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Government advances long-term plan to connect Jamaica’s water systems
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Government advances long-term plan to connect Jamaica’s water systems
August 28 07:49 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government is advancing a long-term plan to develop a more interconnected national water supply network, allowing water to be ...
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Errol Wizdom celebrates 33 years of carrying reggae’s torch in Pittsburgh
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Errol Wizdom celebrates 33 years of carrying reggae’s torch in Pittsburgh
August 28 07:33 AM
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is not known for having a large reggae scene. For 33 years, Errol Wizdom has been the music’s standard bearer in that city as...
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Petrojam fire extinguished; no injuries reported, fuel supplies unaffected
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Petrojam fire extinguished; no injuries reported, fuel supplies unaffected
August 28 07:26 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A fire at the Petrojam refinery on Marcus Garvey Drive in Kingston has been extinguished, with the company confirming that no one ...
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Courage under fire
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Courage under fire
Employees, taxi driver rush to save stock, cars in Superior Parts inferno
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 28 12:20 AM
Employees of Superior Parts Limited and a taxi driver battled to save millions of dollars worth of motorcycles and cars on Thursday as a raging fire t...
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Sandals Foundation head Heidi Clarke honoured with 2026 Skift IDEA Trailblazer Award
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Sandals Foundation head Heidi Clarke honoured with 2026 Skift IDEA Trailblazer Award
August 28 12:18 AM
Sandals Foundation head Heidi Clarke honoured with 2026 Skift IDEA Trailblazer Award
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Dancehall gets recognition from the JUNO Awards
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Dancehall gets recognition from the JUNO Awards
Kevin Jackson 
August 28 12:16 AM
Dancehall gets recognition from the JUNO Awards
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Nation’s Choice makes $1-billion hotel bet
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Nation’s Choice makes $1-billion hotel bet
Clarendon food company targets regional exports as it expands cold storage and manufacturing
BY DASHAN HENDRICKS Business content manager hendricksd@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 28 12:14 AM
Nations Choice makes $1-billion hotel bet; eyes regional exports
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ISSA president looks to competitive schoolboy football season despite sponsorship fall-off
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August 28 12:12 AM
ISSA boss looks to competitive schoolboy football season despite sponsorship fall-off
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Tropical Storm Dolly forms in Atlantic, could bring heavy rain to Caribbean
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Tropical Storm Dolly forms in Atlantic, could bring heavy rain to Caribbean
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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Collapsed glacier may have triggered devastating Nepal-Tibet floods — scientists
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Collapsed glacier may have triggered devastating Nepal-Tibet floods — scientists
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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Death toll rises, rescuers search for 1,400 missing after Nepal-Tibet floods
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Death toll rises, rescuers search for 1,400 missing after Nepal-Tibet floods
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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Caribbean urged to prepare for hotter, drier conditions as El Nino intensifies
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Caribbean urged to prepare for hotter, drier conditions as El Nino intensifies
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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Tropical depression could form in Atlantic by the end of the week
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Tropical depression could form in Atlantic by the end of the week
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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Weather disrupts Cuba’s power restoration after latest nationwide blackout
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Weather disrupts Cuba’s power restoration after latest nationwide blackout
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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New Jersey reports 19 heat-wave-related deaths
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New Jersey reports 19 heat-wave-related deaths
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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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El Nino set to be ‘strong’, UN warns
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El Nino set to be ‘strong’, UN warns
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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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Dangerous heatwave to grip US as nation marks 250 years
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Dangerous heatwave to grip US as nation marks 250 years
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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UK sets new June temperature record for third day in a row — Met Office
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UK sets new June temperature record for third day in a row — Met Office
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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Schools plan to close as UK braces for record-breaking heatwave
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Schools plan to close as UK braces for record-breaking heatwave
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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Italy declares red heatwave alert in 15 cities
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Italy declares red heatwave alert in 15 cities
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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France records hottest-ever night, 40 drownings
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France records hottest-ever night, 40 drownings
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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Odds rising for very strong El Nino — EU monitor
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Odds rising for very strong El Nino — EU monitor
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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Caribbean Cement reports improved supply following weather-related disruptions
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Caribbean Cement reports improved supply following weather-related disruptions
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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UN warns world to prepare for El Nino extreme weather
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UN warns world to prepare for El Nino extreme weather
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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Temperatures likely to remain at record levels in 2026-2030 — UN
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Temperatures likely to remain at record levels in 2026-2030 — UN
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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El Niño, warm seas to shape quiet but erratic hurricane season
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El Niño, warm seas to shape quiet but erratic hurricane season
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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Italy declares red heatwave alert for Rome, four other cities
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Italy declares red heatwave alert for Rome, four other cities
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 ...
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Caribbean urged to prepare for heat, drought and rising energy bills
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Caribbean urged to prepare for heat, drought and rising energy bills
May 28, 2026
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — The Principal of the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH), Dr David Farrell, on Wednesday warned the regio...
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Europe heatwave ‘brutal reminder’ of climate change — UN
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Europe heatwave ‘brutal reminder’ of climate change — UN
May 27, 2026
PARIS, France (AFP) — The United Nations (UN) climate chief said Wednesday that a record-breaking early heatwave scorching a swathe of western Europe ...
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A proactive and urgent regional strategy to address the threat of El Niño
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A proactive and urgent regional strategy to address the threat of El Niño
Muhammad Ibrahim 
May 26, 2026
The extreme variant of the El Niño phenomenon predicted by international weather forecasts, combined with the global fertiliser crisis, poses a dual t...
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Government advances long-term plan to connect Jamaica’s water systems
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August 28, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government is advancing a long-term plan to develop a more interconnected national water supply network, allowing water to be ...
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Errol Wizdom celebrates 33 years of carrying reggae’s torch in Pittsburgh
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Errol Wizdom celebrates 33 years of carrying reggae’s torch in Pittsburgh
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is not known for having a large reggae scene. For 33 years, Errol Wizdom has been the music’s standard bearer in that city as...
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Petrojam fire extinguished; no injuries reported, fuel supplies unaffected
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Petrojam fire extinguished; no injuries reported, fuel supplies unaffected
August 28, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A fire at the Petrojam refinery on Marcus Garvey Drive in Kingston has been extinguished, with the company confirming that no one ...
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Courage under fire
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Courage under fire
Employees, taxi driver rush to save stock, cars in Superior Parts inferno
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 28, 2026
Employees of Superior Parts Limited and a taxi driver battled to save millions of dollars worth of motorcycles and cars on Thursday as a raging fire t...
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Sandals Foundation head Heidi Clarke honoured with 2026 Skift IDEA Trailblazer Award
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Sandals Foundation head Heidi Clarke honoured with 2026 Skift IDEA Trailblazer Award
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Sandals Foundation head Heidi Clarke honoured with 2026 Skift IDEA Trailblazer Award
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