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Budget Debate: Holness touts new approach to unlocking urban renewal
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Budget Debate: Holness touts new approach to unlocking urban renewal
March 22 12:58 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The issue of urban renewal which has been talked about for decades is about to take on added urgency with a raft of incentives bei...
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Fishers in St Mary, Portland receive new boats and engines
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Fishers in St Mary, Portland receive new boats and engines
March 22 12:40 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Four more fishers have received new boats and engines under the Government’s Fisheries Production Incentive Programme, enabling th...
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World Indoors: Nia Robinson place fifth in long jump
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World Indoors: Nia Robinson place fifth in long jump
March 22 11:31 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Nia Robinson finished fifth in the women’s long jump with 6.75m on Sunday’s final day of the World Athletics Indoor Championships ...
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Motorcyclist dies in Manchester hit-and-run
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Motorcyclist dies in Manchester hit-and-run
March 22 10:55 AM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A motorcyclist died as a result of injuries he sustained in a hit-and-run in Mandeville Saturday night. Police identified him as...
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Hezron scales up ‘Save the Children’ tour to combat rising violence
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Hezron scales up ‘Save the Children’ tour to combat rising violence
March 22 10:01 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Reggae artiste Hezron Clarke is set to expand his “Save the Children” school tour islandwide, as he champions the mission of placi...
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NaRRA Bill outlines how Authority will function
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NaRRA Bill outlines how Authority will function
March 22 09:52 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness last Thursday tabled the Bill to establish the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (...
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Budget Debate: Jamaica building region’s premier logistics hub, says Holness
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Budget Debate: Jamaica building region’s premier logistics hub, says Holness
March 22 09:43 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — When completed, the US$80 million Westlands Project that is currently underway will put Jamaica on course to having the largest co...
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Consumers urged to report price gouging on eggs
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Consumers urged to report price gouging on eggs
March 22 09:32 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining is encouraging consumers to report suspected price gouging on eggs. Speaking at ...
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Fire forces evacuation at KPH
January 30, 2026
Eighteen patients and 16 staff members had to be evacuated from the Accident and Emergency Department at the Kingston Public Hospital on Friday mornin...
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‘More than two light post deep’
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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Budget Debate: Holness touts new approach to unlocking urban renewal
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Budget Debate: Holness touts new approach to unlocking urban renewal
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The issue of urban renewal which has been talked about for decades is about to take on added urgency with a raft of incentives bei...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Fishers in St Mary, Portland receive new boats and engines
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Fishers in St Mary, Portland receive new boats and engines
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ST JAMES, Jamaica — Four more fishers have received new boats and engines under the Government’s Fisheries Production Incentive Programme, enabling th...
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World Indoors: Nia Robinson place fifth in long jump
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World Indoors: Nia Robinson place fifth in long jump
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Nia Robinson finished fifth in the women’s long jump with 6.75m on Sunday’s final day of the World Athletics Indoor Championships ...
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Motorcyclist dies in Manchester hit-and-run
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Motorcyclist dies in Manchester hit-and-run
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MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A motorcyclist died as a result of injuries he sustained in a hit-and-run in Mandeville Saturday night. Police identified him as...
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Hezron scales up ‘Save the Children’ tour to combat rising violence
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Hezron scales up ‘Save the Children’ tour to combat rising violence
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