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St Mary Central MP questions delays and budgeting under SPARK programme
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St Mary Central MP questions delays and budgeting under SPARK programme
May 12 03:56 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Member of Parliament (MP) for St Mary Central, Omar Newell, has raised concerns about the implementation of the Government’s SPARK...
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Plane crashes while en route to Grand Bahama
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Plane crashes while en route to Grand Bahama
May 12 03:42 PM
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC)—The Aircraft Accident Investigation Authority (AAIA) in The Bahamas on Tuesday said an aircraft en route to the Grand Bahama Int...
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Jamaica’s hospitals, clinics saw over 2.75 million patient visits in 2025 – Tufton
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Jamaica’s hospitals, clinics saw over 2.75 million patient visits in 2025 – Tufton
May 12 03:26 PM
Jamaica's public health system saw 1,155,949 patient visits in hospitals and 1,596,871 patient visits in health centres in 2025 according the Minister...
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Land titling to be modernised under $1.42 billion Korea-Jamaica partnership
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Land titling to be modernised under $1.42 billion Korea-Jamaica partnership
May 12 03:23 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government of Jamaica has signed a new agreement launching a $1.42 billion project, funded by the Korea International Cooperat...
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Chinese women robbed, assaulted at Port Maria supermarket
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Chinese women robbed, assaulted at Port Maria supermarket
May 12 02:33 PM
ST MARY, Jamaica — Two Chinese women who operate a supermarket in Port Maria were robbed of an undetermined sum of cash and assaulted during an early ...
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WHO chief says ‘work not over’ after hantavirus evacuation
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WHO chief says ‘work not over’ after hantavirus evacuation
May 12 02:31 PM
MADRID, Spain (AFP)—World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday, "our work is not over" to contain hantavirus after eva...
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Haiti records sharp increase in rapes
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Haiti records sharp increase in rapes
May 12 02:15 PM
UNITED NATIONS (CMC)—The United Nations (UN) Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is reporting an “alarming” surge in gender-based violence in the f...
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Jamaican attorney Tamar Hamilton announces bid for Florida judge post
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Jamaican attorney Tamar Hamilton announces bid for Florida judge post
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer 
May 12 01:46 PM
Jamaican attorney, Tamar N Hamilton, has announced her candidacy for Broward County Circuit Court Judge for Group 52. She is one of three candidates t...
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WHO chief says ‘work not over’ after hantavirus evacuation
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WHO chief says ‘work not over’ after hantavirus evacuation
May 12, 2026
MADRID, Spain (AFP)—World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday, "our work is not over" to contain hantavirus after eva...
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Passengers from virus ship evacuation flight all negative — Dutch authorities
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Passengers from virus ship evacuation flight all negative — Dutch authorities
May 12, 2026
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — All 26 passengers who landed in the Netherlands on the first evacuation flight from the hantavirus-hit MV Hondius cruis...
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Last evacuation flights from hantavirus ship land in Netherlands
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Last evacuation flights from hantavirus ship land in Netherlands
May 11, 2026
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AFP)—The last two evacuation planes carrying passengers and crew from the hantavirus-hit ship MV Hondius landed in the Netherl...
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‘No need for panic’ in recent hantavirus outbreak, says CARPHA
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‘No need for panic’ in recent hantavirus outbreak, says CARPHA
May 11, 2026
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC)—The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) on Monday sought to reassure people in the Caribbean region t...
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Staff at Dutch hospital with hantavirus patient quarantined after procedure errors: hospital
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Staff at Dutch hospital with hantavirus patient quarantined after procedure errors: hospital
May 11, 2026
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — Twelve staff members at a Dutch hospital treating a hantavirus-positive evacuee from the MV Hondius cruise ship are in ...
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Spaniard evacuated from cruise ship has hantavirus, says health ministry
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Spaniard evacuated from cruise ship has hantavirus, says health ministry
May 11, 2026
GRANADILLA DE ABONA, Spain (AFP) — A Spanish passenger evacuated from the disease-stricken MV Hondius cruise ship has tested positive for hantavirus b...
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Hantavirus crisis recommendations shared by WHO
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Hantavirus crisis recommendations shared by WHO
Dana Malcolm | Observer Online Reporter | Malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 11, 2026
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — A deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has spurred global concern over the potential spread of the virus among and ...
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Spain says final hantavirus ship evacuees to take plane to Netherlands
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Spain says final hantavirus ship evacuees to take plane to Netherlands
May 11, 2026
GRANADILLA DE ABONA, Spain (AFP) — The final 22 people to leave a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak will take a plane to the Netherlands...
