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No escaping heat
Strengthening El Niño to keep Jamaica sweltering into next year
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July 12 12:20 AM
No escaping heat
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Brilliant Bellingham!
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Brilliant Bellingham!
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Cabbies caught red-handed
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July 12 12:18 AM
Cabbies caught red-handed
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A touch of classical infusion!
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• Western Jamaica musical future takes centre stage • $300,000 in tuition grants awarded to aspiring music teachers
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Is Jamaica shaking more?
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July 12 12:14 AM
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Norway rue mistakes in heartbreaking World Cup loss to England
July 12 12:12 AM
Tuchel relieved as Bellingham leads ‘lucky’ England into World Cup semi-finals
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Phasing Purposeful Design
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Phasing Purposeful Design
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Phasing Purposeful Design
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Noskova survives tearful meltdown to win first Wimbledon title
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Noskova survives tearful meltdown to win first Wimbledon title
July 12 12:10 AM
Noskova survives tearful meltdown to win first Wimbledon title
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NHF expands mammogram subsidy to include high-risk women and men
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NHF expands mammogram subsidy to include high-risk women and men
July 2, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Health Fund (NHF) has expanded its NHFCard programme to provide an annual $3,000 mammogram subsidy for high-risk wome...
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Track coach Stephen Francis battling health issue in hospital
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Track coach Stephen Francis battling health issue in hospital
June 30, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Co-founder and Technical Director of the MVP Track & Field Club, Stephen Francis, is receiving medical treatment in hospital, the ...
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Ebola outbreak in DR Congo spreads to fourth province
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Ebola outbreak in DR Congo spreads to fourth province
June 29, 2026
KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) — A deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to a fourth province, meaning the country's entire n...
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Doctor returning from DR Congo tests positive for Ebola in France; contact tracing underway
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Doctor returning from DR Congo tests positive for Ebola in France; contact tracing underway
June 24, 2026
PARIS, France (AFP) — French health authorities have launched contact-tracing efforts after confirming the country's first case of Ebola on Wednesday,...
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Kenya halts US Ebola facility, health minister tells court
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Kenya halts US Ebola facility, health minister tells court
June 23, 2026
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — Kenya has ordered a halt to preparations for a United States (US) run Ebola quarantine facility, the health minister told a cou...
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Woman files lawsuit against Barbados gov’t over COVID-19 vaccine
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June 22, 2026
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — A woman has filed a lawsuit against the Barbados Government alleging that she has suffered serious health complications a...
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Kenya health minister in contempt over US Ebola site, says court
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Kenya health minister in contempt over US Ebola site, says court
June 22, 2026
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — Kenya's high court found the country's health minister in contempt on Monday over the continued construction of an Ebola facili...
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PAHO member states agree on key decisions to strengthen Caribbean health
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PAHO member states agree on key decisions to strengthen Caribbean health
June 21, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says the 178th Session of its Executive Committee has concluded after fo...
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Ebola spreading ‘fast’ in DR Congo, warns WHO
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Ebola spreading ‘fast’ in DR Congo, warns WHO
June 19, 2026
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The fatal Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading rapidly, the World Health Organization (WHO) war...
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Tufton to sign accountability framework with four regional health authorities
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Tufton to sign accountability framework with four regional health authorities
June 16, 2026
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has revealed that a formal signing ceremony for the recently introduced account...
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Dr Dawes calls for end to ‘patch and pray’ approach to surgical infrastructure collapse
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Dr Dawes calls for end to ‘patch and pray’ approach to surgical infrastructure collapse
June 15, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Opposition Spokesman on Health and Wellness, Dr Alfred Dawes, on Monday called for urgent and decisive action to address what he d...
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MSF warns of ‘dangerous gaps’ in Ebola response in DR Congo
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MSF warns of ‘dangerous gaps’ in Ebola response in DR Congo
June 15, 2026
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — "Dangerous gaps" remain in efforts to rein in an Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 180 people in the Democratic Rep...
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WHO, Africa CDC launch US$518m plan to combat Ebola outbreak
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WHO, Africa CDC launch US$518m plan to combat Ebola outbreak
June 5, 2026
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization (WHO) and the African Union's public health agency launched a US$518-million joint plan on F...
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Kenya health minister says US Ebola quarantine centre will proceed
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Kenya health minister says US Ebola quarantine centre will proceed
June 3, 2026
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — Kenya's health minister said on Wednesday that the United States (US) funded quarantine centre would proceed, days after deadly...
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WHO warns Ebola had ‘big head-start’ but response ‘catching up’
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WHO warns Ebola had ‘big head-start’ but response ‘catching up’
June 3, 2026
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Wednesday that the Ebola outbreak confirmed to have killed 61 people in central...
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Spanish mayor bans DR Congo pre-World Cup game due to Ebola fears
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Spanish mayor bans DR Congo pre-World Cup game due to Ebola fears
June 2, 2026
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — A pre-World Cup friendly involving the Democratic Republic of Congo has been cancelled by the mayor of the Spanish town hosting ...
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Two killed in Kenya protests over US Ebola centre — rights group
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Two killed in Kenya protests over US Ebola centre — rights group
June 2, 2026
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — Two people died during protests over a contested Ebola quarantine centre for United States (US) citizens in Kenya, a rights gro...
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Africa CDC says over 1,100 suspected Ebola cases in DR Congo and Uganda
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Africa CDC says over 1,100 suspected Ebola cases in DR Congo and Uganda
May 31, 2026
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — More than 1,100 people were suspected of having contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring Uganda, t...
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Two patients with Ebola-like symptoms in isolation in Brazil
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Two patients with Ebola-like symptoms in isolation in Brazil
May 31, 2026
BRASÍLIA, Brazil (AFP) — Two patients who recently arrived in Brazil from African countries have been put in isolation after showing symptoms linked t...
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Belize tightens border surveillance in light of Ebola virus
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Belize tightens border surveillance in light of Ebola virus
May 31, 2026
BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC) — The Government of Belize is urging individuals who have recently travelled from Ebola-affected regions, particularly in East ...
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WHO chief arrives at epicentre of DRC’s Ebola outbreak
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WHO chief arrives at epicentre of DRC’s Ebola outbreak
May 30, 2026
BUNIA, DR Congo (AFP) — The World Health Organization's (WHO) Director General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, landed on Saturday in the eastern Democrat...
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Ministry of Health launches Park Walker Initiative for Older Adults in St James
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Ministry of Health launches Park Walker Initiative for Older Adults in St James
May 29, 2026
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Hundreds of senior citizens turned out at Harmony Beach Park in St James on Friday for the launch of the Ministry of Health and We...
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No escaping heat
Strengthening El Niño to keep Jamaica sweltering into next year
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
July 12, 2026
No escaping heat
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Brilliant Bellingham!
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Brilliant Bellingham!
July 12, 2026
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Cabbies caught red-handed
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Cabbies caught red-handed
Hundreds of operators’ vehicles seized for overcharging, operating contrary to licence
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
July 12, 2026
Cabbies caught red-handed
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A touch of classical infusion!
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A touch of classical infusion!
• Western Jamaica musical future takes centre stage • $300,000 in tuition grants awarded to aspiring music teachers
July 12, 2026
A touch of classical infusion!
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Is Jamaica shaking more?
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Is Jamaica shaking more?
Experts say Jamaica’s 15 felt earthquakes reflect more reporting
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
July 12, 2026
Is Jamaica shaking more?
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