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Jamrock Jerk prioritises hiring seasonal workers from areas hard hit by Melissa
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Jamrock Jerk prioritises hiring seasonal workers from areas hard hit by Melissa
January 27 09:47 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica-Jamrock Jerk, New York City’s street cart experience offering authentic Jamaican jerk cuisine, says it will prioritise the recruitme...
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Venezuela’s acting president says US unfreezing sanctioned funds
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Venezuela’s acting president says US unfreezing sanctioned funds
January 27 09:43 PM
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP)-The United States has started unblocking Venezuelan funds that were frozen under sanctions, the South American country's inte...
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Jamaica gets first win in Concacaf Women’s Under-17 qualifier
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Jamaica gets first win in Concacaf Women’s Under-17 qualifier
January 27 09:31 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Jamaica scored their first win in the CONCACAF Women’s U17 qualifier on Tuesday after beating hosts Aruba 2-0 in its Group D game p...
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Jumpers Foreman, Cunningham win weekly award
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Jumpers Foreman, Cunningham win weekly award
January 27 09:06 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Horizontal jumpers Shantae Foreman of Clemson University and Lansford Cunningham of Tusculum University were named field events athl...
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Dwyane Vaz threatens legal action against Julian Chang over sexual harassment claims
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Dwyane Vaz threatens legal action against Julian Chang over sexual harassment claims
January 27 08:47 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —Member of Parliament for Westmoreland Central, Dwayne Vaz, is threatening to take legal action against Councillor Julian Chang (Peo...
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GHN’s ‘Beyond the Book Bag’ initiative reaches 135 students
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GHN’s ‘Beyond the Book Bag’ initiative reaches 135 students
January 27 08:12 PM
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — Global Humanity Network Incorporated (GHN) has expanded its 'Beyond the Book Bag' initiative to reach 85 students across 20 sc...
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First Lotto jackpot winner for 2026 hits $71 million
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First Lotto jackpot winner for 2026 hits $71 million
January 27 08:00 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—A lucky ticket holder from Westmoreland has won the Lotto jackpot, the first in 2026, bagging $71 million. The winning jackpot numbe...
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Photos: Sterling Asset blends academia and finance at UWI Professor & Senior Staff Mingle
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Photos: Sterling Asset blends academia and finance at UWI Professor & Senior Staff Mingle
January 27 07:15 PM
Sterling Asset Management’s UWI Professor & Senior Staff Mingle, held on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, at the University of the West Indies’ Regional H...
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Bartlett commends united response behind swift post-hurricane repatriation of 25,000 tourists
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Bartlett commends united response behind swift post-hurricane repatriation of 25,000 tourists
December 23, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica—Jamaica’s swift repatriation of 25,000 tourists in just one week following Hurricane Melissa has demonstrated the island’s resilienc...
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South America market still strong post-Melissa, says Bartlett
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South America market still strong post-Melissa, says Bartlett
BY HORACE HINES Observer writer 
December 15, 2025
CORAL SPRING, Trelawny — Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says while the North American market has slipped, Jamaica’s rapidly growing South American t...
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Fund established to support tourism workers affected by Melissa
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Fund established to support tourism workers affected by Melissa
November 23, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett has welcomed the support from private sector organisations in the establishment of a $1billion...
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Gov’t, private sector commit over $1 billion to support tourism workers after Melissa
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Gov’t, private sector commit over $1 billion to support tourism workers after Melissa
November 21, 2025
ST ANN, Jamaica — Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has announced that more than $1 billion has so far been secured through Government funding and priv...
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Bartlett heads to London for Jamaica Travel Market 2025
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Bartlett heads to London for Jamaica Travel Market 2025
October 1, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett departed the island on Tuesday for London, England, where he will participate in a series of hig...
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Bartlett announces Hamilton to first focus on cruise tourism
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Bartlett announces Hamilton to first focus on cruise tourism
September 23, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has revealed that newly appointed State Minister Tova Hamilton will concentrate on cruise tourism...
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Bartlett lauds departing Seiveright, welcomes new state minister
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Bartlett lauds departing Seiveright, welcomes new state minister
September 22, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says Delano Seiveright’s recent appointment as Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Inv...
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Bartlett pledges to hammer out parking issues at hotels for ground transportation owners in third JLP term
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Bartlett pledges to hammer out parking issues at hotels for ground transportation owners in third JLP term
BY HORACE HINES Observer writer 
August 25, 2025
ST JAMES, St James —Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has pledged that the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) government, if returned to office after the Septe...
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Jamaica gets first win in Concacaf Women’s Under-17 qualifier
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Jumpers Foreman, Cunningham win weekly award
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Dwyane Vaz threatens legal action against Julian Chang over sexual harassment claims
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