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‘Stay prepared’
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‘Stay prepared’
Met Service expert says Jamaica not yet out of the woods for storm threats
Vanassa McKenzie | Observer Online Reporter 
November 20 12:20 AM
‘Stay prepared’
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Gov’t to establish national reconstruction body with initial US$1.15b
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Gov’t to establish national reconstruction body with initial US$1.15b
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 20 12:18 AM
Gov’t to establish national reconstruction body
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Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 undergoing treatment in Thailand
Art & Culture, ...
Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 undergoing treatment in Thailand
...appearance in tonight’s grand finale uncertain
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
November 20 12:16 AM
Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 undergoing treatment in Thailand
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The fight continues
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The fight continues
Government presses JPS as MPs demand clearer restoration timelines
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
November 20 12:14 AM
The fight continues
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WHERE FROM HERE?
Football, ...
WHERE FROM HERE?
JFF boss sheds no tears over McClaren exit; search on for new head coach
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 20 12:12 AM
Good riddance?
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Totally Delicious Garlic Bread
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Totally Delicious Garlic Bread
November 20 12:10 AM
Straight Out Of the Oven: Totally Delicious Bakery’s Garlic Hard-Dough Bread
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St Elizabeth hardest hit
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St Elizabeth hardest hit
World Bank tags parish’s damage assessment at a whopping US$2,286 million
Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
November 20 12:07 AM
St Elizabeth hardest hit
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Construction materials most needed in Trelawny
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Construction materials most needed in Trelawny
Custos welcomes food and clothes but argues rebuilding homes must begin now
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
November 20 12:06 AM
Construction materials most needed in Trelawny
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Unapproved taxi fare increases run rampant in St James after Hurricane Melissa
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Unapproved taxi fare increases run rampant in St James after Hurricane Melissa
Brittania Witter Observer Online Reporter witterb@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 10, 2025
Commuters in sections of St James are raising concerns about sudden increases in taxi fares in the days following Hurricane Melissa, alleging that som...
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Dolla and ICWI unveil loan-insurance package for taxi operators
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Dolla and ICWI unveil loan-insurance package for taxi operators
October 11, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Dolla Financial Services Limited and the Insurance Company of the West Indies (ICWI) have introduced a combined loan and insurance...
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WATCH: Transport operators withdraw service over bad roads in St James
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WATCH: Transport operators withdraw service over bad roads in St James
September 15, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Public passenger operators who have to traverse the Montpelier main road in St James withdrew their services early Monday morning....
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‘Bus driver gave me the middle finger’
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‘Bus driver gave me the middle finger’
Cabbie apologises to JUTC after road rage incident, but says he was not totally at fault
Dana Malcolm, Observer Online Reporter 
July 17, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A taxi driver caught on camera vandalising a Jamaican Urban Transit Company (JUTC) bus in a fit of road rage earlier this week is ...
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Gov’t to finalise decision on PPV fare increase soon
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Gov’t to finalise decision on PPV fare increase soon
May 22, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport Daryl Vaz has assured public passenger vehicle (PPV) operators that ...
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Amber OnTime app promises safer ridesharing services
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Amber OnTime app promises safer ridesharing services
April 28, 2025
Amber OnTime, touted as Jamaica’s first locally developed ridesharing app, promises to transform transportation in the island with unprecedented safet...
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St Catherine-based taxi operator wins Toyota Probox in Dolla Financial loan promotion
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St Catherine-based taxi operator wins Toyota Probox in Dolla Financial loan promotion
March 16, 2025
DOLLA Financial Services handed over the keys to a new Toyota Probox to the grand prize winner of its ‘One N Ready, Two N Drive’ loan promotion during...
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Off duty policeman foils armed robbery of cabbie in St James
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Off duty policeman foils armed robbery of cabbie in St James
March 10, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — A taxi driver was saved by an off-duty policeman from two gunmen who tried to rob him on Monday. Reports are that Monday morning, ...
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Public transport operators to stage day of mourning on Monday
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Public transport operators to stage day of mourning on Monday
September 23, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Public transport leaders are set to observe a day of mourning through prayer and a special charge to stakeholders in observation o...
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Man shot dead at taxi stand in Cross Roads, St Andrew
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Man shot dead at taxi stand in Cross Roads, St Andrew
August 4, 2024
A man was shot and killed at a taxi stand on Caledonia Crescent in Cross Roads, St Andrew on Saturday night. The deceased is 32-year-old Jervin Swaby,...
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‘Stay prepared’
Met Service expert says Jamaica not yet out of the woods for storm threats
Vanassa McKenzie | Observer Online Reporter 
November 20, 2025
‘Stay prepared’
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Gov’t to establish national reconstruction body with initial US$1.15b
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Gov’t to establish national reconstruction body with initial US$1.15b
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 20, 2025
Gov’t to establish national reconstruction body
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Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 undergoing treatment in Thailand
Art & Culture, ...
Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 undergoing treatment in Thailand
...appearance in tonight’s grand finale uncertain
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
November 20, 2025
Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 undergoing treatment in Thailand
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The fight continues
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The fight continues
Government presses JPS as MPs demand clearer restoration timelines
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
November 20, 2025
The fight continues
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WHERE FROM HERE?
Football, ...
WHERE FROM HERE?
JFF boss sheds no tears over McClaren exit; search on for new head coach
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 20, 2025
Good riddance?
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