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Herbert Morrison crush Muschett 108 – 2 in ISSA basketball
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Herbert Morrison crush Muschett 108 – 2 in ISSA basketball
PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 5 03:41 PM
MONTEGO BAY, St James -- Former champions Herbert Morrison Technical recorded a lopsided 108-2 win over Muschett High at Herbert Morrison Technical on...
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IDB approves US$80-m in funding to prevent flooding in key areas of the Bahamas
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IDB approves US$80-m in funding to prevent flooding in key areas of the Bahamas
December 5 03:29 PM
WASHINGTON, (CMC) – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says it has approved an US$80 million loan to enhance the resilience and sustainability ...
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Romeich criticises corporate companies for ‘not holding strong’ and cancelling Christmas events
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Romeich criticises corporate companies for ‘not holding strong’ and cancelling Christmas events
December 5 03:06 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Event promoter and artiste manager Romeich Major is criticising corporate companies for "not holding strong" by postponing Christmas...
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Christian Tavares-Finson lauds Jimmy Cliff as national icon
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Christian Tavares-Finson lauds Jimmy Cliff as national icon
December 5 02:42 PM
Government Senator Christian Tavares-Finson has described Jimmy Cliff as a national icon whose message of positivity transcends music and will resonat...
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Patricia Smith seeks partners to assist Melissa victims sheltered at Godfrey Stewart High amid uncertain future
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Patricia Smith seeks partners to assist Melissa victims sheltered at Godfrey Stewart High amid uncertain future
December 5 02:33 PM
The Patricia Smith Foundation is seeking partners to bring long-lasting relief for 50 hurricane victims who are still housed at the Godfrey Stewart Hi...
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Request for help allegedly sparks jealous rage
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Request for help allegedly sparks jealous rage
December 5 12:28 PM
MONTEGO BAY, St James — A domestic quarrel sparked by a woman’s request for a male friend to help her get back on her feet after Hurricane Melissa, al...
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Guyanese man to be sentenced for murdering mother
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Guyanese man to be sentenced for murdering mother
December 5 12:00 PM
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, (CMC) - A Guyanese High Court judge has set January 6 next year as the date for sentencing Deonarine Dookhoo, a Guyanese man who w...
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Digicel says latest act of vandalism causing service disruption for customers in Kingston
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Digicel says latest act of vandalism causing service disruption for customers in Kingston
December 5 11:57 AM
Digicel has condemned what it says is, “a more recent, deliberate and criminal act of vandalism that has damaged a critical section of its underground...
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Marathon Insurance Brokers donates $2m to support hurricane-impacted residents in St Elizabeth
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Marathon Insurance Brokers donates $2m to support hurricane-impacted residents in St Elizabeth
November 26, 2025
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica – Marathon Insurance Brokers has stepped forward with major support for thousands of residents in St Elizabeth whose homes were ...
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MP Floyd Green partners with Tank-Weld to provide hurricane relief to families in St Elizabeth South West
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MP Floyd Green partners with Tank-Weld to provide hurricane relief to families in St Elizabeth South West
November 26, 2025
Member of Parliament for St Elizabeth South West, Floyd Green partnered with Tank-Weld Metals Ltd to execute a major relief operation across seven of ...
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Promoter promises hurricane relief assistance from Chuck Fenda concert in Rhode Island
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Promoter promises hurricane relief assistance from Chuck Fenda concert in Rhode Island
KEVIN JACKSON, Observer writer 
November 24, 2025
Although she resides in Rhode Island in the United States, Dena ‘DJ Brownin’ Morrison has a special place in her heart for Jamaica. Having visited the...
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Fitz-Henley and Tavares-Finson return to St Elizabeth with building supplies, urge multi-stakeholder effort
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Fitz-Henley and Tavares-Finson return to St Elizabeth with building supplies, urge multi-stakeholder effort
November 23, 2025
Government senators Abka Fitz-Henley and Christian Tavares-Finson say it is important that as many private stakeholders as possible contribute to effo...
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Caribbean legislators in New York rally community for Jamaica relief
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Caribbean legislators in New York rally community for Jamaica relief
November 23, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (CMC) — In what has been described as a powerful display of unity, service and Caribbean pride, Caribbean legislators in New Y...
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VCB Foundation launches hurricane relief initiative, commits to educational recovery effort for girls
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VCB Foundation launches hurricane relief initiative, commits to educational recovery effort for girls
November 17, 2025
The Veronica Campbell Brown Foundation has mobilised an emergency response effort to support communities devastated by Hurricane Melissa, with a parti...
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Chinese Benevolent Association donates hurricane relief supplies to Falmouth Hospital
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Chinese Benevolent Association donates hurricane relief supplies to Falmouth Hospital
November 16, 2025
TRELAWNY, Jamaica – The Falmouth Public General Hospital received a boost Friday following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, thanks to a si...
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Ravaged Westmoreland communities receive help from Patricia Smith Foundation, Revival Council of Churches and Resort Areas Police
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Ravaged Westmoreland communities receive help from Patricia Smith Foundation, Revival Council of Churches and Resort Areas Police
Dwight Bellanfante 
November 16, 2025
With both hands on her head, the woman looked into the dusky sky as light rain fell, bewilderment etched on her face. Behind her was the shell of what...
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11 things you must bring on your relief trip to hurricane-ravaged parishes
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11 things you must bring on your relief trip to hurricane-ravaged parishes
November 15, 2025
In the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, Jamaicans islandwide are joining forces to support families in the hardest-hit parishes as they begin the long ...
