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23 Oct, 2026
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SHAKE-UP FOR SCHOOL BOARDS - Independent directors to get pay in new pilot; ministry to target skills, performance
In a push to strengthen governance across Jamaica’s school system, the Ministry of Education is moving to recruit board members based on schools’ specific needs and introduce payment for independent…
23 Oct, 2026
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MoBay mayor commits to date for Jarrett Park completion
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon says restoration work at the western city’s iconic Jarrett Park, one of several sporting facilities ravaged by Hurricane Melissa last October, will be…
23 Oct, 2026
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Designer Earl ‘Biggie’ Turner spices up Mouttet Mile’s ‘Dancehall Glam’
Similar to his pieces, donned since the mid-1980s by dancehall royalty, such as Grammy-winning Shabba Ranks and Miss Jamaica World contestants, Earl ‘Biggie’ Turner has proven timeless, sought by…
23 Oct, 2026
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Western businesses urged to get aboard NaRRA train
WESTERN BUREAU: Western Jamaica’s business community is being urged to position itself for what could become the largest infrastructure spending programme in the country’s history, with NCB Capital…
23 Oct, 2026
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Diotima, Ferragamo spotted on red carpets
Actress Whitney Peak wore a design by Jamaican designer Rachel Scott’s Diotima at the 2026 Academy Museum Gala last Saturday. Sarah Paulson, Andrew Garfield and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II also stepped out…
23 Oct, 2026
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Movie Review | ‘Clayface’ arrives as a pretty good revenge thriller-horror romance
Someone rather bluntly popped up on X recently to ask Hollywood writer-producer James Gunn a pointed — and here sanitised — question: “Who asked for a ‘Clayface’ movie??” Gunn, the guy behind the…
23 Oct, 2026
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Deportations fall short of White House target
WASHINGTON (AP): President Donald Trump’s administration is on track to deport about 660,000 people over the past year, a new report released yesterday shows, as arrests ramp up across the country…
23 Oct, 2026
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Two European women freed after 18 months in captivity
NIAMEY (AP): Two women from Austria and Switzerland have been freed in Niger after spending more than a year and a half in captivity, officials and local media reported Thursday. The Austrian woman,…
23 Oct, 2026
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President launches mission to rescue four soldiers kidnapped in Haiti
SAN SALVADOR (AP): El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele said Wednesday he had launched a military operation to rescue four Salvadoran aviation technicians kidnapped by gangs in Haiti, warning of a…