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‘Rebel In Me’ connects Rising Star with reggae legend
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‘Rebel In Me’ connects Rising Star with reggae legend
Howard Campbell Observer senior writer 
December 4 07:41 PM
Observer Online presents the fourth story in ‘Jimmy Cliff: Stories Of A Bongo Man’, in tribute to the reggae legend who died on November 24 at age 81....
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St Elizabeth farmers plough on despite ‘slow pace of assistance’
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St Elizabeth farmers plough on despite ‘slow pace of assistance’
Vanassa McKenzie, Observer Online reporter, mckenziev@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 4 07:32 PM
Despite losing acres of crops to Hurricane Melissa, farmers in St Elizabeth say they are pushing ahead on their own, replanting their fields even as t...
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Strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific kills four: US military
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Strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific kills four: US military
December 4 07:24 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—A strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed four people on Thursday, the US milit...
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Forex: $161.20 to one US dollar
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Forex: $161.20 to one US dollar
December 4 07:02 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Thursday, December 4, ended trading at $161.20, down by 6 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica...
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Sunshine Girls invited to World Netball Cup 2027
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Sunshine Girls invited to World Netball Cup 2027
December 4 06:55 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Jamaica have been invited to compete at the Netball World Cup 2027 to be staged in Sydney, Australia, between August 25 to September...
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Westmoreland residents given until the end of December to vacate Petersfield High School shelter
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Westmoreland residents given until the end of December to vacate Petersfield High School shelter
December 4 06:39 PM
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — Despite residents of Petersfield who sought refuge at the Petersfield High School, claiming that they have nowhere to go and t...
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Maroon community rejects gov’t offer for JDF support in rebuilding efforts
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Maroon community rejects gov’t offer for JDF support in rebuilding efforts
December 4 06:34 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica-Leader of the Accompong Maroons in St Elizabeth, Richard Currie, has rejected an offer by the government to mobilise members of ...
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Two men shot and killed in Burger Gully
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Two men shot and killed in Burger Gully
December 4 06:13 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Two men were reportedly shot and killed by the police on Thursday afternoon in Burger Gully community in St Andrew. The deceased men...
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Church group treks into remote Westmoreland community to deliver vital Hurricane relief
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Church group treks into remote Westmoreland community to deliver vital Hurricane relief
November 26, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Several families in Westmoreland, ravaged by the Category 5 Hurricane Melissa in October, were grateful for a major relief effort ...
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ISSA announces resumption of high school competitions
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ISSA announces resumption of high school competitions
November 14, 2025
The Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) has announced the resumption of inter-school competitions beginning the week of November 24. Man...
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Over 116,000 buildings severely damaged by Hurricane Melissa — Holness
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Over 116,000 buildings severely damaged by Hurricane Melissa — Holness
November 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — More than 116,000 of the 428,000 buildings in the database of the National Spatial Data Management Branch sustained severe damage ...
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NHF deploys mobile pharmacies in western Jamaica as part of recovery efforts
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NHF deploys mobile pharmacies in western Jamaica as part of recovery efforts
November 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Health Fund (NHF) says it has launched mobile pharmacy services for three parishes in western Jamaica that were heavi...
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Transport Authority warns public passenger vehicles against ‘exorbitant prices’
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Transport Authority warns public passenger vehicles against ‘exorbitant prices’
November 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Transport Authority is warning public passenger vehicle (PPV) operators to immediately stop the illegal practice of raising fa...
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Trelawny residents join long queues to fetch river water after Hurricane Melissa
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Trelawny residents join long queues to fetch river water after Hurricane Melissa
November 4, 2025
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — As National Water Commission (NWC) customers await the restoration of piped water in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, long queu...
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Hurricane Melissa leaves pregnant mother homeless in Westmoreland
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Hurricane Melissa leaves pregnant mother homeless in Westmoreland
BY VANASSA MCKENZIE Observer Online reporter mckenziev@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 4, 2025
With only weeks to go before welcoming her fourth child into the world, Satnerine Tomlin of Whitehouse, Westmoreland, is facing the unimaginable as sh...
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IICA launches emergency fund to aid Caribbean agriculture after Hurricane Melissa
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IICA launches emergency fund to aid Caribbean agriculture after Hurricane Melissa
November 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) has established an emergency fund to assist the agriculture sec...
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#MelissaAftermath: Grange announces launch of volunteer registry
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#MelissaAftermath: Grange announces launch of volunteer registry
November 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, has announced the launch of the National Registry of Voluntee...
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Restaurant Associates Limited joins relief efforts after Hurricane Melissa
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Restaurant Associates Limited joins relief efforts after Hurricane Melissa
November 2, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Restaurant Associates Limited (RAL) has joined national relief efforts following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. On S...
