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01 Jul, 2026
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Barcelona, Monaco agree transfer deal for Ansu Fati
BARCELONA, Spain (AP):
Barcelona and Monaco have agreed a deal for former teen prodigy Ansu Fati to permanently leave the Spanish club.
Barcelona made the announcement yesterday without giving…
01 Jul, 2026
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Karate instructor takes aim at female empowerment
Sensei Nicole Hazle, who recently completed the Guardian Girls Karate Instructors’ Course Americas, hopes to use her achievement to make a difference in the lives of girls.
01 Jul, 2026
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Oakley to make pro debut at Prefontaine Classic
Quarter-miler Dejanea Oakley will make her professional debut at this weekend’s Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon, the ninth stop of the Wanda Diamond League.
The two-day meet, which starts on…
01 Jul, 2026
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Australia crush West Indies Women, storm into another T20 World Cup final
LONDON (AP):
Australia cruised into yet another Women’s Twenty20 World Cup final after hammering the West Indies by eight wickets at The Oval yesterday.
The West Indies made 125-7, and the…
01 Jul, 2026
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Lauryn Hill honoured, Janet Jackson stuns Teyana Taylor at BET Awards
LOS ANGELES (AP):
After watching a 20-minute tribute celebrating her groundbreaking career, Lauryn Hill surprised the BET Awards audience Sunday with an impromptu performance of her 1998 classic…
01 Jul, 2026
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Mark Berman | Sixty years and counting: Why Canada and Jamaica still choose each other
Every July, Canadians pause to ask a quiet question – not the grand patriotic kind, but the honest kind. How are we doing? Not just as a country, but as a people, as a partner, as a presence in the…
01 Jul, 2026
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Independence – A double-edged sword
THE EDITOR, Madam:
Independence transformed CARICOM members from neglected colonial outposts into self-governing nations with distinct global voices. Sovereignty enabled these states to shed…
01 Jul, 2026
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Urgent need for payment reform in Jamaica’s hospitals
THE EDITOR, Madam:
As a social worker in training, I am deeply concerned about a practice occurring in some of our local hospitals. I recently learned that, when a patient requires a computed…
01 Jul, 2026
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Letter of the Day | Educational apartheid is alive and well in Jamaica
THE EDITOR, Madam:
The reports from Ascot Primary School should trouble anyone who believes school is meant to lift a child rather than rank one. At the Portmore institution’s graduation, Grade Six…