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UWI teachers to strike Monday
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UWI teachers to strike Monday
May 30 11:13 AM
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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Krispy Kreme fire shuts down all locations
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Krispy Kreme fire shuts down all locations
May 30 10:56 AM
ST ANDREW, Jamaica — All Krispy Kreme outlets locally have been shuttered for the day following a fire at the Waterloo location on Friday morning. The...
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Trump gives Musk an Oval Office goodbye
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump hosts a grand Oval Office farewell for Elon Musk on Friday as the world's richest man ends...
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Death toll in central Nigeria flooding rises to 88, says rescuer
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Death toll in central Nigeria flooding rises to 88, says rescuer
May 30 07:50 AM
Mokwa, Nigeria (AFP)— The death toll in central Nigeria flash floods has risen to at least 88 after rescuers recovered more bodies, an emergency servi...
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Stakeholders welcome upgraded US travel advisory
BY VERNON DAVIDSON Executive editor — publications davidsonv@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 30 12:20 AM
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Increasing the risk, reducing the rewards
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Kartel to be crowned ‘King of Dancehall’ at Sumfest
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Kartel to be crowned ‘King of Dancehall’ at Sumfest
BY HORACE HINES Observer writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 30 12:16 AM
Kartel to be crowned
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BOJ governor warns US debt time bomb outweighs trade war risks
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May 30 12:14 AM
BOJ chief warns: US debt crisis bigger threat than trade wars
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Ireland to require visas for Trinidadians
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Ireland to require visas for Trinidadians
May 11, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC) – Nationals of Trinidad and Tobago will now need to obtain a visa before traveling to Ireland. The announcement was mad...
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Jamaica to review visa facilitation for GCC visitors
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Jamaica to review visa facilitation for GCC visitors
May 7, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — In a bid to attract more visitors from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, Jamaica's Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, ...
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NCB, Visa show off phone payments for customers
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NCB, Visa show off phone payments for customers
April 23, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Described as transformative, Visa’s tap-on-phone payment option was highlighted at the recent Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters ...
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No evidence of human trafficking in Cuban medical corporation programme, says Johnson Smith
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No evidence of human trafficking in Cuban medical corporation programme, says Johnson Smith
March 20, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Jamaica’s foreign ministry had undertaken a review of the Cuban medical cooperation programme long before any international scrutin...
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Grenada’s finance minister says he will give up US visa and stand behind Cuba
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Grenada’s finance minister says he will give up US visa and stand behind Cuba
March 19, 2025
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC) — Finance Minister, Dennis Cornwall says he and others in the Grenada government are willing to give up their United States...
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Jamaica lifts visa requirement for Dominican Republic residents
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Jamaica lifts visa requirement for Dominican Republic residents
March 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica -  Jamaica has waived the visa requirement for residents of the Dominican Republic who travel to the island for visits – whether for...
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Vybz Kartel to know visa fate Friday
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Vybz Kartel to know visa fate Friday
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 28, 2025
Dancehall superstar, Adidja "Vybz Kartel" Palmer will know by Friday, whether he will receive the green light to enter the United States of America (U...
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Busy Signal calls for gov’t intervention over denied Canadian visa
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Busy Signal calls for gov’t intervention over denied Canadian visa
January 11, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Dancehall artiste Busy Signal has called on the Jamaican authorities to intervene in his immigration woes after his application fo...
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Important changes for temporary work and exchange visa applicant
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Important changes for temporary work and exchange visa applicant
January 8, 2025
Each year, thousands of Jamaicans work on a temporary basis in the United States on H-2A (agricultural), H-2B (non-agricultural), J-1 (exchange visito...
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Thailand ends visa free travel for Jamaica, several other Caribbean countries
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Thailand ends visa free travel for Jamaica, several other Caribbean countries
September 23, 2024
Travellers from several Caribbean countries, including Jamaica, will no longer be able to visit Thailand visa free effective December 1, 2024. Instead...
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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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Krispy Kreme fire shuts down all locations
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Krispy Kreme fire shuts down all locations
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ST ANDREW, Jamaica — All Krispy Kreme outlets locally have been shuttered for the day following a fire at the Waterloo location on Friday morning. The...
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Trump gives Musk an Oval Office goodbye
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Trump gives Musk an Oval Office goodbye
May 30, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump hosts a grand Oval Office farewell for Elon Musk on Friday as the world's richest man ends...
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Death toll in central Nigeria flooding rises to 88, says rescuer
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Death toll in central Nigeria flooding rises to 88, says rescuer
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Mokwa, Nigeria (AFP)— The death toll in central Nigeria flash floods has risen to at least 88 after rescuers recovered more bodies, an emergency servi...
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May 30, 2025
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