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Pratville Primary shares fun day joy with hurricane-ravaged Thornton Primary
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Pratville Primary shares fun day joy with hurricane-ravaged Thornton Primary
December 4 10:12 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Sixty students of the St Elizabeth-based Thornton Primary School were on Thursday feted during a fun day hosted by the Mancheste...
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Rough Treasure Football Showcase postponed due to impact of Hurricane Melissa
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Rough Treasure Football Showcase postponed due to impact of Hurricane Melissa
December 4 09:40 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica—The Rough Treasure Football Showcase, scheduled to take place at Treasure Beach and Munro College in St Elizabeth from December ...
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Reetu Gupta donates Ca$105,000 to support Jamaica’s hurricane relief and recovery efforts
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Reetu Gupta donates Ca$105,000 to support Jamaica’s hurricane relief and recovery efforts
December 4 09:07 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Reetu Gupta, chief executive officer (CEO) of The Gupta Group and CEO of the Gupta Family Foundation, has contributed over Ca$105,00...
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Former US President Bill Clinton in Jamaica
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Former US President Bill Clinton in Jamaica
December 4 08:55 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former United States President Bill Clinton is currently in Jamaica. Observer Online understands that Clinton flew over the island...
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JFF announces coaches for age group teams
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JFF announces coaches for age group teams
December 4 08:02 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Former Reggae Boyz captain Rudolph Austin has been promoted to head coach of the Jamaican national Under-20 men’s team, the Jamaica ...
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‘Rebel In Me’ connects Rising Star with reggae legend
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‘Rebel In Me’ connects Rising Star with reggae legend
Howard Campbell Observer senior writer 
December 4 07:41 PM
Observer Online presents the fourth story in ‘Jimmy Cliff: Stories Of A Bongo Man’, in tribute to the reggae legend who died on November 24 at age 81....
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St Elizabeth farmers plough on despite ‘slow pace of assistance’
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St Elizabeth farmers plough on despite ‘slow pace of assistance’
Vanassa McKenzie, Observer Online reporter, mckenziev@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 4 07:32 PM
Despite losing acres of crops to Hurricane Melissa, farmers in St Elizabeth say they are pushing ahead on their own, replanting their fields even as t...
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Strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific kills four: US military
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Strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific kills four: US military
December 4 07:24 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—A strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed four people on Thursday, the US milit...
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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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#EyeOnMelissa: Most generators are useless, says electrical engineer
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#EyeOnMelissa: Most generators are useless, says electrical engineer
Rosalee Wood Condell, Observer writer 
October 25, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — An electrical engineer is warning consumers that not all generators are created equal, and many of the smaller, cheaper ones b...
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#EyeOnMelissa: Higher electricity bills possible due to Melissa, warns JPS President
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#EyeOnMelissa: Higher electricity bills possible due to Melissa, warns JPS President
October 23, 2025
President and CEO of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), Hugh Grant, has warned that Jamaicans could be faced with higher electricity bills due ...
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Electricity returning to Cuba after total blackout
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Electricity returning to Cuba after total blackout
September 11, 2025
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP)-Power was restored to 11 of Cuba's 15 provinces Thursday, the national electricity company said after an island-wide blackout that ...
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Ethiopia to inaugurate Africa’s biggest dam
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Ethiopia to inaugurate Africa’s biggest dam
September 9, 2025
GUBA, Ethiopia (AFP) — Ethiopia is preparing to inaugurate Africa's largest hydroelectric project on Tuesday, which has promised to revolutionise the ...
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Electric cars are more eco-friendly even in US, study finds
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Electric cars are more eco-friendly even in US, study finds
August 25, 2025
PARIS, France (AFP) — Electric vehicles are less harmful to the environment than their petrol-guzzling counterparts even in the United States (US), wh...
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Neighbour declines mediation in shared electricity quarrel
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Neighbour declines mediation in shared electricity quarrel
July 23, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Two neighbours who are before the court for a disagreement stemming from electricity they share at a premises rejected an offer to...
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Belize launches committee to develop national electricity energy mix plan
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Belize launches committee to develop national electricity energy mix plan
July 17, 2025
BELMOPAN, Belize, (CMC) –  The Belize government says it launched the Special Electricity Committee (SEC) to spearhead the development of a National E...
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Fitz-Henley lauds decision not to renew JPS licence with existing terms
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Fitz-Henley lauds decision not to renew JPS licence with existing terms
July 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Government Senator Abka Fitz-Henley says Jamaicans may be confident that the Energy Minister Daryl Vaz and the Holness administrat...
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JPS expresses concern after gov’t announce it will not renew its licence
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JPS expresses concern after gov’t announce it will not renew its licence
July 1, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is raising concerns after the Government announced that it will not renew its all-island licence ...
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Pratville Primary shares fun day joy with hurricane-ravaged Thornton Primary
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Pratville Primary shares fun day joy with hurricane-ravaged Thornton Primary
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MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Sixty students of the St Elizabeth-based Thornton Primary School were on Thursday feted during a fun day hosted by the Mancheste...
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Rough Treasure Football Showcase postponed due to impact of Hurricane Melissa
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Rough Treasure Football Showcase postponed due to impact of Hurricane Melissa
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ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica—The Rough Treasure Football Showcase, scheduled to take place at Treasure Beach and Munro College in St Elizabeth from December ...
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Reetu Gupta donates Ca$105,000 to support Jamaica’s hurricane relief and recovery efforts
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Reetu Gupta donates Ca$105,000 to support Jamaica’s hurricane relief and recovery efforts
December 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Reetu Gupta, chief executive officer (CEO) of The Gupta Group and CEO of the Gupta Family Foundation, has contributed over Ca$105,00...
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Former US President Bill Clinton in Jamaica
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Former US President Bill Clinton in Jamaica
December 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former United States President Bill Clinton is currently in Jamaica. Observer Online understands that Clinton flew over the island...
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JFF announces coaches for age group teams
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JFF announces coaches for age group teams
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KINGSTON, Jamaica—Former Reggae Boyz captain Rudolph Austin has been promoted to head coach of the Jamaican national Under-20 men’s team, the Jamaica ...
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