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Mini Miss St Elizabeth launches hurricane relief campaign for children
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Mini Miss St Elizabeth launches hurricane relief campaign for children
November 12 03:28 PM
Reigning Mini Miss St Elizabeth Heritage Queen Alexia Jappa is leading the charge to bring relief and smiles to young victims of Hurricane Melissa, wh...
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Guyana’s oil production hits 900,000 barrels per day
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Guyana’s oil production hits 900,000 barrels per day
November 12 03:22 PM
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — ExxonMobil Guyana Limited on Wednesday announced that the daily production in the Stabroek Block has increased to 900,000 b...
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Hurricane Melissa deals $40-b blow to mining sector
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Hurricane Melissa deals $40-b blow to mining sector
November 12 03:17 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The mining sector, a critical earner of foreign exchange, was not spared the fury of Hurricane Melissa, sustaining preliminary est...
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More health centres opened in St Elizabeth post Melissa
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More health centres opened in St Elizabeth post Melissa
November 12 02:52 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — The Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) is advising the public that more health centres have been opened in St Elizabeth...
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St Vincent PM promises lawsuit over Opposition candidates’ Canadian citizenship
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St Vincent PM promises lawsuit over Opposition candidates’ Canadian citizenship
November 12 02:44 PM
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, (CMC) – St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has promised that the issue of candidates being elected...
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Sandy Bay main road cleared — NWA
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Sandy Bay main road cleared — NWA
November 12 02:31 PM
HANOVER, Jamaica — The Sandy Bay main road in Hanover is now clear for vehicular traffic, according to the National Works Agency (NWA). The road had b...
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DJ Russ Buss gives his life to the Lord
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DJ Russ Buss gives his life to the Lord
KEVIN JACKSON, Observer writer 
November 12 02:11 PM
Russell Gordon, better known in entertainment circles as DJ Russ Buss, formerly of the Coppershot Sound, recently became a born-again Christian. On Mo...
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Tuberculosis killed 1.23 million last year– WHO
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Tuberculosis killed 1.23 million last year– WHO
November 12 01:57 PM
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) –Tuberculosis remains the world's leading infectious killer, claiming an estimated 1.23 million lives last year, the UN heal...
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6 killed in new US strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat in Caribbean
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6 killed in new US strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat in Caribbean
October 24, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — An overnight United States (US) strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat operated by a Venezuelan gang killed six pe...
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Lab technicians ordered back to work —  Petrojam
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Lab technicians ordered back to work — Petrojam
October 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica —  Petrojam says laboratory technicians who took industrial action are to report to work Friday, following orders from the Industria...
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Israeli strike ‘killed any hope’ for Gaza hostages: Qatar PM to CNN
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Israeli strike ‘killed any hope’ for Gaza hostages: Qatar PM to CNN
September 10, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Qatar's prime minister said Wednesday that an Israeli strike in Doha on Hamas killed hope for hostages in Gaza as he...
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Israel strikes Qatar targeting Hamas officials
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Israel strikes Qatar targeting Hamas officials
September 9, 2025
DOHA, Qatar (AFP) — Israel's military said it carried out air strikes Tuesday targeting senior Hamas leaders in the Qatari capital Doha, the venue of ...
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Air Canada flight attendants end strike after reaching ‘tentative’ deal
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Air Canada flight attendants end strike after reaching ‘tentative’ deal
August 19, 2025
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — Air Canada flight attendants ended their strike Tuesday after reaching a tentative deal with the carrier, which said it will ...
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Air Canada to resume flights after govt directive ends strike
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Air Canada to resume flights after govt directive ends strike
August 17, 2025
TORONTO, Canada (AFP)—Air Canada said it will resume flying on Sunday after the country's industrial relations board ordered an end to a strike by 10,...
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Canada moves to halt strike as hundreds of flights grounded
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Canada moves to halt strike as hundreds of flights grounded
August 16, 2025
TORONTO, Canada (AFP)—The Canadian government intervened Saturday to end a strike by Air Canada cabin crew members that saw hundreds of flights cancel...
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Air Canada grounds hundreds of flights over cabin crew strike
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Air Canada grounds hundreds of flights over cabin crew strike
August 16, 2025
TORONTO, Canada (AFP) -- Air Canada cancelled hundreds of flights Saturday as it began shutting down operations in response to a strike by flight atte...
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Strike planned at UK school over treatment of Jamaican teachers
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Strike planned at UK school over treatment of Jamaican teachers
July 8, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom — Employees at a London-based academy are preparing to strike over the reported targeting of Jamaican teachers, alleging overwo...
