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Unhealthy trend: Student obesity surges to 15.3%
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Unhealthy trend: Student obesity surges to 15.3%
August 26 12:20 AM
Unhealthy trend:
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A different route for boys
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A different route for boys
JCF Cadet Academy combats truancy, other challenges with discipline, mentorship
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
August 26 12:18 AM
A different route for boys
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Kabaka Pyramid’s Rebel Music gets new life
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Kabaka Pyramid’s Rebel Music gets new life
August 26 12:16 AM
Kabaka Pyramid’s
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‘RAIN DELAY’ FOR JCA AGM
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‘RAIN DELAY’ FOR JCA AGM
Cricket association elections pushed back to October
August 26 12:12 AM
Bennett says JCA’s rescheduled voting AGM set for October
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Audit confirms JMDA concerns
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Audit confirms JMDA concerns
Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
August 26 12:09 AM
Audit confirms JMDA concerns
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Discriminatory or necessary?
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Discriminatory or necessary?
Strong views on JTA suggestion of compulsory PTA meetings for PATH beneficiaries
Anthony Lewis | Observer Writer 
August 26 12:09 AM
Discriminatory or necessary?
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JDF applies military muscle to Merl Grove repairs
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JDF applies military muscle to Merl Grove repairs
RENAE OSBOURNE, Observer staff reporter, osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 26 12:07 AM
JDF applies military muscle to Merl Grove repairs
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MP Holness wants more for Mavis Bank Health Centre
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MP Holness wants more for Mavis Bank Health Centre
Health minister wary
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 26 12:06 AM
Member of Parliament for St Andrew East Rural Juliet Holness has appealed to the health ministry to improve aspects of the Mavis Bank Health Centre in...
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El Salvador declares alert due to drought linked to El Nino
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El Salvador declares alert due to drought linked to El Nino
August 25, 2026
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AFP) — El Salvador declared a state of maximum alert on Tuesday due to a drought linked to the El Nino phenomenon, which ha...
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$91.6m Bunkers Hill water project commissioned amid drought
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$91.6m Bunkers Hill water project commissioned amid drought
August 25, 2026
CLARENDON, Jamaica — Approximately 1,000 residents across Bunkers Hill, Mears, Broadleaf and Nairne Castle in Northern Clarendon are set to benefit fr...
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Caribbean urged to prepare for hotter, drier conditions as El Nino intensifies
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Caribbean urged to prepare for hotter, drier conditions as El Nino intensifies
August 25, 2026
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Governments, businesses, farmers and households across the Caribbean are being urged to step up preparations for potentially se...
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Panama Canal to reduce shipping over El Nino-fueled drought
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Panama Canal to reduce shipping over El Nino-fueled drought
August 20, 2026
PANAMA CITY, Panama (AFP)—The Panama Canal will reduce shipping volumes from next month because of a drought fueled by the El Nino phenomenon, the ope...
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Market Bag: Drought, irrigation and higher food prices
August 14, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prices are up at the Coronation Market this week as Jamaica grapples with worsening drought conditions. Shoppers heading to the do...
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Gov’t to issue water prohibition orders amid worsening drought
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Gov’t to issue water prohibition orders amid worsening drought
August 10, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica– The Ministry of Water, Environment and Climate Change, through the National Water Commission (NWC), says it will be issuing a water...
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ILO says jobs, livelihoods at risk from El Niño
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ILO says jobs, livelihoods at risk from El Niño
August 6, 2026
GENEVA, Switzerland (CMC)— The 2026–2027 El Niño weather phenomenon could threaten jobs, reduce incomes and worsen working conditions across the Carib...
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Caribbean urged to prepare for heat, drought and rising energy bills
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Caribbean urged to prepare for heat, drought and rising energy bills
May 28, 2026
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — The Principal of the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH), Dr David Farrell, on Wednesday warned the regio...
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Camels replace cows as Kenya battles drought
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Camels replace cows as Kenya battles drought
November 6, 2025
SAMBURU, Kenya (AFP) -- "God, God, God, protect them," chanted two herders, their eyes following a dozen camels rushing toward acacia trees, oblivious...
