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Cuba power grid back online after huge blackout
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Cuba power grid back online after huge blackout
May 15 05:46 PM
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Power was restored across Cuba on Friday following a large-scale blackout, but the island's energy crisis remained acute, with oi...
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Inflation slips in April as electricity costs ease
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Inflation slips in April as electricity costs ease
BY DASHAN HENDRICKS Business content manager hendricksd@jamaicaobsever.com 
May 15 05:34 PM
Falling electricity rates pushed Jamaica’s inflation rate back into negative territory in April, offering consumers some relief from rising food and f...
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Audio guidance now live at Scotia ATMs
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Audio guidance now live at Scotia ATMs
May 15 05:14 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Scotiabank Jamaica launched audio guidance at some of its automated teller machines (ATM) across the island, the bank said Friday....
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Forex: $159.02 to one US dollar
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Forex: $159.02 to one US dollar
May 15 04:38 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Friday, May 14, ended trading at $159.02, down 17 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s daily...
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J’can sentenced to three years in US prison for US$600,000 lottery scam
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J’can sentenced to three years in US prison for US$600,000 lottery scam
May 15 04:21 PM
TACOMA, United States – A Jamaican man who was extradited to the United States (US) on lottery scam charges in 2025 was sentenced to three years in pr...
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Haiti targeting World Cup knockout rounds, says coach
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Haiti targeting World Cup knockout rounds, says coach
May 15 04:05 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Haiti coach Sebastien Migne said Friday his team are targeting a place in the knockout rounds of the World Cup as he nam...
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JLP’s Morgan says Gov’t spending $67 billion to assist with Hurricane Melissa relief and recovery
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JLP’s Morgan says Gov’t spending $67 billion to assist with Hurricane Melissa relief and recovery
May 15 03:33 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — In response to  what he described as “grossly misleading narratives” concerning the Government’s expenditure on relief and recover...
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Authorities in St Elizabeth seeking alternative emergency shelters as hurricane season approaches
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Authorities in St Elizabeth seeking alternative emergency shelters as hurricane season approaches
May 15 03:29 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Authorities in St Elizabeth are working to identify alternative emergency shelters ahead of the 2026 Atlantic Hurricane Season...
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Flash flooding threat as Tropical Storm Jerry makes its way across the Leeward Islands
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Flash flooding threat as Tropical Storm Jerry makes its way across the Leeward Islands
October 10, 2025
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The centre of Tropical Storm Jerry is expected to pass north of the Leeward Islands Friday morning and then move away fro...
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Tropical Storm Jerry intensifying, as it closes in on Leeward Islands
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Tropical Storm Jerry intensifying, as it closes in on Leeward Islands
October 9, 2025
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Tropical Storm Jerry is continuing to strengthen as it approaches the Leeward Islands. In the latest update from the Miam...
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Newly formed Tropical Storm Jerry could strengthen into hurricane
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Newly formed Tropical Storm Jerry could strengthen into hurricane
October 7, 2025
Meteorologists are closely monitoring a tropical storm in the central Atlantic that is expected to become the 10th hurricane of this season by Wednesd...
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Hurricane Erin intensifies to category 4 storm as it nears Caribbean
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Hurricane Erin intensifies to category 4 storm as it nears Caribbean
August 16, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Hurricane Erin strengthened to a Category 4 storm Saturday as it churned towards the Caribbean, with weather offici...
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Leeward Islands monitoring Tropical Storm Erin
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Leeward Islands monitoring Tropical Storm Erin
August 11, 2025
MIAMI, Florida (CMC) – Residents of the northern Leeward Islands are monitoring the passage of Tropical Storm Erin, which formed Monday west of the Ca...
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Cuba power grid back online after huge blackout
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Cuba power grid back online after huge blackout
May 15, 2026
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Power was restored across Cuba on Friday following a large-scale blackout, but the island's energy crisis remained acute, with oi...
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Inflation slips in April as electricity costs ease
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Audio guidance now live at Scotia ATMs
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Audio guidance now live at Scotia ATMs
May 15, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Scotiabank Jamaica launched audio guidance at some of its automated teller machines (ATM) across the island, the bank said Friday....
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Forex: $159.02 to one US dollar
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Forex: $159.02 to one US dollar
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Friday, May 14, ended trading at $159.02, down 17 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s daily...
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J’can sentenced to three years in US prison for US$600,000 lottery scam
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J’can sentenced to three years in US prison for US$600,000 lottery scam
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