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Effective garbage control expected at Carnival 2025

— key stakeholders say repeat of last year's 'mess' not expected

BY SHEREITA GRIZZLE Observer staff reporter grizzles@jamaicaobserver.com

April 15 03:51 PM

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Following the conclusion of last year’s Carnival Road March, key stakeholders were the subjects of immense criticism after residen...

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Witness who was on Mario Deane’s cell block in 2014 recounts beating

April 15 03:33 PM

WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — A man who was in custody at the time of Mario Deane's death gave a chilling account of hearing Deane being beaten by inmates i...

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Cops urge bar owners to use trackers in poker boxes

April 15 02:00 PM

ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Police are urging bar owners to employ the use of technology in securing their gaming machines from thieves. The cops particul...

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JDF soldier arrested in St Elizabeth gun seizure

April 15 01:52 PM

ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — A member of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) was arrested in St Elizabeth following the alleged discovery of an illegal gun. Po...

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Belize funeral home owner found guilty of having sex with a minor

April 2, 2025

BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC) — A 40-year-old owner of a funeral parlour in Belize will return to court on April 25 for sentencing after he was found guilty ...

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Countries urged to accelerate progress towards 2030 SDGs

April 1, 2025

SANTIAGO, Chile (CMC) — The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is calling on countries in the region to accelerate progre...

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Haitian authorities say they have regained control of a town near the capital

April 1, 2025

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — The Haitian National Police (PNH) said they had regained control of the town of Mirebalais, 30 miles northeast of the ca...

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St Vincent PM Gonsalves wants sixth term

April 1, 2025

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) — Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines and leader of the ruling Unity Labour Party (ULP), Ralph Gonsalves, at t...

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PAHO issues new epidemiological alert amid rising yellow fever cases in the Americas

March 31, 2025

WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) Monday issued a new epidemiological alert in response to an increase in ...

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CARICOM aligning tax treaty with international standards

March 31, 2025

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) —A senior official of the Guyana-based Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat on Monday said that the 15-member regional i...

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Advocates condemn Trump memo targeting immigration lawyers

March 31, 2025

NEW YORK, United States (CMC) – Immigration advocates have condemned a Trump administration memo calling for sanctions, reviews and stricter oversight...

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Caribbean told heat waves will not be as intense as the past two years

March 31, 2025

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) says a Caribbean heat season with heat waves will most likel...

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Guyana government introduces automated speed ticketing system

March 30, 2025

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – The government of Guyana is set to launch a cutting-edge automated speed ticketing system on Monday, April 7, in a major st...

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Eleven Trinidad and Tobago nationals deported from the United States

March 29, 2025

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC) – The Ministry of National Security in Trinidad has confirmed that 11 out of an expected 14 citizens of the twin island...

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PAHO director urges Caribbean countries to urgently address key drivers of mortality due to NCDs

March 29, 2025

BRASILIA, (CMC) – Director of the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) – Dr Jarbas Barbosa, is calling for Caribbean and other countries to urgentl...

Caribbean Region, Latest News

US Customs agents nab Canadian attempting to smuggle illegal Vincentian national

March 29, 2025

NEW YORK, United States (CMC) – The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency says officers at the Cannon Corners, Champlain border cro...

Caribbean Region, Latest News

WMO: Extreme weather and climate impacts scarred Latin America and Caribbean in 2024

March 28, 2025

GENEVA, Switzerland (CMC)—The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said Friday that extreme weather and climate impacts had a damaging toll on Lati...

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UNICEF condemns rising violence against children in the Caribbean

March 28, 2025

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Newly appointed United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, AbdulKadir ...

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Barbados urges US to avert Caribbean trade crisis

March 28, 2025

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (CMC) – Prime Minister Mia Mottley is urging the United States to avert a Caribbean trade crisis as the North American country ...

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Antigua will not neglect relations with China, other partners – foreign affairs minister

March 28, 2025

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, (CMC) – Antigua and Barbuda Foreign Affairs Minister, EP Chet Greene says his country must not neglect the importance of nurturing...

Caribbean Region, Latest News

UN says humanitarian situation in Haiti continues to deteriorate

March 28, 2025

UNITED NATIONS, (CMC) – The United Nation's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says the humanitarian situation in Haiti, parti...

Caribbean Region, Latest News

Trinidad PM says meeting with US Secretary of State was ‘very good’

March 27, 2025

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Stuart Young said he held “successful” discussions with the United States (US) Se...

Caribbean Region, Latest News

US vows to protect Guyana, issues warning to Venezuela

March 27, 2025

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — United States (US) Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned Venezuela that if it attacks oil assets in Guyana’s Stabroek B...

Caribbean Region, Latest News

Reparations Commission reiterates position regarding the slave trade

March 25, 2025

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Caribbean Community (Caricom) Reparations Commission Tuesday said it stands in solidarity with the global community in ...

Caribbean Region, Latest News

CPSO urges USTR to rethink policy on fees imposed on Chinese-built vessels

March 25, 2025

WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — President of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Private Sector Organization (CPSO), Dr Patrick Antoine, says the deci...

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Guyana police searching for three people after fire swept through Chinese restaurant

March 25, 2025

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Police in Guyana are now searching for three persons after a fire swept through a Chinese restaurant on the West Coast Deme...

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Effective garbage control expected at Carnival 2025

— key stakeholders say repeat of last year's 'mess' not expected

BY SHEREITA GRIZZLE Observer staff reporter grizzles@jamaicaobserver.com

April 15, 2025

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Following the conclusion of last year’s Carnival Road March, key stakeholders were the subjects of immense criticism after residen...

Latest News, ...

Witness who was on Mario Deane’s cell block in 2014 recounts beating

April 15, 2025

WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — A man who was in custody at the time of Mario Deane's death gave a chilling account of hearing Deane being beaten by inmates i...

Latest News, ...

Cops urge bar owners to use trackers in poker boxes

April 15, 2025

ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Police are urging bar owners to employ the use of technology in securing their gaming machines from thieves. The cops particul...

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JDF soldier arrested in St Elizabeth gun seizure

April 15, 2025

ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — A member of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) was arrested in St Elizabeth following the alleged discovery of an illegal gun. Po...

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Pandemic treaty talks inch towards deal

April 15, 2025

Geneva, Switzerland (AFP)— Countries were on Tuesday painstakingly tweaking the text of a hoped-for landmark agreement on tackling future pandemics, a...

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