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England faces ‘nationally significant’ water shortfall
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England faces ‘nationally significant’ water shortfall
August 11, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — England's water shortfall was classed as "nationally significant" as it experienced its driest first six months of the ...
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Farmers struggle with crop production amid drought
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Farmers struggle with crop production amid drought
Brace for possible price increases, says JAS head
Vanassa McKenzie, Observer Online reporter, mckenziev@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 8, 2025
Farmers in sections of St Catherine and St Elizabeth are facing what they describe as devastating crop losses due to the ongoing drought affecting the...
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$31m allocated so far by Local Gov’t Ministry for drought relief – McKenzie
July 19, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica —— Local Government Minister and Jamaica Labour Party Deputy Leader Desmond McKenzie says so far $31 million has been allocated to...
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Water supply restrictions to begin Monday in Corporate Area amid drought
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Water supply restrictions to begin Monday in Corporate Area amid drought
July 18, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – National Water Commission (NWC) says it will begin to implement water supply restrictions for sections of Kingston and St Andrew, ...
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Gov’t unveils $350m plan to mitigate drought conditions across Jamaica
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Gov’t unveils $350m plan to mitigate drought conditions across Jamaica
July 16, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica is currently facing a rapidly changing dry season, prompting the Government to announce a $350 million drought mitigation ...
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World’s richest 10% caused two-thirds of global warming — study
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World’s richest 10% caused two-thirds of global warming — study
May 7, 2025
PARIS, France (AFP) — The world's wealthiest 10 per cent of individuals are responsible for two-thirds of global warming since 1990, researchers said ...
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Regional forecasters warn of another year of climate extremes in 2025
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Regional forecasters warn of another year of climate extremes in 2025
November 29, 2024
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) — Caribbean countries are being told that 2025 is likely to be another year of climate extremes. Speaking at the 2024-25 Dry ...
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Historic southern Africa drought starving millions — UN
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Historic southern Africa drought starving millions — UN
October 15, 2024
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — Millions of people across southern Africa are going hungry because of a historic drought that risks causing a full-...
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Zimbabwe to cull 200 elephants amid food shortages
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Zimbabwe to cull 200 elephants amid food shortages
September 17, 2024
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP) — Zimbabwe will cull 200 elephants as it faces an unprecedented drought that has led to food shortages, a move that will also a...
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An Amazon river dries up, creating hellish crossing for villagers
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An Amazon river dries up, creating hellish crossing for villagers
September 10, 2024
HUMAITÁ, Brazil (AFP) — Only the youngest and strongest villagers now brave the crossing of a vast, blistering stretch of sand where, in normal times,...
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Health department takes aim at illegal water truck operators in Westmoreland
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Health department takes aim at illegal water truck operators in Westmoreland
April 10, 2024
NEGRIL, Westmoreland – Amid the water crisis in Westmoreland, the health department will be clamping down on illegal water truck operators who are fou...
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Holness condemns theft of water tank from Negril Primary
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Holness condemns theft of water tank from Negril Primary
April 9, 2024
In what he described as a “disturbing news item”, Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Tuesday condemned the theft of a water tank from the Negril Primary...
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Gov’t allocates $150 million to combat drought conditions
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Gov’t allocates $150 million to combat drought conditions
April 9, 2024
Government has allocated an initial $150 million to facilitate the trucking of water and procurement and distribution of water tanks to areas that are...
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Unhealthy trend: Student obesity surges to 15.3%
August 26, 2026
Unhealthy trend:
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A different route for boys
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A different route for boys
JCF Cadet Academy combats truancy, other challenges with discipline, mentorship
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
August 26, 2026
A different route for boys
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Kabaka Pyramid’s Rebel Music gets new life
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Kabaka Pyramid’s Rebel Music gets new life
August 26, 2026
Kabaka Pyramid’s
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
‘RAIN DELAY’ FOR JCA AGM
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‘RAIN DELAY’ FOR JCA AGM
Cricket association elections pushed back to October
August 26, 2026
Bennett says JCA’s rescheduled voting AGM set for October
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Discriminatory or necessary?
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Strong views on JTA suggestion of compulsory PTA meetings for PATH beneficiaries
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