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Holness honoured with legacy award at UWI gala in New York
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Holness honoured with legacy award at UWI gala in New York
April 18 09:44 AM
NEW YORK, United States (CMC)–Prime Minister Andrew Holness was honoured with the Legacy Award by the New York-based American Foundation for the Unive...
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NEPA signs MOU with SRC, Forestry to conserve endemic and threatened plant species
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NEPA signs MOU with SRC, Forestry to conserve endemic and threatened plant species
April 18 09:21 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has signed two memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with the Scientific Research Co...
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‘Keep Jamaica open’
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‘Keep Jamaica open’
SBAJ rejects talk of possible COVID-19-style shutdown to address energy crisis
By ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Observer senior reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 18 12:30 AM
‘Keep Jamaica
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Consultation controversy
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Consultation controversy
Insurance association blasts FSC over poor communication on fee hike
BY JEROME WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter williamsj@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 18 12:28 AM
Consultation controversy
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PM doubles down on need to import skilled workers
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PM doubles down on need to import skilled workers
...reiterates that Jamaicans will be put first
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer 
April 18 12:26 AM
PM doubles down on need to import skilled workers
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Clarendon Jerk Fest delivers on fun
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Clarendon Jerk Fest delivers on fun
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 18 12:26 AM
Clarendon Jerk Fest delivers on fun
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New cannabis rules remove barriers for small farmers, says CLA head
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New cannabis rules remove barriers for small farmers, says CLA head
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 18 12:24 AM
New cannabis rules remove barriers for small farmers, says CLA head
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Lost In Paradise finds home in Kgn
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Lost In Paradise finds home in Kgn
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Lost In Paradise finds home in Kgn
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Vaz reaffirms commitment to provide 100 new school buses
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Vaz reaffirms commitment to provide 100 new school buses
Billeane Williams, Observer writer 
April 16, 2026
Transport Minister Daryl Vaz on Wednesday sought to reassure residents of deep rural communities that his commitment to providing an additional 100 ne...
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Driver injured in collision at Lyndhurst Road, Beechwood Avenue intersection
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Driver injured in collision at Lyndhurst Road, Beechwood Avenue intersection
February 3, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The driver of a Toyota Regius Ace motor van was taken to hospital Tuesday morning following a two-vehicle collision at the interse...
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WATCH: Lyndhurst Road blocked by downed pole, power outage in area
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WATCH: Lyndhurst Road blocked by downed pole, power outage in area
September 16, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Kencot community is now without power after a pole and wires were torn down by a truck along Lyndhurst Road on Tuesday. Report...
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WATCH: House fire rages in Kencot, St Andrew
April 7, 2025
Firefighters are now battling a massive house fire in the community of Kencot, off Lyndhurst Road in St Andrew. It is still unclear what triggered the...
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Holness honoured with legacy award at UWI gala in New York
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Holness honoured with legacy award at UWI gala in New York
April 18, 2026
NEW YORK, United States (CMC)–Prime Minister Andrew Holness was honoured with the Legacy Award by the New York-based American Foundation for the Unive...
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NEPA signs MOU with SRC, Forestry to conserve endemic and threatened plant species
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NEPA signs MOU with SRC, Forestry to conserve endemic and threatened plant species
April 18, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has signed two memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with the Scientific Research Co...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
‘Keep Jamaica open’
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‘Keep Jamaica open’
SBAJ rejects talk of possible COVID-19-style shutdown to address energy crisis
By ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Observer senior reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 18, 2026
‘Keep Jamaica
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Consultation controversy
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Consultation controversy
Insurance association blasts FSC over poor communication on fee hike
BY JEROME WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter williamsj@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 18, 2026
Consultation controversy
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PM doubles down on need to import skilled workers
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PM doubles down on need to import skilled workers
...reiterates that Jamaicans will be put first
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer 
April 18, 2026
PM doubles down on need to import skilled workers
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