JUTC buses chartered for JLP rally
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130 JUTC buses chartered for JLP rally
August 10, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) will be providing chartered transportation services for attendees travelling to the JLP r...
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New JUTC bus damaged in stoning incident one day after being put into service
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New JUTC bus damaged in stoning incident one day after being put into service
July 17, 2025
One of the new Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) buses commissioned into service on Tuesday, July 15, was damaged in a stoning incident along Washi...
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New Montego Bay to Savanna-la-Mar bus route launched
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New Montego Bay to Savanna-la-Mar bus route launched
June 4, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — A new commuter route between Montego Bay and Savanna-la-Mar, was launched on Wednesday by the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC)...
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JUTC to launch new SmartFare system on March 4
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JUTC to launch new SmartFare system on March 4
March 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is set to launch its “Ride Right with SmartFare" campaign at the Half-Way Tree Transport ...
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2 dead after small plane crashes on busy Sao Paulo street, hits bus
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2 dead after small plane crashes on busy Sao Paulo street, hits bus
Dana Malcolm | Observer Online Reporter | Malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 7, 2025
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) - Two people were killed Friday when a small plane crashed on a major avenue in Brazil's economic capital Sao Paulo, narrowly ...
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Exams suspended at Irwin High as school mourns tragic death of student
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Exams suspended at Irwin High as school mourns tragic death of student
—Transport minister devastated by student’s passing
December 12, 2024
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Exams now taking place at Irwin High School in St James have been suspended following the tragic death of grade seven student, Dea...
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Irwin High School student mowed down
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Irwin High School student mowed down
December 11, 2024
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Observer Online understands  that an Irwin High School student has been seriously injured after she was hit by a bus a short while...
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Montego Bay Metro gets new buses
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Montego Bay Metro gets new buses
August 22, 2024
The state owned transportation service in western Jamaica, Montego Bay Metro, is in receipt of some new buses. According to information, some eight bu...
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WATCH: Commuters in Spanish Town irate over transport strike, operators defend decision
June 10, 2024
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica – Commuters in Spanish Town have expressed frustration with striking transport operators whose actions left them stranded at bus...
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Big win for Jamaica
Tourism stakeholders welcome US travel advisory upgrade
BY HORACE HINES Observer writer 
January 19, 2026
Big win for Jamaica
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‘World-class recovery’
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‘World-class recovery’
Bartlett credits destination assurance as PM welcomes US travel advisory upgrade
January 19, 2026
‘World-class recovery’
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No light, no water
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No light, no water
Mixed views to JPS claim of promise delivered in Westmoreland
BY ANTHONY LEWIS Observer writer 
January 19, 2026
No light, no water
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Medical records mess
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Medical records mess
Hurricane highlights need to speed up planned digitisation project as hospitals struggle to retrieve patients’ data
January 19, 2026
Medical records mess
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Fewer inmate, detainee deaths last year
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Fewer inmate, detainee deaths last year
INDECOM lists illnesses as major cause
BY TAMOY ASHMAN Observer staff reporter ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 19, 2026
Fewer inmate, detainee deaths last year
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