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Worker killed at MoBay airport project employed by subcontractor — CCECC
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Worker killed at MoBay airport project employed by subcontractor — CCECC
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation Jamaica Limited (CCECC Jamaica) has clarified that the construction worker who di...
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Guyana Development Bank begins operations
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Guyana Development Bank begins operations
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Guyana Development Bank has officially begun operations, with the Irfaan Ali administration describing the institution ...
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Marauding Waterhouse hit Chapelton for six to continue JPL rampage
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Marauding Waterhouse hit Chapelton for six to continue JPL rampage
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Former champions Waterhouse FC continued their rampage in the Jamaica Premier League on Monday with a 6-0 thrashing of Chapelton Maroons in the first ...
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Reggae Boyz book ticket to quarterfinals of Nations League
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Reggae Boyz book ticket to quarterfinals of Nations League
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Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz have advanced to the quarterfinals of the Concacaf Nations League after a 1-1 draw with Honduras at Estadio Nacional Chelato Ucl...
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October 6 12:20 AM
TRADE unionist Senator Lambert Brown says doctors have welcomed the Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) ruling on emergency duty payments, urging the G...
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October 6 12:18 AM
THE Insurance Association of Jamaica (IAJ) has promised players in the tourism sector that its members are working to resolve some claims and question...
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Fernando Edwards Jamaica’s heroes through fashion
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BY KEDIESHA PERRY Observer writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 6 12:16 AM
WITH National Heroes’ Day approaching on October 19, Jamaican-born film-maker, writer and actor Fernando Edwards is celebrating the country’s seven na...
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Accused push back against prison shoe ban
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Accused push back against prison shoe ban
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 6 12:16 AM
TWENTY-THREE of the 25 accused in the ongoing Klansman Gang trial on Monday harnessed the power of the court to press prison officials to relax a rece...
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PARIS, France (AFP)—Two children were found dead in a car in France on Monday as much of Europe sweltered through record high temperatures and nationa...
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Italy declares red heatwave alert for Rome, four other cities
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Italy declares red heatwave alert for Rome, four other cities
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ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italy's health ministry on Thursday declared a red heatwave alert for the cities of Rome, Florence, Bologna, Brescia and Turin as ...
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PARIS, France (AFP) — The United Nations (UN) climate chief said Wednesday that a record-breaking early heatwave scorching a swathe of western Europe ...
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Record temps as spring heatwave bakes Europe
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Record temps as spring heatwave bakes Europe
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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Residents of western Europe turned to fans and fountains as they sweltered through a record-breaking heatwave Tuesday, ...
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ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — The United States-Israeli war against Iran is "starting to weaken Europe", Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his Germ...
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Take Trump seriously on Greenland, Vance warns Europe
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—US Vice President JD Vance warned Europe on Thursday to take Donald Trump "seriously" on Greenland as the president ra...
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UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — United States (US) President Donald Trump blasted the United Nations (UN) and Europe on his return to the world ...
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Over 60,000 Europeans died from heat during 2024 summer—study
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Paris, France (AFP)—More than 60,000 people died from heat in Europe during last year's record-breaking summer, a benchmark study said Monday, in the ...
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June was hottest on record in western Europe—EU monitor
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Paris, France (AFP)-Western Europe sweltered through its hottest June on record last month, as "extreme" temperatures blasted the region in punishing ...
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Caribbean delegation lauds ‘productive’ reparation talks after Europe visit
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) –  Several activists and researchers in the reparations movement from across the region have hailed two successful days of ...
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Denmark to conscript women for armed services
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Denmark will begin to conscript women to its armed services, an extension of the lottery conscription system already in place for men, according to me...
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World will have to learn to live with heatwaves  — UN
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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The world will have to learn to live with heatwaves, the United Nations' weather and climate agency said Tuesday, as much ...
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Europe bakes in summer’s first heatwave as continent warms
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‘Reggae revival’ stalls: Renowned promoter says ‘movement’ found wanting
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May 12, 2025
The recent death of veteran roots reggae star Max Romeo has underlined the crisis of identity and continuity that haunts reggae. Who will carry the ma...
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Is reggae music ‘almost dead’ in Europe?
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May 11, 2025
Barcelona-based reggae promoter, Julian Francisco Garcia Mancebo, who has been promoting and developing Jamaican acts and culture since 1991, has a di...
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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines to connect Guyana to Europe starting June 2025
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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines to connect Guyana to Europe starting June 2025
March 6, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is set to begin operations in Guyana on June 4, marking a significant milestone for the country’s ...
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Dozen Teslas torched outside French dealership – authorities
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TOULOUSE, France (AFP) --A dozen Teslas were torched in France in what authorities are treating as an arson attack, the prosecutor's office said Monda...
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Fantan recovers from heart problems, tours Europe
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Fantan recovers from heart problems, tours Europe
January 30, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Reggae star Fantan Mojah says he has made a "nice recovery" from the heart condition that left him hospitalised last year. "I have...
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New Switzerland and Portugal flights to attract thousands of European tourists — Bartlett
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New Switzerland and Portugal flights to attract thousands of European tourists — Bartlett
January 24, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica is poised to welcome thousands more European visitors in 2025, with new flights from Portugal and Switzerland set to launc...
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Richie Flo targets European market with ‘Bounce’
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November 15, 2024
For most of his career, Richie Flo has worked with producers in Jamaica and Canada, where the singer has lived since 2011. He changed course for Bounc...
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Worker killed at MoBay airport project employed by subcontractor — CCECC
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