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October 13 04:30 AM
THE first batch of third-country nationals (TCNs) should be arriving in the island today, highly placed sources told the Jamaica Observer late Monday ...
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Senior cop says St James much safer than a decade ago, but...
October 13 04:28 AM
ST James is far safer than it was a decade ago when murders topped 300 in some years, says police divisional commander Senior Superintendent Eron Samu...
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October 13 04:27 AM
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday forecast that global growth in 2026 would slow less than previously expecte...
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Sandals Group captures 17 accolades
October 13 04:26 AM
GREEN ISLAND, Hanover — Jamaica captured 39 honours at the 33rd staging of the World Travel Awards, with Sandals Resorts International (SRI) leading t...
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Friends, family say farewell to Kendel brand founder
October 13 04:24 AM
TRIBUTES filled with adoration flowed at the funeral of Wilson Look Kin at Sts Peter and Paul Church in St Andrew on Monday morning as relatives and f...
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Appleton Estate signs on as title sponsor
October 13 04:24 AM
A four-day celebration of music, culture, and entertainment is set join Jamaica’s entertainment calendar this Heroes Weekend as Appleton Estate leads ...
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Winter season to begin with strong airlift, but insurers slowing rebound, says Bartlett
October 13 04:24 AM
ROSE HALL, St James — Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has projected that the sector is on a firm path to achieving an 88 per cent recovery by Decembe...
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October 9, 2026
PENSACOLA, United States (AFP) — Hurricane Isaias's outer bands began lashing the US Gulf Coast on Friday, with the category three storm triggering ma...
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September 28, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green, says it has been challenging to balance increasing production, while h...
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August 28, 2026
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) — Devastating floods on the Nepal-Tibet border region this week have killed at least 547 people, Nepal's police said Friday. Ch...
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August 27, 2026
Tropical Storm Dolly formed in the central tropical Atlantic on Thursday morning, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has confirmed. According to the ...
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August 27, 2026
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — A huge piece of ice that fell thousands of metres from a glacier into a river below may have unleashed the disaster in Nepal...
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August 27, 2026
BIDUR, Nepal (AFP) — Rescue teams waded through mud on Thursday searching for more than 1,400 people missing after flash floods and landslides struck ...
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August 25, 2026
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Governments, businesses, farmers and households across the Caribbean are being urged to step up preparations for potentially se...
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August 10, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is advising that a tropical depression could form in the ...
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August 3, 2026
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Cuba on Monday began gradually restoring power after suffering another nationwide blackout, the sixth since the year began, thoug...
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July 5, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A brutal heat wave over the United States (US) Midwest and Atlantic coast has been linked to at least 19 deaths in t...
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July 3, 2026
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — El Nino is here and will quickly develop into a strong event between July and September, fuelling the likelihood of extre...
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June 29, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A dangerous heatwave is expected to sweep across much of the central and eastern United States (US) beginning Tuesda...
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June 26, 2026
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The United Kingdom (UK) broke the record for a June temperature for the third day in a row on Friday, the Met Office we...
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June 23, 2026
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Multiple schools in England were shutting early Tuesday and set to remain closed for two more days with a heatwave expe...
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June 23, 2026
ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italy's health ministry declared a red heatwave alert in 15 cities including Milan and Rome on Tuesday, advising people to stay in...
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June 23, 2026
PARIS, France (AFP) — France experienced its hottest night from Monday to Tuesday as Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said 40 people — many of them yo...
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June 10, 2026
PARIS, France (AFP) — Europe's Copernicus Climate Change Service on Wednesday said that global forecasters were increasingly confident that a very str...
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June 3, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Caribbean Cement Company Limited (CCCL) says cement availability has improved significantly in recent weeks, with supply increasin...
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June 2, 2026
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — There is an 80-per cent chance of the warming El Nino phenomenon developing between June and August, increasing the risk o...
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May 28, 2026
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Global average temperatures are likely to continue at or near record levels this year and for the next four years afterwar...
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May 28, 2026
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — Caribbean climatologist Dr Cedric Van Meerbeeck is forecasting a quieter but potentially unpredictable Atlantic hurricane seas...
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May 28, 2026
ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italy's health ministry on Thursday declared a red heatwave alert for the cities of Rome, Florence, Bologna, Brescia and Turin as ...
October 13, 2026
THE first batch of third-country nationals (TCNs) should be arriving in the island today, highly placed sources told the Jamaica Observer late Monday ...
Senior cop says St James much safer than a decade ago, but...
October 13, 2026
ST James is far safer than it was a decade ago when murders topped 300 in some years, says police divisional commander Senior Superintendent Eron Samu...
October 13, 2026
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday forecast that global growth in 2026 would slow less than previously expecte...
Sandals Group captures 17 accolades
October 13, 2026
GREEN ISLAND, Hanover — Jamaica captured 39 honours at the 33rd staging of the World Travel Awards, with Sandals Resorts International (SRI) leading t...
