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Melissa’s mess shrinks
Gov’t boosts NSWMA fleet with 10 tipper trucks in effort to clear more debris
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 24 12:18 AM
Melissa’s mess shrinks
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BOJ: Slow hurricane rebuilding risks higher inflation
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BOJ: Slow hurricane rebuilding risks higher inflation
Karena Bennett | Senior Business Reporter | bennettk@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 24 12:14 AM
BOJ warns recovery could stall
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CWI director defends Windies head coach; cites issues with regional development
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 24 12:12 AM
CWI director defends West Indies head coach despite dismal record
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BOJ waives ACH charges after RTGS upgrade
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BOJ waives ACH charges after RTGS upgrade
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BOJ waives ACH charges after RTGS upgrade
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CAC 2000 exits retail storefronts in cost-cutting move
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CAC 2000 exits retail storefronts in cost-cutting move
Karena Bennett | Senior Business Reporter | bennettk@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 24 12:10 AM
CAC 2000 exits retail storefronts in cost-cutting move
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BOJ: banks can weather Melissa and keep credit flowing
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Men fined $30,000 for transporting coconuts without required documentation
November 20, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Two men were each fined $30,000 on Tuesday for transporting large quantities of coconuts without the documentation required under ...
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‘Yes, I’m guilty’: 65-y-o woman admits to ganja possession and dealing
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‘Yes, I’m guilty’: 65-y-o woman admits to ganja possession and dealing
October 15, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 65-year-old woman was sentenced to pay a cumulative fine of $7,997.37 or spend 30 days in prison when she appeared in the Kingst...
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EU fines Google €2.95 bn over adtech antitrust breach
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EU fines Google €2.95 bn over adtech antitrust breach
September 5, 2025
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — The EU slapped Google with a massive €2.95 billion (US$3.47 billion) antitrust fine for favouring its own advertising servic...
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Husband fined, wife freed of charges in 892 pound ganja bust
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Husband fined, wife freed of charges in 892 pound ganja bust
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 13, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Robert Mahoney was on Tuesday slapped with fines amounting to just over $1.5 million after pleading guilty to ganja related charge...
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Woman fined $500,000 for X posts referencing Integrity Commission
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Woman fined $500,000 for X posts referencing Integrity Commission
August 12, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A social media user has been fined $500,000 to be paid within 10 days, or face 21 days imprisonment, after the Supreme Court uphel...
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Russian national escapes jail time in death of 4 in motor vehicle crash
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Russian national escapes jail time in death of 4 in motor vehicle crash
August 1, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica - A Russian national who caused the death of four people in a motor vehicle crash along the Port Royal main road in December 2022 wa...
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Businesses slapped with $20 million in fines for illegally collecting GCT – TAJ
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Businesses slapped with $20 million in fines for illegally collecting GCT – TAJ
July 31, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Three businesses were reportedly subjected to fines totalling $20 million after unlawfully collecting General Consumption Tax (GCT...
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Man fined $1.2m after applying for passport in different names
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Man fined $1.2m after applying for passport in different names
June 20, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Jason Jarrett has been hit with a $1.2-million fine after being convicted of passport fraud. According to court documents, the cas...
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Robert Chin to avoid prison in $90-m cocaine case
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Robert Chin to avoid prison in $90-m cocaine case
April 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Fifty-nine-year-old Robert Chin of a Mona St Andrew address avoided jail time after pleading guilty to being in possession and att...
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Woman breaks down over potential $1m fine for long-standing electricity theft
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Woman breaks down over potential $1m fine for long-standing electricity theft
March 27, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A woman who appeared before the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court for stealing electricity broke down in tears on Tuesday when s...
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Messi fined by MLS over confrontation
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Messi fined by MLS over confrontation
February 25, 2025
MIAMI, United States (AFP) – Lionel Messi has been fined an undisclosed amount by Major League Soccer after grabbing the neck of a New York City assis...
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Man fined $3000 for carrying ratchet knife
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Man fined $3000 for carrying ratchet knife
January 15, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man charged with carrying an offensive weapon pleaded guilty in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Tuesday. Trinane Gonz...
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$10m fine looms for companies found in breach of NRCA, WLPA Acts
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$10m fine looms for companies found in breach of NRCA, WLPA Acts
January 14, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Companies found guilty of polluting the country’s waterways or of any other breach of the Natural Resources Conservation Authority ...
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Man fined $200,000 for travelling under false name
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Man fined $200,000 for travelling under false name
Dana Malcolm | Observer Online Reporter | Malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 26, 2024
A man has been fined $200,000 or six months in prison after he submitted to authorities and traveled under a fake name. The verdict was handed down ag...
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Spain fines ‘abusive’ budget airlines 179 mn euros
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Spain fines ‘abusive’ budget airlines 179 mn euros
November 22, 2024
Madrid, Spain (AFP) - Spain's leftist government said Friday it has fined five budget airlines including Ryanair and EasyJet 179 million euros ($187 m...
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Melissa’s mess shrinks
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Melissa’s mess shrinks
Gov’t boosts NSWMA fleet with 10 tipper trucks in effort to clear more debris
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
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I Love Soca to take over Heroes’ Circle on Boxing Day
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December 24, 2025
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BOJ: Slow hurricane rebuilding risks higher inflation
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BOJ: Slow hurricane rebuilding risks higher inflation
Karena Bennett | Senior Business Reporter | bennettk@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 24, 2025
BOJ warns recovery could stall
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‘Sammy’s not the problem!’
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‘Sammy’s not the problem!’
CWI director defends Windies head coach; cites issues with regional development
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 24, 2025
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