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‘Stay prepared’
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‘Stay prepared’
Met Service expert says Jamaica not yet out of the woods for storm threats
Vanassa McKenzie | Observer Online Reporter 
November 20 12:20 AM
‘Stay prepared’
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Gov’t to establish national reconstruction body with initial US$1.15b
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Gov’t to establish national reconstruction body with initial US$1.15b
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 20 12:18 AM
Gov’t to establish national reconstruction body
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Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 undergoing treatment in Thailand
Art & Culture, ...
Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 undergoing treatment in Thailand
...appearance in tonight’s grand finale uncertain
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
November 20 12:16 AM
Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 undergoing treatment in Thailand
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The fight continues
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The fight continues
Government presses JPS as MPs demand clearer restoration timelines
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
November 20 12:14 AM
The fight continues
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WHERE FROM HERE?
Football, ...
WHERE FROM HERE?
JFF boss sheds no tears over McClaren exit; search on for new head coach
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 20 12:12 AM
Good riddance?
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Totally Delicious Garlic Bread
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Totally Delicious Garlic Bread
November 20 12:10 AM
Straight Out Of the Oven: Totally Delicious Bakery’s Garlic Hard-Dough Bread
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St Elizabeth hardest hit
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St Elizabeth hardest hit
World Bank tags parish’s damage assessment at a whopping US$2,286 million
Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
November 20 12:07 AM
St Elizabeth hardest hit
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Construction materials most needed in Trelawny
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Construction materials most needed in Trelawny
Custos welcomes food and clothes but argues rebuilding homes must begin now
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
November 20 12:06 AM
Construction materials most needed in Trelawny
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Marijuana

Police uncover unlicensed two-acre ganja farm in St Mary
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Police uncover unlicensed two-acre ganja farm in St Mary
September 21, 2025
ST MARY, Jamaica – Police in St Mary made a major breakthrough in the fight against illicit drug activities, seizing a large quantity of vegetable mat...
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Trinidad student detained after ‘marijuana’ discovered at school
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Trinidad student detained after ‘marijuana’ discovered at school
September 18, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service says it has detained a secondary school student after “a black package containi...
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Police seize nearly TT$30 million in drugs coming from Venezuela
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Police seize nearly TT$30 million in drugs coming from Venezuela
September 12, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) says it has seized more than TT$29 million (One TT dollar=US$0.16 cents)...
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Cayman Islands Coast guard intercepts vessel with marijuana, four held
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Cayman Islands Coast guard intercepts vessel with marijuana, four held
August 16, 2025
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (CMC) – The Cayman Islands Coast Guard (CICG) earlier this week intercepted a suspicious canoe in local waters that turned...
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Antigua to expunge criminal records of persons convicted for small possession of marijuana
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Antigua to expunge criminal records of persons convicted for small possession of marijuana
June 5, 2025
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) — The Antigua and Barbuda Government says it will table at the next sitting of Parliament legislation aimed at expunging the ...
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Major marijuana bust in Trinidad
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Major marijuana bust in Trinidad
April 4, 2025
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC)— The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) Friday said that it had seized more than TT$136 million worth of marijuan...
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Grenada gov’t to decriminalise marijuana later this year
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Grenada gov’t to decriminalise marijuana later this year
February 26, 2025
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC) — Grenada’s Agriculture Minister Lennox Andrews says before the end of the second half of 2025 the Government will bring le...
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Best online seed banks
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Best online seed banks
Reputable vendors to buy marijuana seeds
Lydia Kariuki 
January 4, 2025
Discover the best online seed banks for buying marijuana seeds. Explore reputable vendors offering high-quality cannabis seeds, discreet shipping, and...
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Wayne Armond pushes for ‘Kush’
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Wayne Armond pushes for ‘Kush’
Howard Campbell 
December 4, 2024
While he was inspired by global trends that grant more open use of ganja, Wayne Armond had two of his heroes in mind when recording Kush , his latest ...
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900 pounds of ganja; cash, seized in St Andrew
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900 pounds of ganja; cash, seized in St Andrew
December 2, 2024
ST ANDREW, Jamaica - Investigators attached to the St Andrew South Police Division seized approximately 902 pounds of vegetable matter resembling ganj...
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US$18m in drugs seized in the Caribbean Sea
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US$18m in drugs seized in the Caribbean Sea
November 28, 2024
MIAMI, United States (CMC) — The United States (US) Coast Guard says the crew of its “Cutter Vigilant” has returned home to Cape Canaveral in Florida ...
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Trump signals support for recreational marijuana in Florida
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Trump signals support for recreational marijuana in Florida
August 31, 2024
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump on Saturday signalled his backing for a ballot initiative that would legalise recreational marijuana us...
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‘Get High’ with positivity, says Freemynz
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‘Get High’ with positivity, says Freemynz
April 20, 2024
Today is a big deal for smokers or users of cannabis, a controversial plant also known in Jamaica as ganja, weed or herb. Celebrated globally by advoc...
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‘Stay prepared’
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‘Stay prepared’
Met Service expert says Jamaica not yet out of the woods for storm threats
Vanassa McKenzie | Observer Online Reporter 
November 20, 2025
‘Stay prepared’
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Gov’t to establish national reconstruction body with initial US$1.15b
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Gov’t to establish national reconstruction body with initial US$1.15b
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 20, 2025
Gov’t to establish national reconstruction body
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Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 undergoing treatment in Thailand
Art & Culture, ...
Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 undergoing treatment in Thailand
...appearance in tonight’s grand finale uncertain
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
November 20, 2025
Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 undergoing treatment in Thailand
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The fight continues
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The fight continues
Government presses JPS as MPs demand clearer restoration timelines
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
November 20, 2025
The fight continues
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WHERE FROM HERE?
Football, ...
WHERE FROM HERE?
JFF boss sheds no tears over McClaren exit; search on for new head coach
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 20, 2025
Good riddance?
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