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African and Caribbean literary voices to take centre stage at Jamaica Book Festival’s literary exchange
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African and Caribbean literary voices to take centre stage at Jamaica Book Festival’s literary exchange
February 27 06:33 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Book Festival’s inaugural Africa Caribbean Literary Exchange will culminate on Saturday February 28 with a dynamic fes...
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Market Bag: Burgerman takes shop-off challenge as prices continue to fall at ‘Curry’
February 27 06:20 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prices at Coronation Market continue to trend downwards this week, with tomatoes selling for as low as $30 per pound, while cabbag...
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Indecom investigating police fatal shooting in Coral Gardens
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Indecom investigating police fatal shooting in Coral Gardens
February 27 06:04 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica— The Independent Commission of Investigations (Indecom) says it is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of three me...
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Jamaican insurance agent Tona-Lee Lewis Wright making waves in US
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Jamaican insurance agent Tona-Lee Lewis Wright making waves in US
February 27 05:43 PM
From the hills of Manchester in Jamaica to becoming the number one ranked agent among more than 6,000 nationwide with her US-based employer, Tona-Lee ...
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Paramount acquires Warner Bros. in US$110 billion mega-merger
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Paramount acquires Warner Bros. in US$110 billion mega-merger
February 27 05:23 PM
NEW YORK, United States (AFP)—Paramount Skydance announced Thursday it will acquire Warner Bros. Discovery in a deal valuing the combined company at U...
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Love March Movement leader condemns alleged attacks during prayer vigil in Kingston
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Love March Movement leader condemns alleged attacks during prayer vigil in Kingston
Vanassa McKenzie, Observer Online reporter, mckenziev@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 27 05:09 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Dr Daniel Thomas, president of the Christian youth organisation, Love March Movement, is condemning what he describes as ongoing phy...
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Bleu & Bougie to honour late consul general to New York
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Bleu & Bougie to honour late consul general to New York
February 27 05:02 PM
The death of Alsion Roach-Wilson last November was not only a loss for her family, but Jamaica's diplomatic corps which she served as consul general t...
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Young Jamaica backs Chang amid calls to retract comment that JFJ ‘living off blood money’
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Young Jamaica backs Chang amid calls to retract comment that JFJ ‘living off blood money’
February 27 04:44 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Young Jamaica, the youth arm of the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), is expressing strong support for National Security Ministe...
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Dominican Republic hit by major blackouts
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Dominican Republic hit by major blackouts
February 23, 2026
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP) — Large parts of the Dominican Republic, including the capital, were without electricity on Monday following a...
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Cuba cancels cigar festival amid economic crisis
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Cuba cancels cigar festival amid economic crisis
February 14, 2026
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Cuba on Saturday announced the cancellation of its iconic cigar festival, amid a major energy crisis sparked by United States (US...
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Gov’t steps up monitoring as Cuban outages disrupt Jamaican students
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Gov’t steps up monitoring as Cuban outages disrupt Jamaican students
BY JEROME WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter williamsj@jamaicaoberver.com 
February 11, 2026
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stepped up daily monitoring of the situation in Cuba as blackouts disrupt internet access and online learning for ...
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97.5% customers restored, fewer than 17,000 still without power, says JPS boss
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97.5% customers restored, fewer than 17,000 still without power, says JPS boss
BY JEROME WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter williamsj@jamaicaoberver.com 
February 11, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — President and CEO at the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Hugh Grant has announced that 97.5 per cent of customers now have electricit...
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More linemen arrive to help restore electricity in Westmoreland and St Elizabeth
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More linemen arrive to help restore electricity in Westmoreland and St Elizabeth
January 23, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A second contingent of Caribbean linemen has arrived in Jamaica, with additional crews expected, as the Jamaica Public Service Com...
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Full electricity restoration by early February
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Full electricity restoration by early February
January 21, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Energy, Transport and Telecommunications, Daryl Vaz, says the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is on track for full island...
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JPS dispatches more vehicles, linesmen
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JPS dispatches more vehicles, linesmen
January 2, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has commissioned another 270 trucks, other vehicles and equipment along with 470 new linesmen for t...
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Holness touts economic resilience and crime reduction, defends JPS loan
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Holness touts economic resilience and crime reduction, defends JPS loan
January 2, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness says Jamaica has entered 2026 in good standing, pointing to economic resilience, a reduction in viol...
