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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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The Bahamas government monitors passage of strengthening tropical storm Imelda
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The Bahamas government monitors passage of strengthening tropical storm Imelda
September 29, 2025
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) – The Bahamas government has discontinued the tropical storm warning for all of the Central Bahamas and for portions of the nort...
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Bahamas judge sentences deacon to 20 years for molesting 10-y-o girl
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Bahamas judge sentences deacon to 20 years for molesting 10-y-o girl
September 23, 2025
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — A Bahamas High Court judge has sentenced a 59-year-old deacon to 20 years in jail after he was found guilty of molesting a 10-...
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Bahamas bans Haitians visiting for US visa applications
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Bahamas bans Haitians visiting for US visa applications
September 5, 2025
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) – The Bahamas government says it will no longer allow Haitian nationals into the country for the purpose of applying for a visa ...
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Two Americans drown, another bitten by shark in The Bahamas
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Two Americans drown, another bitten by shark in The Bahamas
August 19, 2025
NASSAU, The Bahamas (CMC) — A 63-year-old American man, who was attacked by a shark while spearfishing near Big Grand Cay, The Bahamas, has been airli...
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Weakening Hurricane Erin to pass near The Bahamas
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Weakening Hurricane Erin to pass near The Bahamas
August 18, 2025
MIAMI, United States (CMC) — A weakening Hurricane Erin is expected to pass to the east of the southeastern Bahamas on Monday and move between Bermuda...
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Over 1,000 guns destroyed in crackdown on dangerous weapons in The Bahamas
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Over 1,000 guns destroyed in crackdown on dangerous weapons in The Bahamas
August 14, 2025
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — The Bahamian police are reporting that 1,400 firearms were encased in concrete on Wednesday, reinforcing the government’s effo...
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High Court awards Bahamian family US$3.6m negligence payout
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High Court awards Bahamian family US$3.6m negligence payout
July 21, 2025
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — A high court has awarded US$3.6 million to the Bahamian family of a child following a botched delivery 12 years ago that left ...
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Ayton Family Foundation expands to Jamaica
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Ayton Family Foundation expands to Jamaica
July 18, 2025
NBA star Deandre Ayton recently made a charitable donation of sporting equipment to the community of Cedar Spring in St Elizabeth. Ayton, who has Jama...
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Tug of war over Chinese funding for new hospital
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Tug of war over Chinese funding for new hospital
July 15, 2025
NASSAU, The Bahamas — China has doubled down on its dismissal of the United States’ criticism of a multi-million dollar loan to The Bahamas, describin...
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Deacon to be sentenced in Bahamas on attempted incest charge
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Deacon to be sentenced in Bahamas on attempted incest charge
July 15, 2025
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — A Bahamas High Court judge will on September 30 begin hearing the penalty phase of a 65-year-old deacon, who was found guilty ...
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Bahamas successfully returns to international capital markets
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Bahamas successfully returns to international capital markets
June 18, 2025
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — The Bahamas government on Wednesday said that it has successfully completed the execution of an international capital markets ...
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Bahamas pauses recruitment of nurses from Cuba
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Bahamas pauses recruitment of nurses from Cuba
June 17, 2025
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — The Bahamas government says it is pausing the recruitment of nurses from Cuba and will also cancel its existing contracts with...
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Bahamas welcomes multi-million dollar hotel project in Exuma
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Bahamas welcomes multi-million dollar hotel project in Exuma
May 14, 2025
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) – The Bahamas government says it welcomes the announcement by the Switzerland-based preeminent lifestyle and hospitality brand, ...
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Bahamian health minister defends presence of Cuban workers in The Bahamas
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Bahamian health minister defends presence of Cuban workers in The Bahamas
March 17, 2025
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC)— Bahamian health minister Dr Michael Darville has defended the presence of Cuban health workers in the Bahamas, saying that losi...
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Bahamian student dies after collapsing in physical education class
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Bahamian student dies after collapsing in physical education class
January 15, 2025
NASSAU, The Bahamas (CMC) — The Catholic Board of Education (CBE) has confirmed that a ninth-grade student at Aquinas College in The Bahamas has died ...
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Haitians fined for overstaying in Bahamas
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Haitians fined for overstaying in Bahamas
January 6, 2025
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — Chief Magistrate Roberto Reckley has recommended that three Haitian nationals who overstayed their visitors’ visas in The Baha...
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PM supports appointment of first woman commissioner of police
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PM supports appointment of first woman commissioner of police
January 6, 2025
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — Prime Minister Phillip Davis is backing the appointment of Shanta Knowles, as the first female commissioner of police in The B...
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UN High Commission for Human Rights establishes Caribbean office
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UN High Commission for Human Rights establishes Caribbean office
October 12, 2024
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC)  —  The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) has established a dedicated regional office, for the first...
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Bahamas Opposition calls for sacking of security minister over crime
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Bahamas Opposition calls for sacking of security minister over crime
October 7, 2024
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) – The Bahamas' main Opposition party, Free National Movement (FNM) has called for the dismissal or resignation of National Secur...
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#EyeOnBeryl: Bahamian Gov’t airlifting students from Jamaica
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#EyeOnBeryl: Bahamian Gov’t airlifting students from Jamaica
July 2, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government of The Bahamas is airlifting its students currently in Jamaica ahead of Hurricane Beryl, which is set to begin impa...
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US Coast Guard repatriates migrants to Bahamas and Haiti
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US Coast Guard repatriates migrants to Bahamas and Haiti
June 13, 2024
MIAMI, United States (CMC) — The United States Coast Guard says it has returned 305 migrants to the Bahamas and Haiti following multiple interdictions...
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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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