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Jimmy Cliff’s Best of Jimmy Cliff returns to Billboard
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Jimmy Cliff’s Best of Jimmy Cliff returns to Billboard
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
December 2 03:30 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica— International reggae artiste Jimmy Cliff, who died last week, has returned to the Billboard Reggae Albums chart. The famed singer r...
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Same day processing of driver’s licence on hold says TAJ
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Same day processing of driver’s licence on hold says TAJ
December 2 03:25 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) says it continues to experience technical issues affecting the processing of same-day driver's lice...
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It’s time! Masicka, Tommy Lee kick off dancehall’s ‘war season’ with potent diss tracks
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It’s time! Masicka, Tommy Lee kick off dancehall’s ‘war season’ with potent diss tracks
December 2 02:03 PM
With Masicka and Tommy Lee Sparta having released “diss” tracks aimed at each other, dancehall’s “war season” has officially begun. In less than 24 ho...
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OUR to monitor utility billing relief after the hurricane
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OUR to monitor utility billing relief after the hurricane
December 2 01:46 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica's utilities regulator said on Tuesday it would monitor temporary customer billing relief measures announced by major servi...
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District constable charged with assault of woman and baby
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District constable charged with assault of woman and baby
December 2 01:27 PM
PORTLAND, Jamaica — A district constable was summoned to the Portland Parish Court on November 26 to answer to charges surrounding a domestic assault ...
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10 ways to volunteer this Christmas to support Jamaicans impacted by Melissa
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10 ways to volunteer this Christmas to support Jamaicans impacted by Melissa
December 2 01:22 PM
As communities across Jamaica continue to pick up the pieces following Hurricane Melissa, the need to give back has never been greater, and what bette...
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Toll collection for May Pen to Williamsfield highway delayed
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Toll collection for May Pen to Williamsfield highway delayed
December 2 12:31 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Toll collection on the new Phase 1C segment of the PJ Patterson Highway from May Pen to Williamsfield, which was scheduled to comm...
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December 2, 2025
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Chigwell residents turn to rafting as water continues to rise in Hanover community
BY KELSEY THOMAS Online coordinator thomask@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 26, 2025
Nearly a month after Hurricane Melissa tore through western Jamaica, rising floodwaters in Chigwell and Old Pen in Hanover continue to swallow roads, ...
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Fire triggers evacuation at COP30 venue in Brazil; Jamaican delegation safe
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Fire triggers evacuation at COP30 venue in Brazil; Jamaican delegation safe
November 20, 2025
Delegates and observers have been ordered to evacuate the main venue in Belém, Brazil where crucial last-minute talks were being staged at the United ...
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#EyeOnMelissa: Mandatory evacuations for seven communities as Melissa nears Jamaica
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#EyeOnMelissa: Mandatory evacuations for seven communities as Melissa nears Jamaica
October 26, 2025
The Government of Jamaica has ordered mandatory evacuations for seven flood-prone communities across the island as Hurricane Melissa tracks toward the...
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WATCH: #EyeOnMelissa: Warning System triggered in St Catherine
October 26, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Early Warning System stationed in the Old Harbour Bay community was triggere...
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Massive sinkhole opens outside hospital and police station in Bangkok
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Massive sinkhole opens outside hospital and police station in Bangkok
September 25, 2025
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP)-A portion of a busy road in Thailand's capital caved in Wednesday, leaving a hole dozens of metres deep that forced people to ...
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Firefighters from 3 parishes monitoring overturned petrol tanker in Trelawny
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Firefighters from 3 parishes monitoring overturned petrol tanker in Trelawny
September 12, 2025
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Members of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) and the Jamaica Constabulary Force are currently on the scene in Carey Park, where an ov...
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US passenger plane evacuated in Denver due to brake fire
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US passenger plane evacuated in Denver due to brake fire
July 28, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—Passengers on a US domestic flight were forced to evacuate onto a runway due to a brake fire just ahead of the plane t...
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Hundreds evacuated as Guatemalan volcano erupts
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Hundreds evacuated as Guatemalan volcano erupts
June 5, 2025
Escuintla, Guatemala (AFP)-Guatemalan authorities said Thursday they were evacuating more than 500 people after Central America's most active volcano ...
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Blown transformer causes evacuation at AGD offices in New Kingston
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Blown transformer causes evacuation at AGD offices in New Kingston
Carlysia Ramdeen | Observer Online Reporter, Observer Online Reporter, ramdeenc@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 16, 2025
A blown transformer caused a fire just outside the premises of the Accountant General’s Department (AGD) in New Kingston on Thursday, resulting in a p...
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Florida orders evacuations as Hurricane Milton strengthens
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Florida orders evacuations as Hurricane Milton strengthens
October 7, 2024
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Survivors of deadly Hurricane Helene along the Florida coast were ordered to evacuate again on Monday as authoritie...
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Jimmy Cliff’s Best of Jimmy Cliff returns to Billboard
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Jimmy Cliff’s Best of Jimmy Cliff returns to Billboard
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
December 2, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica— International reggae artiste Jimmy Cliff, who died last week, has returned to the Billboard Reggae Albums chart. The famed singer r...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Same day processing of driver’s licence on hold says TAJ
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Same day processing of driver’s licence on hold says TAJ
December 2, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) says it continues to experience technical issues affecting the processing of same-day driver's lice...
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It’s time! Masicka, Tommy Lee kick off dancehall’s ‘war season’ with potent diss tracks
Entertainment, ...
It’s time! Masicka, Tommy Lee kick off dancehall’s ‘war season’ with potent diss tracks
December 2, 2025
With Masicka and Tommy Lee Sparta having released “diss” tracks aimed at each other, dancehall’s “war season” has officially begun. In less than 24 ho...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
OUR to monitor utility billing relief after the hurricane
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OUR to monitor utility billing relief after the hurricane
December 2, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica's utilities regulator said on Tuesday it would monitor temporary customer billing relief measures announced by major servi...
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District constable charged with assault of woman and baby
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District constable charged with assault of woman and baby
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PORTLAND, Jamaica — A district constable was summoned to the Portland Parish Court on November 26 to answer to charges surrounding a domestic assault ...
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