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28 Aug, 2026
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Jamaica wins bronze at international AI Olympiad
Seventeen-year-old Campion College student Matthew Williams has earned a bronze medal at the International Olympiad of AI (IOAI), held recently in Astana, Kazakhstan. Held under the patronage of the…
28 Aug, 2026
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No lockout for grooming breaches, ministry tells schools
WESTERN BUREAU: Students who turn up at school in breach of grooming or uniform rules must still be allowed through the school gates, with the Ministry of Education insisting that disciplinary…
28 Aug, 2026
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Nvidia beats Wall Street, outlook on track to beat US$100b in current quarter
Nvidia’s latest quarterly results once again blew past Wall Street’s expectations as revenue for the computer chip company’s high-end artificial intelligence (AI) chips soared, the latest sign that AI…
28 Aug, 2026
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MFS targets top-line growth after acquiring stationery supplier
MFS Capital Partners Limited expects its latest acquisition to do more than diversify earnings. The Junior Market company said the purchase of Century Business Machines Limited (CBM) will add a new…
28 Aug, 2026
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Kristen Gyles | Beaches are free ... almost everywhere else in the Caribbean
Right now, at the beach behind one of Jamaica’s most prominent hotels, a hotel guest is about to bump into the floating boundary marker in the water, put there to prevent them from straying on to the…
28 Aug, 2026
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Derrimon suit progresses over New York roof collapse
Trading conglome-rate Derrimon Trading Company Limited said it wants to recover the full cost of its New York investment, along with lost opportunity over the period, but stopped short of revealing a…
28 Aug, 2026
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Peter Espeut | One-sided treaties and reciprocity
And so, two weeks ago (August 12), Jamaica’s Minister of National Security and Peace, Dr Horace Chang, signed a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth…
28 Aug, 2026
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Deere posts first profit gain in three years, raises outlook
Deere & Company, one of the world’s largest farm and construction equipment manufacturers, posted its first year-over-year profit increase since 2023, driven by surging demand for construction…
28 Aug, 2026
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‘Rules are rules’ is precisely the problem
THE EDITOR, Madam: We are calling on Education Minister Senator Dana Morris Dixon to reconsider her assertion that “rules are rules”, in light of her recent position that parents should not be…