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Traffic changes announced for Santa Cruz during festive season
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Traffic changes announced for Santa Cruz during festive season
December 4 10:55 AM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Effective Monday, December 8, 2025, traditional Christmas traffic changes will be in effect for the town of Santa Cruz, St Eli...
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Traffic changes to be implemented in Christiana, Manchester for the holiday season
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Traffic changes to be implemented in Christiana, Manchester for the holiday season
December 4 10:46 AM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — The National Works Agency (NWA) will introduce a series of traffic changes in Christiana, Manchester, beginning Monday, December...
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Unsure of how to help? 10 ways to give back Christmas
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Unsure of how to help? 10 ways to give back Christmas
December 4 10:20 AM
Hurricane Melissa has brought great tragedy to our island but it has also taught us the value of community. Many have already sprung into action by do...
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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
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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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#EyeOnMelissa: Melissa strengthens into Category 4 hurricane
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#EyeOnMelissa: Melissa strengthens into Category 4 hurricane
October 26, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP) — Hurricane Melissa was cutting a deadly path through the Caribbean on Sunday, strengthening into a Category 4 storm as it cra...
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#EyeOnMelissa: Disruption to vector control activities likely
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#EyeOnMelissa: Disruption to vector control activities likely
October 25, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Health & Wellness (MOHW) is advising the public that vector control activities are likely to be temporarily disrup...
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#EyeOnMelissa: Construction Industry Council urges members and public to prioritise safety ahead of Tropical Storm Melissa
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#EyeOnMelissa: Construction Industry Council urges members and public to prioritise safety ahead of Tropical Storm Melissa
October 25, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — As forecasts indicate the approach of severe weather from Tropical Storm Melissa, the Construction Industry Council (CIC) is urgin...
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#EyeOnMelissa: Montego Bay preparing for the storm
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#EyeOnMelissa: Montego Bay preparing for the storm
October 25, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — With Tropical Storm Melissa forecasted to intensify, Jamaicans continue their preparations to mitigate its expected devastation. I...
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#EyeOnMelissa: ODPEM activates National Emergency Operation Centre
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#EyeOnMelissa: ODPEM activates National Emergency Operation Centre
October 25, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — In response to the rapid intensification of Hurricane Melissa, the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM...
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#EyeOnMelissa: JPS says no to system shut down
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#EyeOnMelissa: JPS says no to system shut down
October 25, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica —  In the wake of information circulating that the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) will be cutting electricity supply at 1:30 pm this a...
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#EyeOnMelissa: JPS says 275 customers without electricity
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#EyeOnMelissa: JPS says 275 customers without electricity
October 25, 2025
There were 275 customers of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS without electricity as of 9:00 Saturday morning. Energy Minister Daryl vaz shared ...
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#EyeOnMelissa: Norman Manley International Airport to cease operations at 8:00 this evening – Vaz
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#EyeOnMelissa: Norman Manley International Airport to cease operations at 8:00 this evening – Vaz
October 25, 2025
The Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston will close at 8:00pm Saturday or whenever the last flight takes place, as Jamaica remains u...
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#EyeOnMelissa: Today is last day for Jamaicans to prepare for Melissa – Thompson
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#EyeOnMelissa: Today is last day for Jamaicans to prepare for Melissa – Thompson
October 25, 2025
Principal Director of the Meteorological Service of Jamaica, Evan Thompson has warned that today is the last day for Jamaicans to prepare for what is ...
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#EyeOnMelissa: Over 881 shelters on standby
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#EyeOnMelissa: Over 881 shelters on standby
October 25, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — More than 881 shelters are on standby across Jamaica to accommodate persons during and after the passage of Tropical Storm Melissa...
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#EyeOnMelissa: JAA warns motorists to avoid flooded roads as Tropical Storm Melissa approaches
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#EyeOnMelissa: JAA warns motorists to avoid flooded roads as Tropical Storm Melissa approaches
October 24, 2025
KINGSTON,  Jamaica — As Tropical Storm Melissa moves closer to Jamaica the Jamaica Automobile Association (JAA) is urging motorists to exercise extrem...
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#EyeOnMelissa: Over 50 generators positioned for rapid water restoration by NWC
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#EyeOnMelissa: Over 50 generators positioned for rapid water restoration by NWC
October 24, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica - More than 50 triple-phase generators are on standby for deployment, with the aim of restoring potable water to 80 per cent of Nati...
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#EyeOnMelissa: Area 4 cops on alert during Tropical Storm Melissa
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#EyeOnMelissa: Area 4 cops on alert during Tropical Storm Melissa
October 24, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Area 4 police team have assured residents that they will be available to participate in preventative rescue and recovery opera...
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#EyeOnMelissa: Mt Pleasant’s Caribbean Cup return leg semis pushed back
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#EyeOnMelissa: Mt Pleasant’s Caribbean Cup return leg semis pushed back
October 24, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica- Mt Pleasant FA’s return leg semi-finals against Trinidad and Tobago’s Defence Force FC has been rescheduled, “due to adverse weathe...
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#EyeOnMelissa: PM declares Jamaica a threatened area as Tropical Storm Melissa approaches
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#EyeOnMelissa: PM declares Jamaica a threatened area as Tropical Storm Melissa approaches
October 24, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government has declared the entire island a threatened area under the Disaster Risk Management Act, as the country braces for ...
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#EyeOnMelissa: Tropical Storm Melissa slowly moving across the Caribbean
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#EyeOnMelissa: Tropical Storm Melissa slowly moving across the Caribbean
October 24, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica  — The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has issued a warning for Jamaica as Tropical Storm Melissa continues to move slowly across th...
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#EyeOnMelissa: Portlanders urged to bring 72-hour emergency supplies to shelters
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#EyeOnMelissa: Portlanders urged to bring 72-hour emergency supplies to shelters
October 24, 2025
PORTLAND, Jamaica —Residents of Portland, who will be going into shelters, are being urged to take along food and supplies that can last up to 72 hour...
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#EyeOnMelissa: JCF ready to protect key infrastructure if Melissa hits says Blake
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#EyeOnMelissa: JCF ready to protect key infrastructure if Melissa hits says Blake
October 24, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Police Commissioner Dr Kevin Blake says the hurricane preparedness plan of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), has been fully ac...
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Tropical Storm watch issued for some northern Leeward Islands
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Tropical Storm watch issued for some northern Leeward Islands
August 14, 2025
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – A Tropical Storm watch is in effect for the islands of Antigua, St Martin and St Barthelemy, Saba and St Eustatius as Tro...
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Traffic changes announced for Santa Cruz during festive season
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Traffic changes announced for Santa Cruz during festive season
December 4, 2025
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Effective Monday, December 8, 2025, traditional Christmas traffic changes will be in effect for the town of Santa Cruz, St Eli...
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Traffic changes to be implemented in Christiana, Manchester for the holiday season
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Traffic changes to be implemented in Christiana, Manchester for the holiday season
December 4, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — The National Works Agency (NWA) will introduce a series of traffic changes in Christiana, Manchester, beginning Monday, December...
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Unsure of how to help? 10 ways to give back Christmas
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Unsure of how to help? 10 ways to give back Christmas
December 4, 2025
Hurricane Melissa has brought great tragedy to our island but it has also taught us the value of community. Many have already sprung into action by do...
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Holness departs for official visit to New York
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Holness departs for official visit to New York
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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
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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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