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Gang-plagued Haiti sets election dates for 2027
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Gang-plagued Haiti sets election dates for 2027
October 29 08:33 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Haiti will hold elections in July and October next year, authorities said, in what would mark the first polls in the cri...
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Ministry mourns Jamaican farm worker killed in Ontario, Canada
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Ministry mourns Jamaican farm worker killed in Ontario, Canada
October 29 08:30 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has expressed condolences following the death of Rajay Baker, a Jamaican participant in...
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Report warns of growing Caribbean demand for long-term care
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WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) are urging countries acros...
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IAJ says 91.1% of Hurricane Melissa claims settled, $59.4 billion paid out
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IAJ says 91.1% of Hurricane Melissa claims settled, $59.4 billion paid out
October 29 08:10 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Insurance Association of Jamaica (IAJ) says it has settled 91.1 per cent of insurance claims reported across specified categor...
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Vaz warns JPS that it is on a tight deadline to lower electricity costs
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Vaz warns JPS that it is on a tight deadline to lower electricity costs
BY BILLEANE WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter williamsb@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 29 07:46 AM
Warning that the "clock is ticking", Energy Minister Daryl Vaz on Tuesday urged the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) to finalise its decision on t...
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PNPYO demands full accounting of post-Melissa spending
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PNPYO demands full accounting of post-Melissa spending
October 29 07:34 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The People’s National Party Youth Organisation (PNPYO) is calling on the Government to publish a comprehensive account of expendit...
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Ruddock changes tune days after confessing to sacrificial killing at Pathways church
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October 29 12:18 AM
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‘A perfect gentleman’: Denham Town High mourns 11-y-o killed in house fire
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‘A perfect gentleman’: Denham Town High mourns 11-y-o killed in house fire
October 7, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Denham Town High School community is mourning the loss of 11-year-old Jaydon Whyte, who perished in a house fire along with hi...
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11-y-o among two killed in Denham Town house fire
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11-y-o among two killed in Denham Town house fire
October 6, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — An 11-year-old boy was among two people killed in a house fire along North Street in Kingston early Tuesday morning. The deceased ...
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WATCH: 27-y-o perishes in Manchester house fire
June 17, 2026
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A Manchester man perished in a house fire on Tuesday night on Bethel Street, Greenvale, near Mandeville. The fire also left the ...
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Body of woman found following house fire in Catherine Hall
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Body of woman found following house fire in Catherine Hall
July 5, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Firefighters and police personnel are now processing a scene after the body of a woman was discovered in a house following a fire ...
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WATCH: house completely burnt to the ground in Washington Gardens
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WATCH: house completely burnt to the ground in Washington Gardens
June 17, 2025
A house in the Washington Gardens community reportedly burnt to the ground Tuesday evening in a massive fire. Observer Online understands that a fire ...
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Octogenarian left homeless by fire in Mount Salem
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Octogenarian left homeless by fire in Mount Salem
May 22, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — An 85-year-old man was left homeless after fire destroyed his house in Mount Salem, St James on Thursday morning. The man, who liv...
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WATCH: House fire rages in Kencot, St Andrew
April 7, 2025
Firefighters are now battling a massive house fire in the community of Kencot, off Lyndhurst Road in St Andrew. It is still unclear what triggered the...
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Education ministry saddened over tragic loss of 5-y-o in Whitehall Avenue fire
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Education ministry saddened over tragic loss of 5-y-o in Whitehall Avenue fire
January 10, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr Kasan Troupe, says the ministry is “heartbroken...
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T&T gov’t minister dies in house fire
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T&T gov’t minister dies in house fire
December 16, 2024
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service and fire officials are investigating the cause of a fire which caused the death...
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House fire caused by candle claims the lives of two children
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December 12, 2024
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica – A couple has been taken into custody following a house fire that claimed the lives of two children in a Whitehouse community i...
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WATCH: Elderly man perishes in Manchester house fire
July 25, 2024
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — An elderly man perished in a house fire in Inglewood near Mile Gully in Manchester on Thursday morning. Relatives named him as R...
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Ministry mourns Jamaican farm worker killed in Ontario, Canada
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October 29, 2026
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Report warns of growing Caribbean demand for long-term care
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WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) are urging countries acros...
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IAJ says 91.1% of Hurricane Melissa claims settled, $59.4 billion paid out
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IAJ says 91.1% of Hurricane Melissa claims settled, $59.4 billion paid out
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Insurance Association of Jamaica (IAJ) says it has settled 91.1 per cent of insurance claims reported across specified categor...
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Vaz warns JPS that it is on a tight deadline to lower electricity costs
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Vaz warns JPS that it is on a tight deadline to lower electricity costs
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Warning that the "clock is ticking", Energy Minister Daryl Vaz on Tuesday urged the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) to finalise its decision on t...
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