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West Indies players named among best in ESPN 2025 cricket roundup
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West Indies players named among best in ESPN 2025 cricket roundup
January 9 07:56 PM
A number of the West Indies’ players across both men’s and women’s squads have been picked by ESPN as some of the standout players of 2025. The ESPNcr...
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Fire guts multi-storey Manchester home
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Fire guts multi-storey Manchester home
January 9 07:49 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Firefighters are now conducting a cooling-down operation after fire gutted the top floor of a multi-storey house in Hope Village...
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Market Bag: Hot pepper as low as $500 as food prices cool at ‘Curry’
January 9 07:29 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – There’s good news for shoppers this week as Scotch bonnet pepper prices – a ‘hot’ topic during the recent Christmas holidays – are...
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KFC Jamaica says third party vending machine not affiliated with company
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KFC Jamaica says third party vending machine not affiliated with company
January 9 07:08 PM
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — KFC Jamaica is distancing itself from reports of a third-party vending machine purporting to carry boxed and ready meals from ...
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Jakes Hotel takes on Kingston with a night of dub & roots music for charity
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Jakes Hotel takes on Kingston with a night of dub & roots music for charity
January 9 06:36 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Renowned boutique hotel Jakes Hotel in Treasure Beach, will be hosting what it describes as a powerful celebration of Reggae Cultu...
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Hurricane-stricken family appeals for help to save 13-y-o son who needs kidney transplant
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Hurricane-stricken family appeals for help to save 13-y-o son who needs kidney transplant
Kelsey Thomas, Online coordinator, thomask@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 9 06:24 PM
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — A Westmoreland family still reeling from the effects of Hurricane Melissa are appealing to the public for assistance to save t...
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Health personnel in St Elizabeth continue campaign to prevent spread of mosquito-borne diseases
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Health personnel in St Elizabeth continue campaign to prevent spread of mosquito-borne diseases
January 9 05:55 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Health personnel at the St Elizabeth Health Department are on top of efforts to prevent the spread of dengue and other mosquit...
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Petrojam offers fuel lifeline to Savanna-la-Mar field hospital
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Petrojam offers fuel lifeline to Savanna-la-Mar field hospital
January 9 05:50 PM
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica —  Petrojam has pumped over 20,000 litres of fuel to generate electricity for the Savanna-la-Mar field hospital in Westmoreland ...
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Hopes for survivors wane after Pakistan flooding kills hundreds
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Hopes for survivors wane after Pakistan flooding kills hundreds
August 17, 2025
Pakistan (AFP)—Pakistani rescuers dug homes out from under massive boulders on Sunday as they searched for survivors of flash floods that killed at le...
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Pakistan monsoon death toll tops 160 in 24 hours  — disaster agency
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Pakistan monsoon death toll tops 160 in 24 hours — disaster agency
August 15, 2025
BAJAUR, Pakistan (AFP) — The death toll from heavy monsoon rains that have triggered landslides and flash floods across northern Pakistan has risen to...
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WATCH: Two dead in New Jersey as soaked US northeast braces for more rain
WATCH: Two dead in New Jersey as soaked US northeast braces for more rain
July 15, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Two people were killed in New Jersey following flash flooding in the northeastern United States (US) that caused trave...
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Waterlogged US northeast braces for more rain after flash floods
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Waterlogged US northeast braces for more rain after flash floods
July 15, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The waterlogged US Eastern Seaboard braced for more rain on Tuesday, after flash floods snarled travel, stranded vehic...
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Texas flood toll passes 100 as more bodies recovered
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Texas flood toll passes 100 as more bodies recovered
July 7, 2025
Hunt, United States (AFP)-The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas rose to more than 100 on Monday, as rescuers continued their grim search ...
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Death toll in central Nigeria flooding rises to 88, says rescuer
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Death toll in central Nigeria flooding rises to 88, says rescuer
May 30, 2025
Mokwa, Nigeria (AFP)— The death toll in central Nigeria flash floods has risen to at least 88 after rescuers recovered more bodies, an emergency servi...
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WATCH: Heavy rains force Burger Gully residents to evacuate homes
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WATCH: Heavy rains force Burger Gully residents to evacuate homes
May 16, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The residents of Burger Gully in Kingston East were forced to evacuate their homes on Friday due to heavy rainfall, which triggere...
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Six dead after seven hour downpour in Argentina
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Six dead after seven hour downpour in Argentina
March 7, 2025
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) — At least six people have been killed in floods caused by torrential rain in the Argentine port city of Bahia Blanca, l...
