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Nickyle Ellis bags brace as Racing whip Cavalier 4-1
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Nickyle Ellis bags brace as Racing whip Cavalier 4-1
December 14 08:48 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Nickyle Ellis scored a first half brace as Racing United beat defending champions Cavalier 4-1 in their Jamaica Premier League fir...
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Cindy Rose wins 800m at US college meet
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Cindy Rose wins 800m at US college meet
December 14 07:27 PM
Former Holmwood Technical star Cindy Rose won the women’s 800m at the Iowa State University Holiday Invitational on Friday for her first win as a US c...
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Keith and Tex still flying flag for rocksteady
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Keith and Tex still flying flag for rocksteady
December 14 07:17 PM
With 2026 marking the 60th year since the birth of rocksteady, not many of that genre’s stars are still around. Keith and Tex, who had several hit son...
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US court convicts former USVI director in landmark bribery scandal
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US court convicts former USVI director in landmark bribery scandal
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, US Virgin Islands (CMC) – A United States (US) federal jury has convicted the former Director of the US Virgin Islands Office of Man...
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Hero who disarmed Bondi beach shooter identified as fruit vendor
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Hero who disarmed Bondi beach shooter identified as fruit vendor
December 14 03:55 PM
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australians are hailing a "hero" whose daring struggle with a gunman Sunday led to the disarming of an attacker during the c...
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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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Caribbean countries urged to provide more funding for health sector
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Caribbean countries urged to provide more funding for health sector
December 12, 2025
WASHINGTON,United States (CMC)—The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is urging countries in the Americas, including the Caribbean, to strengthen...
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Caribbean countries urged to be prepared as region enters increased influenza season
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Caribbean countries urged to be prepared as region enters increased influenza season
December 9, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is urging countries in the Americas, including the Caribbean, to adjust ...
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PAHO launches tool to improve care for women who survive sexual violence
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PAHO launches tool to improve care for women who survive sexual violence
December 5, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched a rapid assessment tool to improve care for women survivors...
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PAHO urges Caribbean to strengthen response to HIV
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PAHO urges Caribbean to strengthen response to HIV
November 29, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) on Friday urged countries of the Americas, including the Caribbean, to s...
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Parottee residents plead for mental health support
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Parottee residents plead for mental health support
November 20, 2025
Residents of Parottee in St Elizabeth are urgently calling for mental-health assistance for neighbours still struggling emotionally in the aftermath o...
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PAHO scales up emergency health response across the Caribbean following Hurricane Melissa
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PAHO scales up emergency health response across the Caribbean following Hurricane Melissa
November 8, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says it has activated its emergency coordination and response mechanisms...
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PAHO urges governments to do more to deal with malaria cases
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PAHO urges governments to do more to deal with malaria cases
November 6, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Thursday called on governments and other stakeholders in the Americas to...
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PAHO urges Caribbean to ensure the region remains polio-free
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PAHO urges Caribbean to ensure the region remains polio-free
October 24, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is observing World Polio Day on Friday, urging the Americas, including t...
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PAHO releases new guidelines to help combat vaccine misinformation
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PAHO releases new guidelines to help combat vaccine misinformation
October 8, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) has launched new guidelines designed to support health workers and other...
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PAHO launches new initiative to deal with high rate of NCDs
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PAHO launches new initiative to deal with high rate of NCDs
October 1, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – Health authorities from across the Americas, including the Caribbean, Wednesday approved a new 2025–2030 Action Plan...
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PAHO calls for safe care for all newborns and children
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PAHO calls for safe care for all newborns and children
September 17, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) on Wednesday said that in 2020, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) re...
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PAHO launches award honouring late Jamaican veterinarian
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PAHO launches award honouring late Jamaican veterinarian
September 5, 2025
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched the Suzan McLennon-Miguel Caribbean Antimicrobial Resistance (AM...
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PAHO calls for strengthened vaccination and surveillance amid antibiotic-resistant pertussis in the region
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PAHO calls for strengthened vaccination and surveillance amid antibiotic-resistant pertussis in the region
August 26, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has reiterated the importance of strengthening vaccination and surveilla...
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PAHO signs cooperation strategy with Caricom
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PAHO signs cooperation strategy with Caricom
July 23, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Director of the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), Dr Jarbas Barbosa, is ending a three-day visit to Guyana on We...
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Caribbean countries to benefit from new PAHO agreement
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Caribbean countries to benefit from new PAHO agreement
July 9, 2025
WASHINGTON (CMC) -Caribbean countries are to benefit from the renewed agreement between the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Bloomberg Phil...
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PAHO strengthens birth defect surveillance with interactive regional repository
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PAHO strengthens birth defect surveillance with interactive regional repository
June 26, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched the Birth Defects Repository in the Americas, an interactiv...
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PAHO says voluntary blood donation rises in Latin America, Caribbean, but challenges remain
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PAHO says voluntary blood donation rises in Latin America, Caribbean, but challenges remain
June 13, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says while new data suggests progress in voluntary blood donation across...
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Jamaica invites fellow PAHO members to join wellness journey
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Jamaica invites fellow PAHO members to join wellness journey
June 2, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica has invited fellow members of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to join the country on its wellness journey. The...
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PAHO warns risk of yellow fever remains high
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PAHO warns risk of yellow fever remains high
May 28, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has issued a new Rapid Risk Assessment (RRA) on yellow fever in the Amer...
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PAHO wants more done to tackle hypertension in the Caribbean
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PAHO wants more done to tackle hypertension in the Caribbean
May 17, 2025
WASHINGTON (CMC) – The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) has called for more to be done at the primary health care level to tackle hypertension ...
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PAHO calls for strengthened mosquito surveillance, vector control in the Caribbean
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PAHO calls for strengthened mosquito surveillance, vector control in the Caribbean
May 11, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr Jarbas Barbosa, is urging ministries of health in th...
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New report reveals 14 countries in the Americas face health worker shortages
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New report reveals 14 countries in the Americas face health worker shortages
April 30, 2025
WASHINGTON (CMC) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Wednesday said that at least 14 out of the 39 countries in the Americas, including the ...
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