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Issam Asinga, a track and field competitor, is introduced at the annual awards for high school athletes on July 11, 2023 in Los Angeles.
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Asinga to serve four-year ban after CAS rejects appeal

PARAMARIBO, Suriname (CMC): Suriname sprinter Issamade Asinga will have to serve a four-year ban imposed by World Athletics after his appeal was denied by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on…
The organisations note that breastfeeding provides critical protection from infections, especially where safe water and sanitation is unavailable.
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PAHO and UNICEF say breast milk best following disasters; discourage donation of formula

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and UNICEF have strongly recommended that mothers breastfeed their babies in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, while discouraging humanitarian partners…
Pakistan’s Babar Azam bats during the second T20 cricket match between Pakistan and South Africa, in Lahore, Pakistan yesterday.
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Pakistan hammer South Africa

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP): Babar Azam broke Rohit Sharma’s record for most runs in men’s Twenty20s as Pakistan hammered South Africa by nine wickets and levelled their series yesterday. Saim Ayub returned…
Evan Thompson, principal director of the Meteorological Service of Jamaica.
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‘That would really surprise me’

Evan Thompson, principal director of the Meteorological Service of Jamaica, has scoffed at online conspiracy theories that the island’s recent hurricane was “manufactured”, declaring that such an idea…
Dr Christopher Tufton, minister of health and wellness.
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Tufton mobilises field hospitals to avert health crisis after Melissa devastation

Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says the Government is moving to deploy field hospitals across five western parishes after extensive damage to key medical facilities from Hurricane Melissa. …
Consultant Haematologist-Oncologist at Health Services Authority in the Cayman Islands, Dr Lundie Richards, with staff at the National Blood Transfusion Service (Blood Bank) in Jamaica. The country donated a supply of blood and plasma to Jamaica following
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Cayman donates supply of blood and plasma to Jamaica to help with Hurricane Melissa recovery

The Cayman Islands Blood Bank, operated by the Health Services Authority, has dispatched a critical donation of 51 units of red cells and 72 units of plasma to the National Blood Transfusion Service…
Damage to the Spur Tree main road in Manchester arising from Hurricane Melissa.
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NWA working to have all major roads reopened to at least single-lane by early next week

The National Works Agency (NWA) says it is making progress clearing blocked roads across the island, noting that up to Friday afternoon some 195 corridors were reported as being impassable due to…
The West Indies pose with the winners’ trophy after whitewashing Bangladesh in their T20I series.
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WI crush Bangladesh to seal series sweep

CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh (CMC): The West Indies did not even need the services of their inspirational skipper Shai Hope to complete a series whitewash of Bangladesh in the third and final T20I here…
The cutest snapshot of the two African spurred tortoises being wheeled back to their enclosure.
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GoodHeart | Hope and heart at the zoo after Hurricane Melissa

As Jamaicans across the island rally to support one another in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, which hit the country on Tuesday, the team at Hope Zoo in St Andrew has turned their attention to…