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Unhealthy trend: Student obesity surges to 15.3%
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Unhealthy trend:
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A different route for boys
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A different route for boys
JCF Cadet Academy combats truancy, other challenges with discipline, mentorship
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
August 26 12:18 AM
A different route for boys
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Kabaka Pyramid’s Rebel Music gets new life
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Kabaka Pyramid’s Rebel Music gets new life
August 26 12:16 AM
Kabaka Pyramid’s
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‘RAIN DELAY’ FOR JCA AGM
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‘RAIN DELAY’ FOR JCA AGM
Cricket association elections pushed back to October
August 26 12:12 AM
Bennett says JCA’s rescheduled voting AGM set for October
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Strong views on JTA suggestion of compulsory PTA meetings for PATH beneficiaries
Anthony Lewis | Observer Writer 
August 26 12:09 AM
Discriminatory or necessary?
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Audit confirms JMDA concerns
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Audit confirms JMDA concerns
Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
August 26 12:09 AM
Audit confirms JMDA concerns
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JDF applies military muscle to Merl Grove repairs
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JDF applies military muscle to Merl Grove repairs
RENAE OSBOURNE, Observer staff reporter, osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 26 12:07 AM
JDF applies military muscle to Merl Grove repairs
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MP Holness wants more for Mavis Bank Health Centre
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MP Holness wants more for Mavis Bank Health Centre
Health minister wary
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 26 12:06 AM
Member of Parliament for St Andrew East Rural Juliet Holness has appealed to the health ministry to improve aspects of the Mavis Bank Health Centre in...
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Vanessa Bling to bring the heat to ‘Sophisticated’ Summer-End Beach Party
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Vanessa Bling to bring the heat to ‘Sophisticated’ Summer-End Beach Party
August 17, 2026
ST ANN, Jamaica — Dancehall star Vanessa Bling is ready to turn up the temperature at Plantation Cove when she headlines Sophisticated: The Summer End...
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UK ‘on course’ to record warmest summer for second year in a row
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UK ‘on course’ to record warmest summer for second year in a row
August 11, 2026
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Britain is "on course" to chalk up its warmest summer on record for the second year running, the UK's Met Office weath...
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Heat kills 19 in South Korea this summer
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Heat kills 19 in South Korea this summer
August 4, 2026
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea's summer heat has killed 19 people so far this year, a government health agency said on Tuesday, as the nation ...
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France records over 5,700 excess deaths in June heatwave
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France records over 5,700 excess deaths in June heatwave
July 22, 2026
PARIS, France (AFP) — France recorded 5,764 more deaths than usual during a record-breaking heatwave last month, health authorities said on Wednesday,...
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Eiffel Tower to close early as heatwave hits France: operator
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Eiffel Tower to close early as heatwave hits France: operator
July 11, 2026
PARIS, France (AFP) — The operator of the Eiffel Tower said the latticed-steel Paris monument would "exceptionally close" early over the weekend at 4 ...
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Jamaicans urged to stay hydrated amid hotter-than-normal summer
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Jamaicans urged to stay hydrated amid hotter-than-normal summer
Dana Malcolm, Observer Reporter, malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
July 3, 2026
Jamaicans are being urged to stay hydrated this summer as the Meteorological Service predicts the season to be even hotter-than-normal. “A noticeable ...
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El Nino set to be ‘strong’, UN warns
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El Nino set to be ‘strong’, UN warns
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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) —  El Nino is here and will quickly develop into a strong event between July and September, fuelling the likelihood of extre...
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Mexico world cup celebrations death toll increases to four
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Mexico world cup celebrations death toll increases to four
July 1, 2026
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — At least four people died in Mexico City on Wednesday during raucous post-game celebrations after Mexico's victory over Ec...
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Record heat broils US east coast amid World Cup, July Fourth events
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Record heat broils US east coast amid World Cup, July Fourth events
July 1, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Blistering temperatures and humidity gripped swaths of the United States on Wednesday, with the worst yet to come f...
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World’s oceans break June heat record — EU monitor
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World’s oceans break June heat record — EU monitor
June 30, 2026
PARIS, France (AFP) — The world's oceans just experienced their hottest June on record and could set fresh highs in the months ahead as El Niño and cl...
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World sees second hottest May as Europe faces ‘new normal’—EU monitor
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World sees second hottest May as Europe faces ‘new normal’—EU monitor
June 9, 2026
PARIS, France(AFP)—The world experienced its second-hottest May on record, with Europe baking under an unusually early heatwave as climate extremes be...
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Caribbean urged to prepare for heat, drought and rising energy bills
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Caribbean urged to prepare for heat, drought and rising energy bills
May 28, 2026
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — The Principal of the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH), Dr David Farrell, on Wednesday warned the regio...
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Caribbean urged to prepare for hotter, drier conditions as El Niño develops
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Caribbean urged to prepare for hotter, drier conditions as El Niño develops
April 21, 2026
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC)—Caribbean governments, businesses, farmers and other stakeholders are being urged to prepare themselves for potentially sev...
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Record-breaking heat wave grips western US
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Record-breaking heat wave grips western US
March 19, 2026
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A punishing heat wave was gripping the western United States (US) on Thursday, with parts of the region logging rec...
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Heat-related deaths in Spain up 88 per cent from last year
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Heat-related deaths in Spain up 88 per cent from last year
October 2, 2025
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — The number of heat-related deaths in Spain between May 16 and September 30 hit 3,832, an 87.6-per cent increase from the same pe...
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Over 60,000 Europeans died from heat during 2024 summer—study
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Over 60,000 Europeans died from heat during 2024 summer—study
September 22, 2025
Paris, France (AFP)—More than 60,000 people died from heat in Europe during last year's record-breaking summer, a benchmark study said Monday, in the ...
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Sweltering heat no worries for Jamaicans ahead of World Championships
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Sweltering heat no worries for Jamaicans ahead of World Championships
BY ANDRE LOWE Sports content manager lowea@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 10, 2025
Jamaica’s team manager at the World Athletics Championships, Ian Forbes, has downplayed concerns about soaring heat conditions in the host city, insis...
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Athletics chief Coe admits ‘heat challenges’ at Tokyo worlds
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Athletics chief Coe admits ‘heat challenges’ at Tokyo worlds
September 9, 2025
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — World Athletics president Sebastian Coe on Tuesday admitted that the world championships starting in Tokyo this weekend face "hea...
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August third-hottest globally on record, says climate monitor
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August third-hottest globally on record, says climate monitor
September 8, 2025
Paris, France (AFP)-Devastating wildfires and blistering heatwaves during the world's third-hottest August on record underscored the urgency of tackli...
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Third-hottest July on record wreaks climate havoc
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Third-hottest July on record wreaks climate havoc
August 6, 2025
PARIS, France (AFP) -- The third-hottest July worldwide ended a string of record-breaking temperatures last month, but many regions were still devasta...
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June was hottest on record in western Europe—EU monitor
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June was hottest on record in western Europe—EU monitor
July 8, 2025
Paris, France (AFP)-Western Europe sweltered through its hottest June on record last month, as "extreme" temperatures blasted the region in punishing ...
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Unhealthy trend:
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A different route for boys
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JCF Cadet Academy combats truancy, other challenges with discipline, mentorship
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
August 26, 2026
A different route for boys
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Kabaka Pyramid’s Rebel Music gets new life
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Kabaka Pyramid’s Rebel Music gets new life
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Bennett says JCA’s rescheduled voting AGM set for October
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