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Breaking handout mentality one year after Hurricane Melissa
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Goals Have No Limit Foundation seeking to equip the west with entrepreneurial ideas
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 2 12:28 AM
WHILE many victims of the devastating October 28, 2025 Hurricane Melissa are still looking for handouts to get their lives back together — especially ...
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Waterworks church a tower of strength for Hurricane victims one year on
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Waterworks church a tower of strength for Hurricane victims one year on
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November 2 12:26 AM
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Kevin Downswell to release Joy Is Here album
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Diaspora conference identifies gaps in assistance with Jamaica’s development
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Jamaica, UK and CDB celebrate major agricultural milestone with launch of Amity Hall/Bridge Pen Agro Park
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KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Government of Jamaica, the United Kingdom and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) on Thursday, October 29, marked a major miles...
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) says it is strengthening its collaboration with the Caribbean Export ...
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the Small Business Association of Barbados have launched a regional initiative d...
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has launched a new initiative aimed at helping the Caribbean assess how renewable en...
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved a technical assistance grant of US$346,000 to the Caribbean Disaster Emergenc...
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Tuesday said economic growth is expected to remain “modest” among the...
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WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — A coalition of major international financial institutions has pledged up to US$6.1 billion over the next three years...
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CDB, OPEC Fund forge partnership to boost Caribbean development
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the OPEC Fund for Internation...
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (CMC) — The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) says it is partnering with the Cayman Islands Centre for Business Development...
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Monday said it is pleased to be part of the first-ever Multilateral Development Bank...
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) –  The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), CCRIF SPC – the development insurer of the Caribbean and Central America, and CAF ...
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CDB and IDB Invest enter into strategic partnership
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Wednesday said it had entered into a “strategic partnership” with the...
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CDB launches rainfall IDF curves project
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (CMC) – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), in collaboration with the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH)...
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) says greater evidence-based trade policy is on the region’s horizon as member countr...
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CDB to host forum on anti-corruption in the age of artificial intelligence
November 28, 2024
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) says it will host a virtual conference on “Expert Forum on Anti-Corruption in the Ag...
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Regional countries to benefit from early warning systems
November 25, 2024
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) on Monday said regional countries stand to benefit significantly from...
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CDB supporting new initiative for Kingston Harbour
August 26, 2024
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) says it is providing a US$1.4 million grant to the Jamaican government for an initia...
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CDB, IDB announce four new graduate scholarships in public procurement
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) have announced the opening of applicat...
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Election process for new CDB president has begun
July 21, 2024
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados  —  The Board of Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) says the process for the election of a new president has comme...
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Data gap identified as hindering regional development
July 16, 2024
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) says inadequacies in data collection have been identified by experts as a significan...
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Glimmer of hope
Desmond Allen | Executive Editor 
November 2, 2026
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Breaking handout mentality one year after Hurricane Melissa
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Breaking handout mentality one year after Hurricane Melissa
Goals Have No Limit Foundation seeking to equip the west with entrepreneurial ideas
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 2, 2026
WHILE many victims of the devastating October 28, 2025 Hurricane Melissa are still looking for handouts to get their lives back together — especially ...
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Waterworks church a tower of strength for Hurricane victims one year on
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Waterworks church a tower of strength for Hurricane victims one year on
Jason Cross | Reporter 
November 2, 2026
Waterworks church a tower of strength for Hurricane victims one year on
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Kevin Downswell to release Joy Is Here album
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Kevin Downswell to release Joy Is Here album
BY KEDIESHA PERRY Observer writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 2, 2026
Kevin Downswell to release
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Yvonne Grinam-Nicholson on a roll; PhD followed by Canadian award
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Yvonne Grinam-Nicholson on a roll; PhD followed by Canadian award
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Yvonne Grinam-Nicholson on a roll; PhD followed by Canadian award
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