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Heart of a champion: Botswana’s Tebogo rescues motorists trapped in floodwaters
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Heart of a champion: Botswana’s Tebogo rescues motorists trapped in floodwaters
February 19, 2025
BOTSWANA — Botswana’s 200m Olympic champion, Letsile Tebogo, is being hailed as a hero after rescuing motorists trapped in floodwaters in his home cou...
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Thousands displaced, 13 confirmed dead in torrential rains
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Thousands displaced, 13 confirmed dead in torrential rains
December 26, 2024
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) – Severe rainfall over the past 72 hours has devastated sections of Haiti, resulting in 13 deaths, 15 injuries, one missin...
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Councillor wants Santa Cruz drains cleaned for Christmas
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Councillor wants Santa Cruz drains cleaned for Christmas
December 16, 2024
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica - Santa Cruz Councillor Christopher Williams is again making an urgent call for the National Works Agency (NWA) to assist with b...
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Several roads in St Thomas impassable
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Several roads in St Thomas impassable
November 29, 2024
ST THOMAS, Jamaica – The public is being advised that due to heavy rainfall on Friday, several roadways in the Golden Grove area of St Thomas have bee...
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NWA to meet with St Elizabeth municipal corp. to address flooding in Santa Cruz
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NWA to meet with St Elizabeth municipal corp. to address flooding in Santa Cruz
Dana Malcolm | Observer Online Reporter | Malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 21, 2024
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica - The National Works Agency (NWA) will be meeting with members of the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation on Thursday to address ...
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James, Wilson insist Westmoreland Western drains were cleaned
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James, Wilson insist Westmoreland Western drains were cleaned
Anthony Lewis | Observer Writer 
November 13, 2024
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — Political representatives for Westmoreland Western have poured cold water on claims made by the People's National Party’s Ian ...
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Kent Village residents concerned after being cut off by floods
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Kent Village residents concerned after being cut off by floods
Dana Malcolm | Observer Online Reporter | Malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 9, 2024
“Half marooned” is how one resident of Kent Village in St Catherine described the community’s situation after the passage of Tropical Storm Rafael. "W...
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South Sudan floods affect 1.4 million, displace 379,000— UN
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South Sudan floods affect 1.4 million, displace 379,000— UN
November 9, 2024
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP)— Devastating flooding in South Sudan is affecting around 1.4 million people, with more than 379,000 displaced, according to a Uni...
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WATCH: Seaview residents bemoan recurring gully debris issue
November 5, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Residents of Seaview Gardens in St Andrew are expressing concern over what they have described as a recurring issue of debris from...
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Some JPS customers lose electricity due to Tropical Storm Rafael
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Some JPS customers lose electricity due to Tropical Storm Rafael
November 5, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) has confirmed that some of its customers are now without electricity as a result of susta...
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WATCH: Molynes Road flooded
November 5, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Sections of Molynes Road have been flooded due to heavy and increased rainfall across the island due to Tropical Storm Rafael. Whe...
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Courts, BOJ remain closed on Tuesday
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Courts, BOJ remain closed on Tuesday
November 5, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — All courts across the island will remain closed on Tuesday as a precautionary measure due to Tropical Storm Rafael. The Court Admi...
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Storm-like conditions still expected as Rafael moves away from Jamaica
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Storm-like conditions still expected as Rafael moves away from Jamaica
November 5, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The centre of Tropical Storm Rafael has begun to move away from the western coast of Jamaica but strong gusty winds and heavy rain...
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Government offices to close at 4pm due to impending storm
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Government offices to close at 4pm due to impending storm
November 4, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica— All Government of Jamaica offices will close at 4:00pm on Monday in response to the imminent weather system expected to affect the ...
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West Indies players named among best in ESPN 2025 cricket roundup
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A number of the West Indies’ players across both men’s and women’s squads have been picked by ESPN as some of the standout players of 2025. The ESPNcr...
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Fire guts multi-storey Manchester home
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MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Firefighters are now conducting a cooling-down operation after fire gutted the top floor of a multi-storey house in Hope Village...
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Market Bag: Hot pepper as low as $500 as food prices cool at ‘Curry’
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – There’s good news for shoppers this week as Scotch bonnet pepper prices – a ‘hot’ topic during the recent Christmas holidays – are...
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KFC Jamaica says third party vending machine not affiliated with company
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KFC Jamaica says third party vending machine not affiliated with company
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ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — KFC Jamaica is distancing itself from reports of a third-party vending machine purporting to carry boxed and ready meals from ...
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Jakes Hotel takes on Kingston with a night of dub & roots music for charity
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Jakes Hotel takes on Kingston with a night of dub & roots music for charity
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – Renowned boutique hotel Jakes Hotel in Treasure Beach, will be hosting what it describes as a powerful celebration of Reggae Cultu...
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