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Death toll rises to 16 in Sydney beach shooting — police
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Death toll rises to 16 in Sydney beach shooting — police
December 14 03:23 PM
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Sixteen people were killed and at least 40 others injured in a shooting at a Jewish festival celebration at Australia's Bond...
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Aventa Jamaica leads Medical Mission in Belmont, Westmoreland
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Aventa Jamaica leads Medical Mission in Belmont, Westmoreland
December 14 03:08 PM
 WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — In the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, Aventa Jamaica Limited led a medical outreach on Saturday, Decemb...
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Jamaican fishermen jailed in Cayman for drug smuggling
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Jamaican fishermen jailed in Cayman for drug smuggling
December 14 02:48 PM
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (CMC) —Two Jamaican fishermen caught with more than 167lbs of marijuana on a boat south of the Cayman Islands earlier this...
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Richard King nets Euro trophy after stunning St Mirren Premier Sports Cup win
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Richard King nets Euro trophy after stunning St Mirren Premier Sports Cup win
December 14 02:06 PM
Reggae Boyz defender Richard King won his first major trophy in European football after St Mirren beat Scottish giants Celtic 3-1 in the Premier Sport...
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Man City smash Palace to fire title warning, Villa extend streak
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Man City smash Palace to fire title warning, Villa extend streak
December 14 12:49 PM
LONDON, United States (AFP) — Manchester City thumped Crystal Palace 3-0 on Sunday to move back to within two points of Premier League leaders Arsenal...
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AuGD flags poor oversight of Gov’t-issued credit card at Parliament
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AuGD flags poor oversight of Gov’t-issued credit card at Parliament
December 14 12:41 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Auditor General’s Department (AuGD) has flagged weaknesses in the oversight of a Government-funded credit card by the Houses o...
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KSAMC making preparations for orderly Christmas
December 14 12:36 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —  Vendors and taxi drivers operating under the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) are being asked to assist in ma...
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Gleaner CEO Anthony Smith passes
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Gleaner CEO Anthony Smith passes
December 14 12:31 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Chief Executive Officer of the RJRGleaner Communications Group Anthony Smith has died. The group announced that Smith died Sunday ...
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December 10, 2025
COPENHAGEN, Denmark—A sperm donor, who is an asymptomatic carrier of a genetic mutation increasing the risk of cancer, was used to conceive nearly 200...
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High blood pressure leads to surprise prostate cancer diagnosis
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High blood pressure leads to surprise prostate cancer diagnosis
Carlysia Ramdeen Online Reporter ramdeenc@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 30, 2025
In early 2025, Gregory White’s blood pressure spiked after spraying pesticide. It prompted him to visit the doctor, a trip that may have ended up savi...
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Producer Ajal loses battle with cancer
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Producer Ajal loses battle with cancer
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
September 24, 2025
United States (US) based Jamaican-born producer Rayon Lee Barclay, better known in dancehall and reggae music circles as Producer Ajal, lost his battl...
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WHO updates list of essential medicines to include key cancer, diabetes treatments
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WHO updates list of essential medicines to include key cancer, diabetes treatments
September 8, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (CMC) – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday released updated editions of its Model Lists of Essential Medicines (EML) an...
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Workplace policy must be friendlier to cancer patients, says Ingleton
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Workplace policy must be friendlier to cancer patients, says Ingleton
BY DANA MALCOLM Observer Online Reporter Jol.malcolmd@gmail.com 
August 27, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — With the pressure that a cancer diagnosis places on employees, workplaces must stand ready to support rather than shun them, says ...
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‘In memory of mommy’: Sun City Radio CEO pledges platform to support cancer
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‘In memory of mommy’: Sun City Radio CEO pledges platform to support cancer
BY DANA MALCOLM Observer Online Reporter Jol.malcolmd@gmail.com 
August 27, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — After watching his strong, lively mother deteriorate following a cancer diagnosis, Steve Billings, chief executive officer (CEO) o...
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‘Caught in Providence’ Judge Frank Caprio dead at 88
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‘Caught in Providence’ Judge Frank Caprio dead at 88
August 20, 2025
Reality Television star and municipal Judge Frank Caprio has died after an extended illness. “Judge Frank Caprio passed away peacefully at the age of ...
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Liver cancer to double worldwide, most of it preventable — study
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Liver cancer to double worldwide, most of it preventable — study
July 28, 2025
PARIS, France (AFP) — The number of people with liver cancer will nearly double worldwide by 2050 unless more is done to address preventable causes su...