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St Mary customers should have light for Christmas, says JPS
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St Mary customers should have light for Christmas, says JPS
BY INGRID HENRY Observer writer 
December 12, 2025
ST MARY, Jamaica — Jamaica Public Service Company Limited's (JPS) Parish Manager for Portland and St Mary, Le-var Allen, says electricity has been res...
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WATCH: Sections of Westmoreland may not receive electricity until May 2026— Mayor Delancy
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WATCH: Sections of Westmoreland may not receive electricity until May 2026— Mayor Delancy
December 1, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica— Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar and councillor for the Bethel Town Division in Westmoreland, Danree Delancy, says some sections of the ...
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Holness hits back at criticisms of gov’t distribution of donated generators
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Holness hits back at criticisms of gov’t distribution of donated generators
November 28, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness is hitting back at recent criticisms surrounding the distribution of donated generators by the gover...
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74% of JPS customers now have electricity following Hurricane Melissa
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74% of JPS customers now have electricity following Hurricane Melissa
November 24, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) is reporting that approximately 74 per cent of its customers impacted by Hurricane Me...
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JPS intensifying efforts to restore electricity in St James
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JPS intensifying efforts to restore electricity in St James
November 21, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) has intensified efforts to restore electricity in St James following the recent passage o...
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Gov’t in discussion with JPS on securing funding for Hurricane Melissa recovery—Vaz
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Gov’t in discussion with JPS on securing funding for Hurricane Melissa recovery—Vaz
November 20, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport Daryl Vaz says the government is in discussion with the Jamaica Public...
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Dominican Republic says power mostly restored after massive blackout
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Dominican Republic says power mostly restored after massive blackout
November 12, 2025
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP) — The Dominican Republic said Wednesday that power had been restored to almost all of the national grid follow...
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Electricity to be restored in Westmoreland, Hanover within two weeks — JPS
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Electricity to be restored in Westmoreland, Hanover within two weeks — JPS
November 11, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica  (AFP) — Despite cautioning that its infrastructure in western parishes must be rebuilt and not merely repaired due to the scale of ...
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WATCH: Lime Tree Ground residents stage fiery protest over power outage
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WATCH: Lime Tree Ground residents stage fiery protest over power outage
November 5, 2025
Residents of Lime Tree Ground in St Catherine blocked a roadway with debris and set it on fire in protest over lack of electricity since the passage o...
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JPS told to put electricity grid underground where feasible — Holness
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JPS told to put electricity grid underground where feasible — Holness
November 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government has asked the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Company to examine the feasibility of relocating sections of its electri...
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#MelissaAftermath: JPS restores power to 95% of Kingston, Portmore and St Thomas
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#MelissaAftermath: JPS restores power to 95% of Kingston, Portmore and St Thomas
November 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Company says it has exceeded its initial restoration projection in several major parishes and cit...
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Vaz gets tough on JPS as 66 per cent of customers remain in the dark
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Vaz gets tough on JPS as 66 per cent of customers remain in the dark
October 31, 2025
Like he did during Hurricane Beryl last year, Energy Minister Daryl Vaz has begun to get impatient with utility provider Jamaica Public Service (JPS),...
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#MelissaAftermath: Electricity restored to over 50,000 customers — JPS
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#MelissaAftermath: Electricity restored to over 50,000 customers — JPS
October 30, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) says electricity has been restored to more than 50,000 customers across Kingston, St Andrew...
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#EyeOnMelissa: JPS requests force majeure as it anticipates hit to electricity grid from Melissa
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#EyeOnMelissa: JPS requests force majeure as it anticipates hit to electricity grid from Melissa
October 26, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Anticipating that its electricity grid will be impacted by the approaching Hurricane Melissa, resulting in power outages, Jamaica P...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Book Festival’s inaugural Africa Caribbean Literary Exchange will culminate on Saturday February 28 with a dynamic fes...
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Market Bag: Burgerman takes shop-off challenge as prices continue to fall at ‘Curry’
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prices at Coronation Market continue to trend downwards this week, with tomatoes selling for as low as $30 per pound, while cabbag...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica— The Independent Commission of Investigations (Indecom) says it is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of three me...
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Jamaican insurance agent Tona-Lee Lewis Wright making waves in US
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Jamaican insurance agent Tona-Lee Lewis Wright making waves in US
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From the hills of Manchester in Jamaica to becoming the number one ranked agent among more than 6,000 nationwide with her US-based employer, Tona-Lee ...
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