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08 Sep, 2026
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Gordon Robinson | Afternoon delight
Two Fridays ago, JPS gifted my community a three hour power cut during the worst of the summer heat. While collecting my sweat in a bucket so The Old Ball and Chain could water her precious orchids, I…
08 Sep, 2026
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Letter of the Day | West Indies have found a gem in Shamar Joseph
THE EDITOR, Madam: West Indies has found a gem, one who could become the frontline fast bowler for West Indies for the next decade: Guyana’s Shamar Joseph. Joseph has many of the attributes we have…
08 Sep, 2026
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Remembering Rev Venice Guntley-McKenzie
THE EDITOR, Madam: The death of Rev Venice Guntley-McKenzie closes a chapter in the history of women, the Anglican Church and Christian ministry. Guntley-McKenzie was a pioneer before the word became…
08 Sep, 2026
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Michael Abrahams | What is PMOS/PCOS?
Recently, there have been many discussions in public spaces, including social media platforms, about polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, or PMOS (formerly known as polycystic ovary syndrome, or…
08 Sep, 2026
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Growth & Jobs | Businesses urged to prepare for hurricane aftermath
As the Atlantic hurricane season approaches its climatological peak of activity on September 10, businesses are being urged to prepare for the challenges that can emerge in the aftermath of a storm. …
08 Sep, 2026
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Inmates are running the asylum
THE EDITOR, Madam: Recently, I received an email outlining the criminal justice system in Singapore, with its enforcement of capital and corporal punishment and very strict drug laws. There were…
08 Sep, 2026
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Island Wedding | Dwayne and Dawna-Kay find love in the right aisle
A chance Black Friday encounter in May Pen put Dawna-Kay Williams and Dwayne Hylton in the same aisle. Nearly four years later, she walked down another aisle to meet him, this time as his bride.…
07 Sep, 2026
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For New York's Haitian community, annual West Indian American Day Parade means more in trying times
NEW YORK (AP) – Steel drums, flag-draped floats, and the smell of jerk chicken filled Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway on Monday, as hundreds of thousands turned out for the West Indian American Day…
07 Sep, 2026
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Jamaican leaders condemn violence at West Indian American Day Parade in Brooklyn
Jamaican community leaders in New York are condemning the violence that marred this year’s West Indian American Day Parade in Brooklyn, while calling for collective action to ensure the major…