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GraceKennedy unveils four-pillar J$200m hurricane relief programme
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GraceKennedy unveils four-pillar J$200m hurricane relief programme
November 14, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica—GraceKennedy Group (GK) has announced a comprehensive Hurricane Melissa relief programme valued at $200 million focusing on four key...
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Friends raise $2.7 millions for hurricane relief; AFJ matches this amount
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Friends raise $2.7 millions for hurricane relief; AFJ matches this amount
November 14, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica—A coalition of compassionate individuals and businesses, in collaboration with TheHiveCareers, has raised $2.7 million to support ur...
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ANSA Chemicals Jamaica donates 69,800 litres of bleach to support sanitisation efforts after hurricane
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ANSA Chemicals Jamaica donates 69,800 litres of bleach to support sanitisation efforts after hurricane
November 13, 2025
In a continued effort to support public health and safety, ANSA Chemicals Jamaica has announced a donation of 69,800 litres of bleach to help with the...
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Banton doubles down on theft claim, accuses Vaz of victim shaming
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Banton doubles down on theft claim, accuses Vaz of victim shaming
November 13, 2025
Reggae superstar Buju Banton has doubled down on allegations that his hurricane relief items were stolen at the port and has accused Daryl Vaz of atte...
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‘Nothing was missing’: Vaz refutes Buju Banton’s claim of stolen hurricane relief items
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‘Nothing was missing’: Vaz refutes Buju Banton’s claim of stolen hurricane relief items
November 13, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport Daryl Vaz has refuted allegations made by reggae superstar Buju Bant...
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Mini Miss St Elizabeth launches hurricane relief campaign for children
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Mini Miss St Elizabeth launches hurricane relief campaign for children
November 12, 2025
Reigning Mini Miss St Elizabeth Heritage Queen Alexia Jappa is leading the charge to bring relief and smiles to young victims of Hurricane Melissa, wh...
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Young professional proposes SCRZs to combat relief traffic
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Young professional proposes SCRZs to combat relief traffic
KEDIESHA PERRY Observer writer 
November 10, 2025
As relief efforts continue for southwestern parishes, one young professional is suggesting standardised community relief zones (SCRZs) for donations t...
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US based-foundation to offer counseling to Jamaican educators on hurricane trauma
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US based-foundation to offer counseling to Jamaican educators on hurricane trauma
November 7, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Pamella’s Sunrise Foundation, in collaboration with the guidance counseling unit of the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth a...
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UCC begins roll out of relief supplies to students and staff impacted by Melissa
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UCC begins roll out of relief supplies to students and staff impacted by Melissa
November 7, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) says its post-hurricane relief efforts got underway Tuesday with the delivery o...
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PNP’s Dwayne Vaz accuses former MP George Wright of hijacking hurricane relief supplies
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PNP’s Dwayne Vaz accuses former MP George Wright of hijacking hurricane relief supplies
Lynford Simpson | Observer Writer 
November 5, 2025
Member of Parliament (MP) for Westmoreland Central, the People’s National Party’s (PNP) Dwayne Vaz has accused the former MP, the Jamaica Labour Party...
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South Florida launches campaign to provide hurricane relief for Jamaicans
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South Florida launches campaign to provide hurricane relief for Jamaicans
Howard Campbell 
November 5, 2025
South Florida, home to one of Jamaica’s largest Diaspora communities, launched a major relief effort for the thousands of people affected by Hurricane...
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Associated Brands pledges US$500,000 in Hurricane Melissa relief support to Jamaica
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Associated Brands pledges US$500,000 in Hurricane Melissa relief support to Jamaica
November 4, 2025
Nicholas Lok Jack, Executive Chairman of Associated Brands Industries Limited (ABIL), has announced that the company -- owners of popular brands Sunsh...
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United Way of Jamaica unveils $1.5m fund to help restore farming communities
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United Way of Jamaica unveils $1.5m fund to help restore farming communities
November 3, 2025
United Way of Jamaica (UWJ) has postponed ‘The Ruby Thread’ 40th Anniversary Gala slated for Saturday, November 8, 2025 in the wake of Hurricane Melis...
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Herbert Morrison crush Muschett 108 – 2 in ISSA basketball
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PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 5, 2025
MONTEGO BAY, St James -- Former champions Herbert Morrison Technical recorded a lopsided 108-2 win over Muschett High at Herbert Morrison Technical on...
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IDB approves US$80-m in funding to prevent flooding in key areas of the Bahamas
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IDB approves US$80-m in funding to prevent flooding in key areas of the Bahamas
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WASHINGTON, (CMC) – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says it has approved an US$80 million loan to enhance the resilience and sustainability ...
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Romeich criticises corporate companies for ‘not holding strong’ and cancelling Christmas events
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Romeich criticises corporate companies for ‘not holding strong’ and cancelling Christmas events
December 5, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Event promoter and artiste manager Romeich Major is criticising corporate companies for "not holding strong" by postponing Christmas...
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Christian Tavares-Finson lauds Jimmy Cliff as national icon
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Christian Tavares-Finson lauds Jimmy Cliff as national icon
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Government Senator Christian Tavares-Finson has described Jimmy Cliff as a national icon whose message of positivity transcends music and will resonat...
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Patricia Smith seeks partners to assist Melissa victims sheltered at Godfrey Stewart High amid uncertain future
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Patricia Smith seeks partners to assist Melissa victims sheltered at Godfrey Stewart High amid uncertain future
December 5, 2025
The Patricia Smith Foundation is seeking partners to bring long-lasting relief for 50 hurricane victims who are still housed at the Godfrey Stewart Hi...
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