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19 Sep, 2025
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Mudslides trap drivers, bury roads and damage homes in southern California
OAK GLEN, California (AP) — Mudslides and debris flows knocked down trees, ploughed into homes and trapped drivers for 10 hours after several Southern California communities were hit by heavy rain,…
19 Sep, 2025
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GDSS prepping for succession
After five decades at the helm of one of Jamaica’s private and community-rooted waste management companies, Dorothea Gordon-Smith is preparing to hand over the reins of Garbage Disposal &…
19 Sep, 2025
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Dream House | Inside India House: Diplomacy meets culture in St Andrew
We marvel at the unforgettable richness of a civilisation more than 5,000 years old – India, a country of nearly 1.5 billion people that has long been a source of adventure, romance, and spiritual…
19 Sep, 2025
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Nutramix donates canteen, poultry house to Baxter’s Mountain Primary
The Baxter’s Mountain Primary School family in St. Mary is celebrating new opportunities after a canteen, tuck shop, and poultry house populated with 150 ready-to- lay hens were donated by feed brand…
19 Sep, 2025
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Five shot in Portsmouth, one fatally
Police in the St Catherine South division are searching for hoodlums who fatally shot one man and wounded four others in the Portsmouth community in Portmore on Thursday night. Dead is 19-year-old …
19 Sep, 2025
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Mandatory prostate cancer screening unlikely, says medical officer
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Romario Hart, the medical officer of health at the St Catherine Health Department, says that while men should be proactive in getting regular prostate cancer screenings, he does not…
19 Sep, 2025
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Olive Senior launches second novel at UWI
“My writing is my life,” Olive Senior, one of Jamaica’s most celebrated writers, told the packed Library Multifunctional Room at The University of the West Indies, Mona, on Thursday evening. In the…
19 Sep, 2025
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All hail the ‘Queens’
NEW YORK (AP): Patti LaBelle didn’t envision a six-decade career when she entered the music business at 14 years old. But 67 years later, she doesn’t take it for granted, acknowledging the fragility…
19 Sep, 2025
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Diaspora group awards $107,000 in scholarships
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Twenty-six students of Jamaican heritage attending Howard University were awarded scholarships totalling US$107,000 at the Jamaica Howard University Affinity Network’s (JHUAN)…