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Former MTV VJ Ananda Lewis dead at 52 after cancer battle
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June 11, 2025
UNITED STATES — Former MTV star Ananda Lewis, known for hosting talk shows and interviewing superstars in the 90s, has died at age 52 after a years-lo...
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Trump fuels Biden cancer cover-up claims
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Trump fuels Biden cancer cover-up claims
May 19, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump fueled speculation Monday that Joe Biden's cancer diagnosis was covered up, saying he was ...
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King Charles writes to Biden after cancer diagnosis
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King Charles writes to Biden after cancer diagnosis
May 19, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom — King Charles III has written to Joe Biden expressing support after the former US president was diagnosed with an aggressive f...
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Joe Biden thanks supporters for ‘love’ after cancer diagnosis
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Joe Biden thanks supporters for ‘love’ after cancer diagnosis
May 19, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Joe Biden expressed his gratitude to Americans on Monday for their "love and support" after the former US president ...
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King Charles back to work after ‘minor bump’ in cancer treatment
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King Charles back to work after ‘minor bump’ in cancer treatment
April 1, 2025
London, United Kingdom (AFP)—King Charles III on Tuesday carried out his first public engagement since a short spell in hospital last week for side ef...
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UK’s King Charles cancels appointments after cancer treatment ‘side effects’
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UK’s King Charles cancels appointments after cancer treatment ‘side effects’
March 27, 2025
London, United Kingdom (AFP)—Britain's King Charles III on Thursday was forced to cancel his appointments for the rest of the day and Friday after suf...
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UWI Research Day to feature groundbreaking prostate cancer research
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UWI Research Day to feature groundbreaking prostate cancer research
March 13, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Innovatory prostate cancer research by a Jamaican scientist specifically focused on black men will take centre stage at the Univer...
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WHO launches plan for free child cancer medicines
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WHO launches plan for free child cancer medicines
February 11, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization on Tuesday launched a new platform providing cost-free cancer medicines for thousands of chi...
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Patrick Casserly, pioneering figure of Jamaica’s BPO sector, dies at 58
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Patrick Casserly, pioneering figure of Jamaica’s BPO sector, dies at 58
January 15, 2025
Patrick Casserly, a pioneer in the local business process outsourcing (BPO) sector, has died. The entrepreneur passed away on Wednesday at the Cornwal...
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Cancer care equipment commissioned into service at National Public Health Laboratory
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Cancer care equipment commissioned into service at National Public Health Laboratory
January 15, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A new state-of-the-art immunohistochemistry (IHC) machine, installed at the National Public Health Laboratory in Kingston, was com...
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US bans red food dye over possible cancer risk— health authorities
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US bans red food dye over possible cancer risk— health authorities
January 15, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)— Outgoing US President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday announced a ban on Red Dye No 3, a controversial food a...
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Cancer patient scarred by ’emotional wound’; psychiatrist urges collaborative approach to treatment
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Julian Richardson | Online Content Manager 
November 1, 2024
Radiation therapy is an important and effective tool in cancer treatment, but it can take a burdensome toll on one’s mental health, with up to 50 per ...
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Decades ago after completing my internship, I opted to stay on in the general surgery service at the type B hospital that I had come to call home. Dur...
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Terminally ill cancer patient sentenced to prison for sex crime in Trinidad
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Terminally ill cancer patient sentenced to prison for sex crime in Trinidad
October 2, 2024
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) -A High Court judge in Trinidad has sentenced a 79-year-old man, who is suffering from stage four esophageal cancer to f...
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Death toll rises to 16 in Sydney beach shooting — police
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Death toll rises to 16 in Sydney beach shooting — police
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SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Sixteen people were killed and at least 40 others injured in a shooting at a Jewish festival celebration at Australia's Bond...
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Aventa Jamaica leads Medical Mission in Belmont, Westmoreland
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Aventa Jamaica leads Medical Mission in Belmont, Westmoreland
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 WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — In the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, Aventa Jamaica Limited led a medical outreach on Saturday, Decemb...
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Jamaican fishermen jailed in Cayman for drug smuggling
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (CMC) —Two Jamaican fishermen caught with more than 167lbs of marijuana on a boat south of the Cayman Islands earlier this...
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Richard King nets Euro trophy after stunning St Mirren Premier Sports Cup win
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Richard King nets Euro trophy after stunning St Mirren Premier Sports Cup win
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Man City smash Palace to fire title warning, Villa extend streak
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