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Hantavirus ship evacuees begin returning home
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Hantavirus ship evacuees begin returning home
May 10, 2026
GRANADILLA DE ABONA, Spain (AFP) — Occupants of a cruise ship struck by a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has sparked international alarm began arrivi...
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Canary Islands brace for arrival of hantavirus-hit cruise ship
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Canary Islands brace for arrival of hantavirus-hit cruise ship
May 9, 2026
GRANADILLA DE ABONA, Spain (AFP) — Speaking to reporters in Madrid, Spain's health and interior ministers insisted there would be "no contact" with th...
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US plans evacuation flight for Americans on hantavirus ship
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US plans evacuation flight for Americans on hantavirus ship
May 8, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States (US) said Friday it was organising an evacuation flight for Americans on a hantavirus-struck cruis...
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CARPHA urges caution even as hantavirus infection risk low in the Caribbean
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CARPHA urges caution even as hantavirus infection risk low in the Caribbean
May 8, 2026
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) says the risk of infection of the hantavirus is low in the ...
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WHO says hantavirus risk low as countries prep repatriation flights
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WHO says hantavirus risk low as countries prep repatriation flights
May 8, 2026
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP)—The World Health Organization's chief is due in the Spanish island of Tenerife to help coordinate the evacuation of passenge...
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Spain finds suspected hantavirus case from contact with victim
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Spain finds suspected hantavirus case from contact with victim
Unlikely case says Health Secretary
May 8, 2026
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Spanish authorities said Friday a woman had been tested for suspected hantavirus after travelling on the same flight as a Dutch ...
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St Kitts and Nevis citizen among passengers on Hantavirus affected cruise
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St Kitts and Nevis citizen among passengers on Hantavirus affected cruise
May 8, 2026
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) —  The St Kitts and Nevis Government says one citizen of the twin-island federation was among the passengers aboard the ves...
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WHO warns of more hantavirus cases in ‘limited’ outbreak
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WHO warns of more hantavirus cases in ‘limited’ outbreak
May 7, 2026
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday that more hantavirus cases could emerge after the disease killed three p...
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Five confirmed hantavirus cases from cruise ship, three suspected — WHO
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Five confirmed hantavirus cases from cruise ship, three suspected — WHO
WHO expects hantavirus outbreak to be 'limited', if health measures followed
May 7, 2026
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday there were now five confirmed hantavirus cases from the Atlantic cruise ...
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First hantavirus infection could not have been during cruise—WHO expert
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First hantavirus infection could not have been during cruise—WHO expert
May 6, 2026
GENEVA, Switzerland(AFP)—The first hantavirus case on the MV Hondius could not have been infected during the cruise, a World Health Organization exper...
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Hantavirus on the Hondius: What we know
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Hantavirus on the Hondius: What we know
May 6, 2026
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Three passengers have died on the cruise ship MV Hondius, and others have been taken ill following an outbreak of the rare...
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Suspected hantavirus cases to be evacuated from cruise ship
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Suspected hantavirus cases to be evacuated from cruise ship
May 5, 2026
PRAIA, Cape Verde (AFP)—Two seriously ill crew members on a cruise ship stricken by a deadly hantavirus outbreak will be evacuated via Cape Verde to t...
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WHO says two hantavirus cases confirmed, five suspected on cruise ship
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WHO says two hantavirus cases confirmed, five suspected on cruise ship
May 5, 2026
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP)—Two hantavirus cases have been confirmed and five others are suspected among people on a cruise ship stuck off Cape Verde, i...
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Spain says no decision taken on hantavirus cruise ship
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Spain says no decision taken on hantavirus cruise ship
May 5, 2026
MADRID, Spain (AFP)—Spain said on Tuesday it will not decide where to let a cruise ship with hantavirus cases dock until epidemiological data had been...
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Plane crashes while en route to Grand Bahama
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Jamaica’s hospitals, clinics saw over 2.75 million patient visits in 2025 – Tufton
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Jamaica’s hospitals, clinics saw over 2.75 million patient visits in 2025 – Tufton
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Jamaica's public health system saw 1,155,949 patient visits in hospitals and 1,596,871 patient visits in health centres in 2025 according the Minister...
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Land titling to be modernised under $1.42 billion Korea-Jamaica partnership
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Land titling to be modernised under $1.42 billion Korea-Jamaica partnership
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government of Jamaica has signed a new agreement launching a $1.42 billion project, funded by the Korea International Cooperat...
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Chinese women robbed, assaulted at Port Maria supermarket
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Chinese women robbed, assaulted at Port Maria supermarket
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ST MARY, Jamaica — Two Chinese women who operate a supermarket in Port Maria were robbed of an undetermined sum of cash and assaulted during an early ...
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