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27 Jun, 2026
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STETHS to get Jamaica's first high school mechatronics and robotics lab
WESTERN BUREAU:
In addition to its traditional offerings, come September, St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) will expand its technical and vocational curriculum to include robotics, music…
27 Jun, 2026
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Dream Weekend expects up to 30,000 visitors to Montego Bay
WESTERN BUREAU:
Despite reduced hotel capacity following Hurricane Melissa, Dream Entertainment expects up to 30,000 visitors to descend on Montego Bay for this year's Dream Weekend, betting…
27 Jun, 2026
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Bigger than football
At least two of Jamaica’s national footballers support Belgian football star Jérémy Doku’s decision to leave his World Cup team camp in the United States to travel to London for the birth of his first…
26 Jun, 2026
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BUSTED - Five Jamaicans charged in big US sweepstakes fraud scheme
Five Jamaicans are among six people indicted in the United States (US) over an alleged multimillion-dollar sweepstakes fraud scheme that prosecutors say primarily targeted elderly Americans across the…
26 Jun, 2026
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Enrique Gomáriz Moraga | Concern over democracy in Latin America is rising
In the heat of recent electoral contests, accusations have proliferated among candidates that their opponents are undermining democracy. At the same time, several alarming reports on the state of…
26 Jun, 2026
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Tony Deyal | Beatles and Caribbean
I was very young and heard something called ‘Beatles’. When I found out it was not something to bite me, and hearing that it was changing the way they had a special music, I jumped into it and used my…
26 Jun, 2026
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Mr Samuda should provide details for transparency and accountability
THE EDITOR, Madam:
I am writing with reference to the article published in The Gleaner on June 24 regarding comments made by the Mr. Matthew Samuda at a post-Cabinet press briefing concerning the…
26 Jun, 2026
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Urgent need for payment reform in hospitals
THE EDITOR, Madam:
I am concerned about a practice in some of the local hospitals. I recently learned that when a patient requires a computed tomography (CT) scan, a family member must physically…
26 Jun, 2026
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Dreading the ‘heat dome’
THE EDITOR, Madam:
I am writing with reference to the news, ‘Europe bakes under 'heat dome'’, published on June 25. I was left feeling I could never again complain about the weather…