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Holness departs for official visit to New York
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Holness departs for official visit to New York
December 4 09:03 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness is scheduled to travel to New York in the United States from Thursday, December 4 to Saturday, Decem...
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Seventh-day Adventists reject claims of providing gov’t with people’s personal data
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Seventh-day Adventists reject claims of providing gov’t with people’s personal data
December 4 07:58 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Union Conference (JAMU) of Seventh-day Adventists (SDA), and its humanitarian arm, the Adventist Development and Relie...
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Woman pleads guilty to threatening the life of Trinidad’s PM
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Woman pleads guilty to threatening the life of Trinidad’s PM
December 4 07:47 AM
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — A 30-year-old woman, who appeared in a TikTok video calling on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to kill Prime Minis...
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‘We don’t have the capacity’
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‘We don’t have the capacity’
OUR admits it lacks manpower to verify utility companies’ recovery claims
BY JEROME WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter williamsj@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 4 12:30 AM
‘We don’t have the capacity’
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Christmas cheer
Government tapping overseas markets to ensure adequate supply of fruits, vegetables, and eggs
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 4 12:28 AM
Christmas cheer
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Student loan relief
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Student loan relief
SLB announces debt reset initiative for students affected by Hurricane Melissa
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 4 12:26 AM
Student loan relief
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Masicka, Tommy Lee throw lyrical jabs
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Masicka, Tommy Lee throw lyrical jabs
Insiders say ‘war of words’ good for dancehall
BY SHEREITA GRIZZLE Observer staff reporter grizzles@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 4 12:26 AM
Masicka, Tommy Lee throw lyrical jabs
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Dre Skull banks on Cholita
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Dre Skull banks on Cholita
...drops new single with Skillibeng
Kevin Jackson 
December 4 12:24 AM
Dre Skull banks on Cholita
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Holness departs for official visit to New York
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Holness departs for official visit to New York
December 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness is scheduled to travel to New York in the United States from Thursday, December 4 to Saturday, Decem...
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Crowds, bargains greet US shoppers on ‘Black Friday’
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Crowds, bargains greet US shoppers on ‘Black Friday’
November 28, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The annual "Black Friday" kickoff to the United States (US) holiday shopping season drew crowds Friday as millions of ...
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Caribbean legislators in New York rally community for Jamaica relief
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Caribbean legislators in New York rally community for Jamaica relief
November 23, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (CMC) — In what has been described as a powerful display of unity, service and Caribbean pride, Caribbean legislators in New Y...
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Promoters aim for US$1m goal with all-star Jamaica Strong relief concert lineup
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Promoters aim for US$1m goal with all-star Jamaica Strong relief concert lineup
November 22, 2025
NEW YORK, United States — Organisers of the Jamaica Strong benefit concert slated for Friday, December 12, at the UBS Arena in New York are seeking to...
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Gov’t denies report about appointment of new Consul-General to New York
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Gov’t denies report about appointment of new Consul-General to New York
November 21, 2025
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade has denied media reports that a new consul-general to New York has been appointed to replace the lat...
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Future Fambo suffers ‘mild heart attack’
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Future Fambo suffers ‘mild heart attack’
CLAUDE MILLS, Observer Online writer 
October 5, 2025
Veteran dancehall artiste Future Fambo reportedly had a mild heart attack on Sunday in New York which triggered a response from FDNY ambulance personn...
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US again vetoes UN Security Council Gaza ceasefire call
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US again vetoes UN Security Council Gaza ceasefire call
September 18, 2025
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) —The United States on Thursday again wielded its veto and thwarted a UN Security Council call for a ceasefire in G...
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New York officials sink Times Square casino bid
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New York officials sink Times Square casino bid
September 17, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A well-financed campaign to build a casino in the heart of New York's theater district collapsed Wednesday as a govern...
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‘It’s God’
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‘It’s God’
Davina Bennett grateful to be alive after being hit by car in New York
September 14, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Former Miss Universe Jamaica, Davina Bennett, says she is grateful to be alive after she was hit by a motor vehicle on September 13 ...
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New York marks 9/11 attacks against divided backdrop
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New York marks 9/11 attacks against divided backdrop
September 11, 2025
NEW YORK, United States  (AFP)-New York on Thursday marked the devastating attacks of September 11, 2001, 24 years after the plane hijackings that cla...
