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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Haiti will hold elections in July and October next year, authorities said, in what would mark the first polls in the cri...
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Ministry mourns Jamaican farm worker killed in Ontario, Canada
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IAJ says 91.1% of Hurricane Melissa claims settled, $59.4 billion paid out
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Insurance Association of Jamaica (IAJ) says it has settled 91.1 per cent of insurance claims reported across specified categor...
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Vaz warns JPS that it is on a tight deadline to lower electricity costs
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BY BILLEANE WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter williamsb@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 29 07:46 AM
Warning that the "clock is ticking", Energy Minister Daryl Vaz on Tuesday urged the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) to finalise its decision on t...
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PNPYO demands full accounting of post-Melissa spending
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The People’s National Party Youth Organisation (PNPYO) is calling on the Government to publish a comprehensive account of expendit...
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October 9, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Government has moved to provide clarification regarding the remuneration of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Re...
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UWI management meets with employees over salary issues
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April 16, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — After demonstrations at the campus gates on Monday and again on Wednesday, the management of the University of the West Indies (UW...
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Salary glitch at UTech resolved for the most part, says president
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Salary glitch at UTech resolved for the most part, says president
March 26, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Technical issues that led to a delay in the payment of salaries at the University of Technology (UTech) on Wednesday have been res...
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JTA calls for school board to pay Glenmuir High teachers full salary in 24 hours
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JTA calls for school board to pay Glenmuir High teachers full salary in 24 hours
September 25, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) says for a second time this year, teachers at Glenmuir High School have not been properly ...
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Teacher salary increments paid one month early
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Teacher salary increments paid one month early
May 24, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information says it is pleased to announce that increments to 90 per cent of public s...
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BVI educators among the highest paid in the region
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TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands (CMC) — Premier and Minister of Finance Dr Natalio Wheatley says educators in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) now ran...
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June 17, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Scores of placard-bearing response officers employed to KingAlarm are currently protesting varying concerns outside the Kingston h...
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Gang-plagued Haiti sets election dates for 2027
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Report warns of growing Caribbean demand for long-term care
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WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) are urging countries acros...
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IAJ says 91.1% of Hurricane Melissa claims settled, $59.4 billion paid out
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Vaz warns JPS that it is on a tight deadline to lower electricity costs
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Vaz warns JPS that it is on a tight deadline to lower electricity costs
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October 29, 2026
Warning that the "clock is ticking", Energy Minister Daryl Vaz on Tuesday urged the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) to finalise its decision on t...
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