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Avoiding a second crisis
$1 billion allocated to fix unsafe wiring in homes before electricity returns in hard-hit parishes
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
December 12 12:20 AM
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Samuda poised to head UN Environment Assembly
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Arthur Hall | Editor | HallA@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 12 12:18 AM
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Fanatic taps Tommy Lee Sparta
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Scotia Group grows top line, but costs dampen profits
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Scotia Group grows top line, but costs dampen profits
BY DAVID ROSE Observer business writer davidr@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 12 12:14 AM
Scotia Group grows top line, but costs dampen profits
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December 12 12:12 AM
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Early start for St James Grand Market Push to make up 85% revenue drop
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Early start for St James Grand Market Push to make up 85% revenue drop
December 12 12:11 AM
Early start for St James Grand Market
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2026 Audi A6 e-tron: The sedan strikes back
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Draft COP30 agreement a ‘mixed bag’, says EU climate chief
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Draft COP30 agreement a ‘mixed bag’, says EU climate chief
November 19, 2025
Draft COP30 agreement a ‘mixed bag’, says EU climate chief
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NEPA forges partnerships for coral reef restoration
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NEPA forges partnerships for coral reef restoration
September 30, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — In an effort to prevent further degradation of Jamaica’s coral reefs, the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) launched...
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Ozone layer ‘healing’, on track to recover by mid-century — UN
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Ozone layer ‘healing’, on track to recover by mid-century — UN
September 15, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The Earth's protective ozone layer is healing and the hole should fully disappear in the coming decades, the United Nation...
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Local shrimp production plans progressing — NFA
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Local shrimp production plans progressing — NFA
August 21, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — The National Fisheries Authority (NFA) says it has achieved major milestones in its pilot project for the production of shrimp...
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North Carolina braces for flooding from ‘Enormous’ Erin
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North Carolina braces for flooding from ‘Enormous’ Erin
August 20, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Hurricane Erin was nearing North Carolina's coast Wednesday, threatening huge waves and flooding as the strengthenin...
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Dream Wknd 2026 for MoBay
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Dream Wknd 2026 for MoBay
August 13, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica—The Dream Entertainment team has officially anounced that Dream Wknd 2026 will staged in the resort city of Montego Bay from July 30...
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Tropical Storm Erin expected to become hurricane in a couple of days
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Tropical Storm Erin expected to become hurricane in a couple of days
August 13, 2025
MIAMI, United States (CMC) — Tropical Storm Erin is expected to become a hurricane in a “couple of days” as it continues to move westward and approxim...
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CYCC to host first youth environment conference in Jamaica
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CYCC to host first youth environment conference in Jamaica
August 12, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica  — The Caribbean Youth Climate Council (CYCC), a regional network representing young people from CARICOM member states, will host th...
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Lioness present in Central Africa for first time in 6 years  — NGO
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Lioness present in Central Africa for first time in 6 years — NGO
August 8, 2025
LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AFP) — A conservation group says it has photographic evidence of the presence of a female lion in a national park in northeastern C...
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Tens of thousands evacuated as torrential rains drench south China
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Tens of thousands evacuated as torrential rains drench south China
August 6, 2025
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated as heavy rains batter southern China, flooding homes and triggering landslides,...
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Lightning megaflash of 829 km sets new world record
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Lightning megaflash of 829 km sets new world record
July 31, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — A new world record for the longest distance lightning flash was declared on Thursday — a megaflash that stretched for 829 ...
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Trump administration expected to say greenhouse gases aren’t harmful
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Trump administration expected to say greenhouse gases aren’t harmful
July 25, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States (US) President Donald Trump's administration is preparing to upend a foundational scientific determina...
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Cerine Rage bats for more support for victims of domestic abuse
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Cerine Rage bats for more support for victims of domestic abuse
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
July 24, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Recording artiste Cerine Rage is a survivor of domestic abuse. She recently released the song Beater Man , which she hopes will in...
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Only 19 of Jamaica’s 663 earthquakes  felt in 2024 — ESSJ
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Only 19 of Jamaica’s 663 earthquakes felt in 2024 — ESSJ
July 10, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Of the 663 earthquakes recorded in Jamaica in 2024, only 19 were felt events, 13 of which occurred on the mainland, with magnitude...
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Gov’t launches 2025 Plastic Free Summer campaign
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Gov’t launches 2025 Plastic Free Summer campaign
July 9, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC) has launched its 2025 Plastic Free Summer campaign in an effort to drive ...
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‘A monster in the south’: Treasure Beach residents recall Hurricane Beryl’s wrath on anniversary
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‘A monster in the south’: Treasure Beach residents recall Hurricane Beryl’s wrath on anniversary
BY DANA MALCOLM Observer online reporter malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
July 3, 2025
When Jason Gordon looked out at the sea on the morning of July 3, 2024, he saw something unsettling. “There was a cloud out in the south, stand up— li...
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World will have to learn to live with heatwaves  — UN
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World will have to learn to live with heatwaves — UN
July 1, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The world will have to learn to live with heatwaves, the United Nations' weather and climate agency said Tuesday, as much ...
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US braces for intense hurricane season as climate agency is gutted
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US braces for intense hurricane season as climate agency is gutted
May 22, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on Thursday predicted a more intense Atlantic hurrican...
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Samuda orders probe into deaths of crocodiles at Greater Portmore Sewage Ponds
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Samuda orders probe into deaths of crocodiles at Greater Portmore Sewage Ponds
April 25, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica – Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Matthew Samuda has commissioned an urgent mult...
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NEPA investigates moderate fish kill along section of Rio Cobre
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NEPA investigates moderate fish kill along section of Rio Cobre
March 15, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica – The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is investigating a fish kill along a section of the Rio Cobre between the ...
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Huge fire, more than 30 injured after North Sea ships crash
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Huge fire, more than 30 injured after North Sea ships crash
March 10, 2025
GRIMSBY, United Kingdom (AFP) — A cargo ship ran into a US-military charted tanker carrying jet fuel in the North Sea on Monday, sparking a massive fi...
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Residents evacuated as Guatemalan volcano spews lava, rocks
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Residents evacuated as Guatemalan volcano spews lava, rocks
March 10, 2025
ALOTENANGO, Guatemala (AFP) — Guatemalan authorities evacuated around a thousand people on Monday after Central America's most active volcano erupted,...
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Samuda poised to head UN Environment Assembly
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Fanatic taps Tommy Lee Sparta
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Fanatic taps Tommy Lee Sparta
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Scotia Group grows top line, but costs dampen profits
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Scotia Group grows top line, but costs dampen profits
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Scotia Group grows top line, but costs dampen profits
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