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MBJ waives all landing and parking fees for Hurricane Melissa relief supplies
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MBJ waives all landing and parking fees for Hurricane Melissa relief supplies
November 2, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica - With limited commercial flight operations resuming Saturday,  MBJ Airports Limited (MBJ), operators of Sangster International Airp...
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GEM ready to repair/replace 50,000 roofs says Capponi
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GEM ready to repair/replace 50,000 roofs says Capponi
November 2, 2025
Founder and President of Global Empowerment Mission (GEM), Michael Capponi, says the organisation is committed to repair/replace up to 50,000 roofs in...
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Ferncourt High begins clean-up after Hurricane Melissa
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Ferncourt High begins clean-up after Hurricane Melissa
BY: SANDENA JAMES Social media Editor 
November 2, 2025
ST ANN, Jamaica — Cleanup and recovery are under way at Ferncourt High School following damage sustained during the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Prin...
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PNP launches first hurricane relief mission to Westmoreland
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PNP launches first hurricane relief mission to Westmoreland
November 2, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The People’s National Party (PNP) on Sunday launched its first official hurricane relief mission to Westmoreland, as part of the P...
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WATCH: Life spared but livelihood lost: Scott’s Cove flattened after Hurricane Melissa
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WATCH: Life spared but livelihood lost: Scott’s Cove flattened after Hurricane Melissa
BY KELSEY THOMAS Online coordinator thomask@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 2, 2025
What was once a bustling haven for escovitch fish, lobster, bammy, and conch soup along Jamaica’s south coast now lies in piles of debris. Scott’s Cov...
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Melissa is the most powerful hurricane to make landfall in 90 years—AFP
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Melissa is the most powerful hurricane to make landfall in 90 years—AFP
October 29, 2025
PARIS, France (AFP)—Melissa tied the 1935 record for the most intense hurricane to make landfall when it battered Jamaica on Tuesday, according to an ...
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Bodies found in Black River in aftermath of Hurricane Melissa
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Bodies found in Black River in aftermath of Hurricane Melissa
October 29, 2025
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Superintendent Coleidge Minto has confirmed that two bodies have been discovered in the Black River area of St Elizabeth in th...
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Tufton says efforts underway to relocate patients from Black River Hospital
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Tufton says efforts underway to relocate patients from Black River Hospital
October 29, 2025
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, says efforts are underway to relocate patients from the Black River Ho...
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Santa Cruz resident says hometown is ‘unrecognisable’
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Santa Cruz resident says hometown is ‘unrecognisable’
October 29, 2025
ST ELIZABETH , Jamaica — A resident of Santa Cruz described the devastation left behind by Hurricane Melissa as “unimaginable”, saying parts of his ho...
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Minister McKenzie confirms severe damage to St James
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Minister McKenzie confirms severe damage to St James
October 29, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Desmond McKenzie, says St James suffered extensive damage due to the passage o...
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#EyeOnMelissa: No fatalities reported as yet — McKenzie
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#EyeOnMelissa: No fatalities reported as yet — McKenzie
October 29, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Desmond McKenzie, says he is yet to receive any reports of fatalities followin...
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‘No need to kill’: Port Royal fisherfolk concerned over US attacks in Caribbean Sea
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‘No need to kill’: Port Royal fisherfolk concerned over US attacks in Caribbean Sea
October 29, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — While many were concerned with the landfall of Hurricane Melissa on Tuesday, Fishing Boat Captain of the seaside Kingston town of ...
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‘Rebel In Me’ connects Rising Star with reggae legend
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‘Rebel In Me’ connects Rising Star with reggae legend
Howard Campbell Observer senior writer 
December 4, 2025
Observer Online presents the fourth story in ‘Jimmy Cliff: Stories Of A Bongo Man’, in tribute to the reggae legend who died on November 24 at age 81....
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St Elizabeth farmers plough on despite ‘slow pace of assistance’
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St Elizabeth farmers plough on despite ‘slow pace of assistance’
Vanassa McKenzie, Observer Online reporter, mckenziev@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 4, 2025
Despite losing acres of crops to Hurricane Melissa, farmers in St Elizabeth say they are pushing ahead on their own, replanting their fields even as t...
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Strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific kills four: US military
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Strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific kills four: US military
December 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—A strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed four people on Thursday, the US milit...
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Forex: $161.20 to one US dollar
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Forex: $161.20 to one US dollar
December 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Thursday, December 4, ended trading at $161.20, down by 6 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica...
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Sunshine Girls invited to World Netball Cup 2027
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Sunshine Girls invited to World Netball Cup 2027
December 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Jamaica have been invited to compete at the Netball World Cup 2027 to be staged in Sydney, Australia, between August 25 to September...
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