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06 Sep, 2026
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Parents urged to protect children’s health as new school year begins
Health Promotion and Education Officer for Westmoreland, Gerald Miller, is urging parents to take proactive measures to protect their children’s health as the 2026/27 academic year gets under way. He…
06 Sep, 2026
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Months after Venezuela earthquakes, a family refuses to give up search for their missing relative
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Antonella Molina, her nephew Pedro Molina and a group of friends set out at 8:00 a.m. on a recent Saturday, hands full of flyers, walking carefully through the rubble that…
06 Sep, 2026
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Electrifying Evolution: The Porsche Cayenne EV
My first time reviewing a Porsche Cayenne was back in 2018, and the engineering felt superb, utilising an electric steering setup that went precisely where you pointed it. Since its initial…
06 Sep, 2026
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Civil rights groups urge a halt to South Africa data centres boom amid water and power fears
South African civil rights groups are calling for a halt to the construction of additional data centres in the country until the use of scarce water, land and electricity resources has been…
06 Sep, 2026
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Cassandra Wilson, 2-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, dies at 70
NEW YORK (AP): Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, songwriter, and producer, has died. She was 70. Dubbed America’s best singer by Time magazine in 2001, Wilson was best…
06 Sep, 2026
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Yaneek Page | BPO Transition: Balancing Investor Realities with Economic Necessity
In May 2024, I issued a stark warning in this column: Jamaica was standing directly in the pathway of a technology-driven economic tremor. I cautioned that our heavy national reliance on outsourced…
06 Sep, 2026
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Barita upgraded by rating agency
Barita Investments Ltd has been upgraded one notch by regional ratings agency CariCRIS, lifting the brokerage into the top creditworthiness band available to Jamaican obligors and putting it a step…
06 Sep, 2026
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US issues sanctions on Turkish bank that it calls a ‘critical financial lifeline’ for Iran
The Trump administration announced Friday that it has imposed sanctions on a Turkish financial institution as part of its latest effort to sever “critical financial lifelines” for the Iranian…
06 Sep, 2026
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Flock surveillance cameras become midterm campaign target as voters balk at tech companies’ power
Wisconsin’s candidates for governor want to limit them while Pennsylvania’s say they support a ban. A Michigan congressional candidate called them “un-American.” A Florida Senate candidate is selling…