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Festival Song winner Abi-D set to make waves in New York for Labour Day weekend
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Festival Song winner Abi-D set to make waves in New York for Labour Day weekend
August 29, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s 2025 Festival Song winner, Abi-D, heads to New York for an exciting series of live performances and media appearances th...
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New York AG files legal action against ICE arrests
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New York AG files legal action against ICE arrests
August 26, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (CMC) — New York Attorney General Letitia James has taken action to stop the United States (US) Immigration and Customs Enforc...
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Battling Venus falls short on US Open return
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Battling Venus falls short on US Open return
August 25, 2025
New York, United States (AFP)-Venus Williams battled bravely before suffering a first-round defeat on her return to the US Open on Tuesday, losing in ...
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US attorneys general sue Trump to protect services for Caribbean immigrants
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US attorneys general sue Trump to protect services for Caribbean immigrants
August 21, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (CMC) – New York Attorney General Letitia James has joined 20 other attorneys general in the United States in suing the Trump ...
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Brooklyn man loses home over $5,000 water bill
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Brooklyn man loses home over $5,000 water bill
August 17, 2025
BROOKLYN, New York – A Brooklyn man has reportedly lost his home in an auction due to an unpaid water bill totaling approximately USD $5,000, accordin...
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Teen shooter wounds three in Times Square: NYPD
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Teen shooter wounds three in Times Square: NYPD
August 9, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) - A seventeen-year-old boy opened fire and wounded three people in New York City's heavily touristed Times Square early ...
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New York declares total war on prolific rat population
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New York declares total war on prolific rat population
August 8, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (AFP)—New York is waging a war on multiple fronts to combat the near ubiquitous rats that plague city streets and the subways,...
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Timmy Love eyes global impact with second solo album, ‘Love & Unity’
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Timmy Love eyes global impact with second solo album, ‘Love & Unity’
August 8, 2025
While working Connecticut’s live reggae scene with his band in the last five years, singer/musician Timmy Love also took time to record several songs ...
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Hitman Howie Tee, pioneering hip-hop producer with Jamaican roots, has died
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Hitman Howie Tee, pioneering hip-hop producer with Jamaican roots, has died
August 2, 2025
Hitman Howie Tee, a pioneering hip-hop producer known for his work with Jamaican-American rappers Special Ed and Chubb Rock, has died. The producer, b...
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Five dead after New York Midtown shooting: US media
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Five dead after New York Midtown shooting: US media
July 28, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) - Five people including a police officer and a suspected gunman were dead following a shooting Monday at a skyscraper in...
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Glen Washington urges entertainers to stay hydrated after heat stroke health scare
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Glen Washington urges entertainers to stay hydrated after heat stroke health scare
July 27, 2025
Reggae star Glen Washington gave his fans a scare over the weekend when he was hospitalised for two days at the Piedmont Fayette Hospital in Fayettevi...
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New York bubbling hot with new wave of dancehall live music – podcaster
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New York bubbling hot with new wave of dancehall live music – podcaster
July 27, 2025
New York-based podcaster-entrepreneur Kerry Ann Brown believes that dancehall's resurgence as a live music form in the Big Apple augurs well for the f...
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Seventh-day Adventists reject claims of providing gov’t with people’s personal data
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Union Conference (JAMU) of Seventh-day Adventists (SDA), and its humanitarian arm, the Adventist Development and Relie...
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Woman pleads guilty to threatening the life of Trinidad’s PM
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — A 30-year-old woman, who appeared in a TikTok video calling on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to kill Prime Minis...
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‘We don’t have the capacity’
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‘We don’t have the capacity’
OUR admits it lacks manpower to verify utility companies’ recovery claims
BY JEROME WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter williamsj@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 4, 2025
‘We don’t have the capacity’
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Christmas cheer
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Christmas cheer
Government tapping overseas markets to ensure adequate supply of fruits, vegetables, and eggs
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 4, 2025
Christmas cheer
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Student loan relief
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Student loan relief
SLB announces debt reset initiative for students affected by Hurricane Melissa
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December 4, 2025
Student loan relief
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