@Marie24Dee As Peter Tosh said "you talk it like gladness" many horror stories abound.
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I still remember hearing about this fire that left 50 persons homeless including children.
A similar fire happened in August 2019.
With the VN revelations, I'm wondering what kind of demons do we have as leaders😓
Source: Jamaica Observer share.google/g5XSmEziWbh0CK…
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I’m asking again, traffic police short? Cause what are we doing about the driving on the roads?? Issuing tickets alone clearly nah work. Look like some of the officers are afraid of the taxi men and there’s absolutely no order a day time.
I am sick and tired.
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@Auti_ADHD_Guy That too, but overall government capacity to cater to anyone was a disability is woefully and embarrassingly lacking.
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Diabetics are a small but important part of Champs spectators.
Why does Grace Kennedy consistently discriminate against them by not allowing Glucerna into the stadium.
Does Grace Kennedy make a meal replacement eqiuivalent to Glucerna that I am unaware of?
Stop this bullshit policy!!
@GraceKennedyGrp !!!!
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Finance Minister Fayval Williams says Jamaica is seeing a “deluge” of duty-free packages, as some shoppers split orders or undervalue items to remain under the US$100 threshold.
Responding to concerns raised by the Opposition spokesman on finance, Julian Robinson, who questioned whether the increase in the de minimis threshold was a policy contradiction, Williams said her reference to local retailers during her opening budget presentation was to highlight the unintended impact of the policy.
She explained that the practice of “order splitting” is depriving the Government of revenue and placing added pressure on local businesses competing with untaxed imports.
“The unforeseen consequence is that no revenue flows to the Treasury… that was simply not the intent of the policy.”
(📷: Joseph Wellington, 🎥: @pbcjamaica)
#BudgetDebate #JamaicaObserver #AlwaysAhead #FayvalWilliams #Budget2026
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@NationwideRadio I hear the intellectuals and academics on Beyond the Headlines. They give their constructive opinions and are asked poignant questions. I often learn from the exchange. NNN on the other hand will twist the narrative after the fact to maintain the tabloid image.
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@Mark_Bytes For a main thoroughfare that thousands use daily it's a historical disgrace.
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Driving down Hope Road from the Mona Dam just now. Traffic seems heavy in Liguanea so I turn onto Monroe Road. When I get to the intersection with Wellington Drive, the road is blocked by road construction. @NWA_JA is a sign really too much to ask??
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@BuenoForMiami Plain and Simple LIES you living your comfortable lives why beatdown the people who are suffering. It shows who you really are.
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In Cuba, the government decided decades ago that people couldn’t grow their own food or fish, and if they did, it belonged to the regime, not the farmer.
People in Cuba starve despite fertile soil and an ocean full of fish surrounding the island.
Becoming dependent on the government for your food is a recipe for disaster.
If you can grow even a small pot of fruit or vegetables, do it. Never become completely dependent on the state. Eventually, they will use food to force compliance.
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@JamaicaObserver Too late too late shall be your cry. When some were standing up in the 60's and 70's most said no to community living and solidarity for each sovereign nation against the whims and fancy of North America, look at us now. Begging for our own survival.
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Today's Clovis Toon, Sunday, March 15, 2026.
To see more cartoons click the link: jamaicaobserver.com/category/carto…
#Clovis #ClovisToon #JamaicaObserver #AlwaysAhead #OTeam
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The Government is aiming, within the next 24 months, to establish the single entity it has been touting to take charge of national roads in the country and which has been named the One Road Authority.
Read more: jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/2…
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@Marie24Dee What you have written will come up on some people's screen as blank
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Mr. PM could you say if your former boss, the late former PM Edward Seaga paid back his THIRTY MILLION DOLLAR LOAN?
Weren't several JLP members beneficiaries of FINSAC & also the cause?
WE NEED THE FULL STORY, NOT HALF TRUTHS. (1
Andrew Holness@AndrewHolnessJM
If we are to understand many of the challenges Jamaica faces today, we must honestly reflect on the policy decisions made in the 1990s by the People’s National Party, which led to the Financial Sector Adjustment Company crisis. When the financial sector collapsed, the government at the time created FINSAC to bail out failing institutions, and that intervention cost the country approximately 42 percent of our entire economy. As a result, Jamaica’s national debt rose dramatically, from about 72 percent of GDP to nearly 130 percent within a few years. At one point, almost 70 percent of the taxes collected by the government had to be used simply to pay interest on that debt. This meant there was very little money left to maintain roads, repair hospitals, build schools, or invest in the infrastructure our people depend on every day. For many years, the country had to focus on stabilizing the economy and restoring fiscal discipline so that we could rebuild our financial strength. My commitment is to ensure that Jamaica never returns to those kinds of policy decisions that placed such a heavy burden on our people and our economy.
