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06 Oct, 2026
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Growth & Jobs | Caribbean port leaders bring home European lessons on shore power, electrification and port investment
ANTWERP, Belgium: Port leaders from six Caribbean countries have identified potential priorities for cleaner, more resilient and more competitive operations following a five-day study visit to three…
06 Oct, 2026
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Growth & Jobs | UWI Venture Competition expands beyond the pitch with AI training and international
The Vincent HoSang UWI Venture Competition is broadening its focus this year, with artificial intelligence training, an international mentor pool and continued post-competition business support aimed…
06 Oct, 2026
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Gordon Robinson | The essence of identification
In Apocrypha, our favourite Fantasyland beyond the stars where all politicians are friends and Oma D’unn solves political dilemmas by parable, Government’s slavery reparations strategy came under…
06 Oct, 2026
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Michael Abrahams | The hidden toll of childhood sexual abuse
Last month, two news reports deeply disturbed me. The first was about the rape of a 10-year-old girl. The incident took place one morning when, after alighting from a taxi at the entrance to a housing…
06 Oct, 2026
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Growth & Jobs | Supplies4Students puts textbooks in hands of 19 hurricane-affected students
For 19 students in western Jamaica, returning to the classroom after Hurricane Melissa has become a little easier, thanks to a student-led initiative that raised almost J$400,000 to purchase textbooks…
06 Oct, 2026
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Letter of the Day | Speak out against corruption!
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing in support of Dr Dwayne Vernon’s commentary, ‘Trust deficit: Corruption, good governance and the way forward’. His central warning is correct: corruption corrodes the…
06 Oct, 2026
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Let’s not get tone deaf to killings
THE EDITOR, Madam: The aftermath of the Lindsay Clancy case, with some women in the United States now insisting that they have the right to kill their children, reminded me of an incident that Os…
06 Oct, 2026
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Something Extra | Tuesday
It was an avant-garde affair on Saturday evening as the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association hosted its much-anticipated annual M&E Awards at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.…
06 Oct, 2026
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Growth & Jobs | Know your credit score before you need it, JN Foundation urges
For many Jamaicans, their credit score may be just a three-digit number they rarely think about until they need a loan, want to finance a major purchase or seek credit to grow a business. The JN…