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Big win for Jamaica
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Big win for Jamaica
Tourism stakeholders welcome US travel advisory upgrade
BY HORACE HINES Observer writer 
January 19 12:30 AM
Big win for Jamaica
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‘World-class recovery’
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‘World-class recovery’
Bartlett credits destination assurance as PM welcomes US travel advisory upgrade
January 19 12:28 AM
‘World-class recovery’
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No light, no water
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No light, no water
Mixed views to JPS claim of promise delivered in Westmoreland
BY ANTHONY LEWIS Observer writer 
January 19 12:26 AM
No light, no water
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Medical records mess
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Medical records mess
Hurricane highlights need to speed up planned digitisation project as hospitals struggle to retrieve patients’ data
January 19 12:24 AM
Medical records mess
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Fewer inmate, detainee deaths last year
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Fewer inmate, detainee deaths last year
INDECOM lists illnesses as major cause
BY TAMOY ASHMAN Observer staff reporter ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 19 12:22 AM
Fewer inmate, detainee deaths last year
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Peta-Gaye McLeary: Breaking ground, breaking barriers
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Peta-Gaye McLeary: Breaking ground, breaking barriers
BY KEISH BECKFORD 
January 19 12:20 AM
Peta-Gaye McLeary
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‘Butch’ Stewart’s love affair with Air Jamaica
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‘Butch’ Stewart’s love affair with Air Jamaica
The Love Bird became the little piece of Jamaica that cries
BY DESMOND ALLEN Executive editor — special assignment allend@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 19 12:20 AM
‘Butch’ Stewart’s love affair with Air Jamaica
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Grandparents’ right to access
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Grandparents’ right to access
Margarette Macaulay 
January 19 12:18 AM
Grandparents’ right to access
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Keith and Tex still flying flag for rocksteady
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Keith and Tex still flying flag for rocksteady
December 14, 2025
With 2026 marking the 60th year since the birth of rocksteady, not many of that genre’s stars are still around. Keith and Tex, who had several hit son...
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‘A major loss to the world’: Government pays tribute to Jimmy Cliff
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‘A major loss to the world’: Government pays tribute to Jimmy Cliff
November 24, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica and the global music community are mourning the death of reggae icon and film pioneer Jimmy Cliff, who passed away early M...
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Owen Gray, trailblazing Ska singer, dies at 86
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Owen Gray, trailblazing Ska singer, dies at 86
Howard Campbell 
July 20, 2025
LONDON, England — Owen Gray, the Ska singer who helped introduce Jamaican music to the United Kingdom, died here on Sunday at age 86. His daughter, An...
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Queen Ifrica sued for allegations against her father
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Queen Ifrica sued for allegations against her father
June 14, 2024
The family of Jamaican ska singer Derrick Morgan has filed a defamation lawsuit against Morgan’s daughter, popular reggae singer Queen Ifrica, allegin...
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Big screen dream for Don Drummond’s story
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Big screen dream for Don Drummond’s story
Howard Campbell Observer senior writer 
May 7, 2024
When staff at Bellevue Hospital discovered the dead body of Don Drummond on May 6, 1969, it marked the end of a life punctuated by spurts of genius an...
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Gaylads singer BB Seaton dead at 79
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Gaylads singer BB Seaton dead at 79
March 4, 2024
LONDON, England – BB Seaton, a prolific singer-songwriter in the ska and rocksteady eras, died here on Monday at age 79. Dennis Alcapone, his friend o...
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Big win for Jamaica
Tourism stakeholders welcome US travel advisory upgrade
BY HORACE HINES Observer writer 
January 19, 2026
Big win for Jamaica
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‘World-class recovery’
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‘World-class recovery’
Bartlett credits destination assurance as PM welcomes US travel advisory upgrade
January 19, 2026
‘World-class recovery’
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No light, no water
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No light, no water
Mixed views to JPS claim of promise delivered in Westmoreland
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January 19, 2026
No light, no water
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Medical records mess
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Medical records mess
Hurricane highlights need to speed up planned digitisation project as hospitals struggle to retrieve patients’ data
January 19, 2026
Medical records mess
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Fewer inmate, detainee deaths last year
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Fewer inmate, detainee deaths last year
INDECOM lists illnesses as major cause
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January 19, 2026
Fewer inmate, detainee deaths last year
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