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Pratville Primary shares fun day joy with hurricane-ravaged Thornton Primary
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Pratville Primary shares fun day joy with hurricane-ravaged Thornton Primary
December 4 10:12 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Sixty students of the St Elizabeth-based Thornton Primary School were on Thursday feted during a fun day hosted by the Mancheste...
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Rough Treasure Football Showcase postponed due to impact of Hurricane Melissa
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Rough Treasure Football Showcase postponed due to impact of Hurricane Melissa
December 4 09:40 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica—The Rough Treasure Football Showcase, scheduled to take place at Treasure Beach and Munro College in St Elizabeth from December ...
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Reetu Gupta donates Ca$105,000 to support Jamaica’s hurricane relief and recovery efforts
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Reetu Gupta donates Ca$105,000 to support Jamaica’s hurricane relief and recovery efforts
December 4 09:07 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Reetu Gupta, chief executive officer (CEO) of The Gupta Group and CEO of the Gupta Family Foundation, has contributed over Ca$105,00...
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Former US President Bill Clinton in Jamaica
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Former US President Bill Clinton in Jamaica
December 4 08:55 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former United States President Bill Clinton is currently in Jamaica. Observer Online understands that Clinton flew over the island...
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JFF announces coaches for age group teams
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JFF announces coaches for age group teams
December 4 08:02 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Former Reggae Boyz captain Rudolph Austin has been promoted to head coach of the Jamaican national Under-20 men’s team, the Jamaica ...
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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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US assisting with radar surveillance upgrades in Tobago — Trinidad PM
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US assisting with radar surveillance upgrades in Tobago — Trinidad PM
November 28, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar has confirmed that the United States (US) is installing a...
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Trinidad PM welcomes US military exercises in country
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Trinidad PM welcomes US military exercises in country
November 17, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC)—Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the presence of United States military troops in the regi...
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Trinidad PM cautions fisherfolk amid US war on drugs in the Caribbean
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Trinidad PM cautions fisherfolk amid US war on drugs in the Caribbean
November 5, 2025
SCARBROUGH, Tobago (CMC)—Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has warned members of the country's fisherfolk community not to ven...
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Trinidad PM reiterates support for US war on drugs in the Caribbean
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Trinidad PM reiterates support for US war on drugs in the Caribbean
November 4, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC)—Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has doubled down on her support for the United States war on d...
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Trinidad doubles down in defence of US military presence in region
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Trinidad doubles down in defence of US military presence in region
October 19, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday reiterated its position on why it is standing apart from its Caribbean Community (Carico...
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Trinidad PM reiterates support for US military presence in the Caribbean
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Trinidad PM reiterates support for US military presence in the Caribbean
September 26, 2025
UNITED NATIONS, United States (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago on Friday reiterated its support for the United States (US) military presence in the souther...
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Trump reaffirms ‘strength of partnership’ with Trinidad and Tobago
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Trump reaffirms ‘strength of partnership’ with Trinidad and Tobago
September 9, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The Donald Trump administration has reaffirmed the strength of its partnership with the Trinidad and Tobago Governme...
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Trinidad PM undaunted by reaction to her position regarding US military presence in Caribbean waters
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Trinidad PM undaunted by reaction to her position regarding US military presence in Caribbean waters
August 26, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC)- Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar says her administration will over the next five years imple...
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Trinidad supports US military action in Caribbean, has no intention of engaging Caricom
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Trinidad supports US military action in Caribbean, has no intention of engaging Caricom
August 24, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government Saturday said it fully supports the decision of the United States to deploy “milita...
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Trinidad and Tobago seeking partial scope trade agreement with India
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July 4, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government Friday said it intends to become the first Caribbean Community (Caricom) country t...
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Trinidad and Tobago sends warning to Venezuela
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June 5, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government Thursday night said that it takes “very seriously” threats being made by Venezuela ...
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Trinidad PM reassures the country that she is in good health
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Trinidad PM reassures the country that she is in good health
May 9, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar has once again sought to reassure citizens that she is in “g...
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Persad Bissessar makes history with swearing-in
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Persad Bissessar makes history with swearing-in
May 1, 2025
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC)— Seventy-three year-old Kamla Persad Bissessar, created history on Thursday, when she took the oath of office, becoming ...
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US welcomes victory of Persad Bissessar, observer groups pleased with conduct of election
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US welcomes victory of Persad Bissessar, observer groups pleased with conduct of election
April 29, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The United States government Tuesday welcomed the victory of Kamla Persad Bissessar in Monday’s general election, desc...
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Persad Bissessar leads coalition to victory in Trinidad and Tobago election
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Persad Bissessar leads coalition to victory in Trinidad and Tobago election
April 28, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) - The leader of Trinidad and Tobago's main Opposition United National Congress (UNC), Kamla Persad Bissessar, claimed vi...
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Trinidad and Tobago’s UNC leader wins Siparia seat, predicts general election victory
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April 28, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (CMC) – The leader of Trinidad and Tobago’s main opposition United National Congress (UNC), Kamla Persad Bissessar,...
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T&T opposition leader welcomes Trump; lambasts Biden
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T&T opposition leader welcomes Trump; lambasts Biden
January 23, 2025
PORT-OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Trinidad and Tobago Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has launched a stinging rebuke at the former Joe Biden Administ...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica—Reetu Gupta, chief executive officer (CEO) of The Gupta Group and CEO of the Gupta Family Foundation, has contributed over Ca$105,00...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former United States President Bill Clinton is currently in Jamaica. Observer Online understands that Clinton flew over the island...
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