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July 10 02:22 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is reminding businesspersons that the employers’ monthly statutory deductions for June 2026 (S01) a...
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July 10 01:53 PM
LONDON, United Kingdom(AFP)—King Charles III and his wife Camilla on Friday met his son Prince Harry, his wife Meghan and their two children for the f...
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July 10 01:38 PM
ST ANN, Jamaica — Police in St Ann have intensified their search for 66-year-old Owen Hamilton, otherwise called "Teacha" or "OG", who has been missin...
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July 10 01:26 PM
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP)—Vinicius Junior apologised to Brazilian fans on Friday for the "enormous frustration" caused by their World Cup elimination by...
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July 10 12:51 PM
SANTIAGO, Chile (CMC)—The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on Friday warned that the average price of oil this year wil...
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July 10 12:45 PM
The Jamaica Observer can confirm that a new Reggae Boyz head coach will be appointed at the start of 2027 with Rudolph Speid set to remain in charge o...
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July 10 12:02 PM
Jamaicans led the qualifying in three of the four age groups in the 100m as the NACAC Under-18/23 Championships got underway on Friday in Apizaco, Mex...
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July 10 11:52 AM
Jamaican-British actor Micheal Ward, known for his role in the Netflix drama series Top Boy , has been cleared of rape and assault charges. Ward was f...
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June 19, 2026
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP)—Scientists have detected the H5 strain of bird flu in Australia for the first time, the country's agriculture minister said on...
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December 16, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The complete restoration of the country’s poultry industry post Hurricane Melissa will take some time as the Government prioritise...
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December 3, 2025
An outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed at a farm in the Cayman Islands, and the government is now cautioning owners to pay keen attention to their...
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November 22, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—A resident of Washington state has died after contracting a rare strain of bird flu previously only reported in animal...
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May 16, 2025
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — China has suspended imports of chicken meat from Brazil, its main provider of the commodity, after an outbreak of bird ...
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March 13, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Cayman Islands, (CMC) – Cayman Islands Department of Agriculture says it is actively monitoring the status of avian influenza after the a...
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February 14, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - Nearly half of an elite US epidemiology program known as the "disease detectives" were dismissed by the Trump admini...
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February 12, 2025
HOUSTON, United States (AFP) - A Houston poultry supply company is selling chickens like there is no tomorrow, as sky-high prices for eggs prompt some...
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February 12, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization on Wednesday warned that it has only "limited information" about the spread of bird flu in t...
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February 7, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - The UK government announced Friday an imminent ban in England on "bird gatherings" such as fairs, markets and shows, se...
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January 17, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - US health officials announced Friday they were awarding $590 million to Moderna to develop mRNA vaccines against inf...
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January 14, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Committee of Caribbean Community (Caricom) Chief Veterinary Officers (CCCVO) is advising regional countries to intensif...
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January 6, 2025
The first human death linked to bird flu has been reported in the United States, health authorities in Louisiana announced Monday, while noting the pa...
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December 27, 2024
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The bird flu virus found in a severely ill patient hospitalised in the United States has mutated to become better ad...
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July 29, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Monday a new project to accelerate the development in poorer countries of va...
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June 18, 2024
PARIS, France (AFP) — Surging cases of bird flu among mammals, including US cattle, offer a stark warning that the world is not ready to fend off futu...
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June 8, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — A two-and-a-half-year-old girl tested positive for H5N1 bird flu and needed hospital intensive care treatment in Australia...
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June 5, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization said Wednesday a person in Mexico had died in the first confirmed human case globally of inf...
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April 19, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP)-- The H5N1 bird flu virus strain has been detected in very high concentrations in raw milk from infected animals, the WHO sa...
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July 10, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is reminding businesspersons that the employers’ monthly statutory deductions for June 2026 (S01) a...
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July 10, 2026
LONDON, United Kingdom(AFP)—King Charles III and his wife Camilla on Friday met his son Prince Harry, his wife Meghan and their two children for the f...
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July 10, 2026
ST ANN, Jamaica — Police in St Ann have intensified their search for 66-year-old Owen Hamilton, otherwise called "Teacha" or "OG", who has been missin...
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July 10, 2026
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP)—Vinicius Junior apologised to Brazilian fans on Friday for the "enormous frustration" caused by their World Cup elimination by...
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July 10, 2026
SANTIAGO, Chile (CMC)—The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on Friday warned that the average price of oil this year wil...