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@HinesJordie What does Saba & St Eustatius.
St Kitts
Antigua have over Jamaica? They've been hit by more devastating Hurricanes over the past 30+ yrs & recovered each & Everytime striving the best they can. Jamaica... govt can't help it's ppl. bawling bout Finsac while the rich gets richer.
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Andrew. This is deadass your THIRD TERMMMM bro. There are kids who have been alive for a decade and know no other prime minster but YOU! Pleaseeeeee stop the blame game and get to it.
Andrew Holness@AndrewHolnessJM
If we are to understand many of the challenges Jamaica faces today, we must honestly reflect on the policy decisions made in the 1990s by the People’s National Party, which led to the Financial Sector Adjustment Company crisis. When the financial sector collapsed, the government at the time created FINSAC to bail out failing institutions, and that intervention cost the country approximately 42 percent of our entire economy. As a result, Jamaica’s national debt rose dramatically, from about 72 percent of GDP to nearly 130 percent within a few years. At one point, almost 70 percent of the taxes collected by the government had to be used simply to pay interest on that debt. This meant there was very little money left to maintain roads, repair hospitals, build schools, or invest in the infrastructure our people depend on every day. For many years, the country had to focus on stabilizing the economy and restoring fiscal discipline so that we could rebuild our financial strength. My commitment is to ensure that Jamaica never returns to those kinds of policy decisions that placed such a heavy burden on our people and our economy.
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@TopGirlKeiko The mental chains anchored by the west will be hard to break for many. They will still love their oppressors even when set free.
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Marco Rubio just said all US AID to Africa has ended forever.
Africa must demand that they close all American and Israeli military bases and desist from sending their vaccines to experiment on the population.
Now Africans must become self reliant by mining and selling their own resources and ending all contracts with Debeers and every other company and nations that exploits them.
It’s about time a continent that rich stands on its own feet and build itself and citizens up.
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@thelaymansdr Brewing at the correct temperature with inconsistent roast is a challenge. So your best coffee shop is hit or miss as they don't tweak the process. A consistent roast is evident at Rituals Suzie's Bakery BMC for those who love it strong. Home is best for me to experiment.
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For a place with some of the best coffee beans tho we cya mek coffee 😭 tell me where I can get the best cup of blue mountain coffee locally probably deafcan, they use blue mountain yea?
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@USLatAmEnvoy @ClaudiaWebbe Yeah unlike anywhere else that it costs millions for certification. Cuba selects the people and train for free to help the world. No doctor in the so called developed world would work for the people
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Reality check: Cuban doctors deserve respect. Their training and service are real achievements.
But let’s be honest about the system they work under.
Many Cuban doctors sent abroad do not keep most of their salaries, cannot freely bring their families, and face penalties if they leave the program. That is why numerous international organizations have raised concerns about labor conditions in the program.
More importantly, none of this addresses the core issue: Cuban citizens cannot peacefully change their political or economic system if it fails them.
The Cuban Constitution declares the system “irrevocable.”
A country that truly trusts its people would allow them to decide their future in free and competitive elections.
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Cuba trained 600,000 doctors for 160 nations. US repays that solidarity by cutting off their oil, their medicine, their light.
Empire doesn’t punish tyranny. It punishes generosity.
Trump’s blockade is not diplomacy. It is siege warfare against a Caribbean island of healers.
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@KellyKatharin Nah I post what I think or opine. I don't block. What I find intriguing is people post on here thinking they're in some vacuum. If your profile is public what's the point if some deranged post hits you.
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When you find out that someone on Twitter (that you don't even interact with) has blocked you, do you block them back?
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@CarrieCnh12 Yes he is and the Republican party history on Cuba is recorded.
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Trump is not specially evil in the Cuban oil blockade.
For over 60 years every US president has successively tightened restrictions on Cuba to make her people suffer, and despite that Cuba still reached out to help the Caribbean. And the Caribbean is turning their back on her.
AJ+@ajplus
This soup kitchen in Havana, Cuba, relies on local donations to make meals for the community. Pres. Trump blocked foreign shipments of oil to the island on Jan. 29, forcing Cubans to rely on each other to survive.
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@toniheat14 Outsourced to a craven puppy who can't really manage to respond in a timely manner
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Just service them… the ATM at the Rubi’s in front of Spanish town Hospital, the 2 at AJ’s supermarket were down on Sat n Sun
Of the 2 at Eltham only one was working and line was so long.
Ever so often there is no machine accepting deposits at the Oasis branch
Just fix it
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