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Breaking handout mentality one year after Hurricane Melissa
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Breaking handout mentality one year after Hurricane Melissa
Goals Have No Limit Foundation seeking to equip the west with entrepreneurial ideas
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 2 12:28 AM
WHILE many victims of the devastating October 28, 2025 Hurricane Melissa are still looking for handouts to get their lives back together — especially ...
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Kevin Downswell to release Joy Is Here album
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Kevin Downswell to release Joy Is Here album
BY KEDIESHA PERRY Observer writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
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Waterworks church a tower of strength for Hurricane victims one year on
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Yvonne Grinam-Nicholson on a roll; PhD followed by Canadian award
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November 19, 2025
inDrive operators are expressing deep concern about their safety following the robbery of a female driver in St Andrew last month. The driver was robb...
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‘We are not taxis’: Rideshare drivers push back against PPV licence requirement
DANA MALCOLM Observer Online reporter  jol.malcolmd@gmail.com 
August 11, 2025
While expressing willingness to be registered in a specific licence category, rideshare drivers are pushing back against the stipulation by the Transp...
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National Ride-Hailing Policy to be tabled in Parliament soon
June 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The highly-anticipated policy to accommodate ride-sharing services, which have thoroughly woven themselves into the fabric of the ...
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Skeletal remains found in Portmore believed to be that of UTech student
May 17, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica – Police say skeletal remains found at a beach in Portmore, St Catherine on Saturday are believed to be that of University of Te...
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ST CATHERINE, Jamaica – The St Catherine South police say they cannot confirm that a body found in the division Saturday afternoon is that of missing ...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — People’s National Party (PNP) Spokesperson on Gender Affairs, Denise Daley is calling for urgent action to protect Jamaica’s women...
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June 6, 2024
Struggling to make ends meet on just the salary from his day job, Mario Peters* started working for inDrive in April of this year. After taking home n...
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November 2, 2026
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Breaking handout mentality one year after Hurricane Melissa
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Breaking handout mentality one year after Hurricane Melissa
Goals Have No Limit Foundation seeking to equip the west with entrepreneurial ideas
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 2, 2026
WHILE many victims of the devastating October 28, 2025 Hurricane Melissa are still looking for handouts to get their lives back together — especially ...
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Waterworks church a tower of strength for Hurricane victims one year on
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Waterworks church a tower of strength for Hurricane victims one year on
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Waterworks church a tower of strength for Hurricane victims one year on
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Kevin Downswell to release Joy Is Here album
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Kevin Downswell to release Joy Is Here album
BY KEDIESHA PERRY Observer writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
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Yvonne Grinam-Nicholson on a roll; PhD followed by Canadian award
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