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KINGSTON, Jamaica – Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon, visited one of the children injured in Friday’...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Fi We Children Foundation (FWCF) says it is concerned by recent comments from Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President La...
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September 12 03:12 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The People’s National Party Youth Organisation (PNPYO) is dismissing what it says is Generation 2000's (G2K) attempt to use the p...
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September 12 03:08 PM
ST ANDREW, Jamaica — A person of interest who was being sought for the shooting of a recording artiste was arrested by the police in St Andrew on Frid...
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September 12 02:58 PM
Iconic dancehall trailblazer and deejay, Shabba Ranks, has filed a lawsuit against the publishing arm of Greensleeves Records, in a move to reclaim th...
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September 12 02:20 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Oblique Seville just failed to add the World Athletics Ultimate Championships title to his World Championships and Diamond League ...
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September 12 02:17 PM
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Xabi Alonso admitted he would love Chelsea to give him a "boring game" after their defensive woes allowed Hull to escap...
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September 12 01:43 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica will be well represented in the men’s and women’s 100m finals on Saturday’s second day of the inaugural Ultimate Champions...
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September 8, 2026
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP)—The death toll from Nepal's devastating flood rose on Tuesday to 1,357, with 5,326 people still missing, the country's disaster...
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September 4, 2026
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) — Devastating floods on the China-Nepal border have killed at least 1,287 people in Nepal, the disaster authority said Friday, ...
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August 26, 2026
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP)—At least 95 people were killed in Nepal on Wednesday after a massive flood tore through the border region with Tibet, a police ...
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June 30, 2026
ACCRA, Ghana (AFP) — The death toll from flooding that paralysed Ghana's capital has risen to at least 12, emergency services said on Tuesday, after t...
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April 15, 2026
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) – Haitian authorities Wednesday confirmed that at least 12 people have died as flood waters struck the northwest Departmen...
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March 22, 2026
Hawaii remains under a statewide flood watch after a powerful storm swept across the islands, prompting evacuation orders. According to BBC News, offi...
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December 1, 2025
PADANG, Indonesia (AFP) — The toll in deadly flooding and landslides across parts of Asia climbed past 1,100 on Monday as hardest-hit Sri Lanka and In...
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September 20, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- A resident of Trafalgar Park in New Kingston says she has lost everything after her home was inundated with water from a nearby g...
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August 6, 2025
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated as heavy rains batter southern China, flooding homes and triggering landslides,...
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August 1, 2025
CONAKRY, Guinea (AFP) - At least 30 people have died in flooding from heavy rainfall in Guinea's capital and surrounding areas since late June, accord...
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July 6, 2025
VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP) — Pope Leo on Sunday sent condolences to the families of devastating floods in Texas which have left at least 50 people d...
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July 5, 2025
KERRVILLE, United States (AFP) — Rescuers were desperately searching for at least 20 girls missing from a riverside summer camp, officials said Friday...
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July 4, 2025
TEXAS, United States (AFP) — At least 13 people were dead after flash flooding hit south-central Texas early Friday, officials said, with more than 20...
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December 22, 2024
MADRID, Spain (AFP) - Spain's King Felipe VI and his family on Sunday carried out a surprise visit to one of the towns worst hit by deadly floods in O...
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December 17, 2024
Madrid, Spain (AFP) - Spain's central bank raised its 2024 growth forecast by 0.3 percentage points on Tuesday despite the impact of the devastating O...
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December 17, 2024
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Around one in five properties in England are at risk of flooding, a 15 per cent increase from 2018, the Environment Age...
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November 29, 2024
LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) - A Nigerian river ferry capsized Friday killing at least 27 people and leaving many missing, officials told AFP of the latest in...
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November 11, 2024
MADRID, Spain (AFP) - Spain on Monday announced fresh measures worth almost 3.8 billion euros to help stricken citizens recover from the country's wor...
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November 4, 2024
MADRID, Spain (AFP)— Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said Monday he did not have the heart to talk about football ahead of his team's Champions Leag...
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September 23, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Members of the public are being advised that a section of Marcus Garvey Drive in Kingston, in the vicinity of Tinson Pen, is now i...
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August 21, 2024
Jamaica Observer Online, in association with a number of partners, has produced its 2024 Hurricane Season Guide. This is one of the many stories in th...
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September 12, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon, visited one of the children injured in Friday’...
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September 12, 2026
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September 12, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The People’s National Party Youth Organisation (PNPYO) is dismissing what it says is Generation 2000's (G2K) attempt to use the p...
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September 12, 2026
ST ANDREW, Jamaica — A person of interest who was being sought for the shooting of a recording artiste was arrested by the police in St Andrew on Frid...
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September 12, 2026
Iconic dancehall trailblazer and deejay, Shabba Ranks, has filed a lawsuit against the publishing arm of Greensleeves Records, in a move to reclaim th...