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Western medical technicians back on the job
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Western medical technicians back on the job
July 2, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — As medical technicians, who on Monday and Tuesday took strike action at the Cornwall Regional Hospital and Savanna-la-Mar Public G...
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UWI teachers to strike Monday
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UWI teachers to strike Monday
May 30, 2025
KINSGTON, Jamaica — The West Indies Group of University Teachers (WIGUT) says its members at The University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona will be stri...
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UPDATE: Trailer drivers back on the job at Kingston Port
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UPDATE: Trailer drivers back on the job at Kingston Port
Vanassa McKenzie | Observer Online Reporter 
May 8, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Trailer drivers who withdrew their service on Wednesday at the Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) to register their frustra...
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Trailer drivers protest working conditions at Kingston port
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Trailer drivers protest working conditions at Kingston port
Vanassa McKenzie | Observer Online Reporter 
May 7, 2025
Several trailer drivers are now on strike at the Kingston Freeport Terminal (KFT) over what they say are poor working conditions at the port, includin...
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NWC to truck water to disrupted systems due to industrial action
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NWC to truck water to disrupted systems due to industrial action
April 22, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Water Commission (NWC) says some of its systems have been impacted by the industrial action being taken by some techn...
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WATCH: Samuda confirms disruption at NWC due to post-reclassification dispute
April 21, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Matthew Samuda, has confirmed an unsanctioned disr...
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Discovery Bay taxi operators strike over lack of taxi park
March 24, 2025
ST ANN, Jamaica — Taxi operators in Discovery Bay withdrew their services on Monday to protest the absence of a designated taxi park in the area. Chan...
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JTA says MOF moving slowly on salary negotiations on purpose
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JTA says MOF moving slowly on salary negotiations on purpose
February 24, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) while signalling its “utmost displeasure” is accusing the Ministry of Finance of dragging ...
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WATCH: Commuters stranded as JUTC employees withdraw services
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WATCH: Commuters stranded as JUTC employees withdraw services
February 18, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Commuters were left stranded on Tuesday after several employees at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) withdrew their service...
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Amazon workers in US strike days before Christmas
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Amazon workers in US strike days before Christmas
December 19, 2024
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) - Thousands of workers at Amazon facilities across the United States went on strike Thursday, the Teamsters Union said, ...
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UWI Global Campus teachers strike following ‘no-salary’ November
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UWI Global Campus teachers strike following ‘no-salary’ November
December 5, 2024
Educators at the University of the West Indies Global Campus in Jamaica have withdrawn their service due to the alleged non-payment of November salari...
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Trinindad port workers walk off job, demand agreed wage increase
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Trinindad port workers walk off job, demand agreed wage increase
November 19, 2024
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Workers at the Port of Port of Spain staged a protest Monday following the decision of the Trinidad and Tobago governm...
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WATCH: Protesting Iberostar workers stand firm on roadside
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WATCH: Protesting Iberostar workers stand firm on roadside
November 15, 2024
ST JAMES, Jamaica -- Senior Strategist at the Tourism Ministry Delano Seiveright has arrived at the scene of a protest by workers of the Rose Hall-bas...
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Mini Miss St Elizabeth launches hurricane relief campaign for children
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Mini Miss St Elizabeth launches hurricane relief campaign for children
November 12, 2025
Reigning Mini Miss St Elizabeth Heritage Queen Alexia Jappa is leading the charge to bring relief and smiles to young victims of Hurricane Melissa, wh...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Guyana’s oil production hits 900,000 barrels per day
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Guyana’s oil production hits 900,000 barrels per day
November 12, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — ExxonMobil Guyana Limited on Wednesday announced that the daily production in the Stabroek Block has increased to 900,000 b...
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Hurricane Melissa deals $40-b blow to mining sector
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Hurricane Melissa deals $40-b blow to mining sector
November 12, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The mining sector, a critical earner of foreign exchange, was not spared the fury of Hurricane Melissa, sustaining preliminary est...
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More health centres opened in St Elizabeth post Melissa
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More health centres opened in St Elizabeth post Melissa
November 12, 2025
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — The Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) is advising the public that more health centres have been opened in St Elizabeth...
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St Vincent PM promises lawsuit over Opposition candidates’ Canadian citizenship
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St Vincent PM promises lawsuit over Opposition candidates’ Canadian citizenship
November 12, 2025
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, (CMC) – St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has promised that the issue of candidates being elected...
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