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August 26 12:18 AM
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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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Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
August 26 12:09 AM
Audit confirms JMDA concerns
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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July 3, 2026
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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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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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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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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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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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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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC)—Caribbean governments, businesses, farmers and other stakeholders are being urged to prepare themselves for potentially sev...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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August 26, 2026
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Cricket association elections pushed back to October
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Strong views on JTA suggestion of compulsory PTA meetings for PATH beneficiaries
Anthony Lewis | Observer Writer 
August 26, 2026
Discriminatory or necessary?