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02 Aug, 2026
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Jamaica’s island flavours to ignite Beijing - Montego Bay chef to serve up Independence fare in China
WESTERN BUREAU: Executive Chef Maurice Mullings will take Jamaican cuisine to China this week, leading the island’s first official food festival in Beijing as Jamaica celebrates its 64th anniversary…
02 Aug, 2026
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The transfer race - Parents spend thousands chasing preferred high schools as other institutions struggle with empty classrooms
When St Catherine mother T.K. Gentles* handed over $3,500 to secure a transfer for her son to Cumberland High School, she knew the money did not guarantee success. But for her, it was a risk worth…
02 Aug, 2026
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Schools in race against time - Despite damage delays, principals expect grade seven intakes to hold steady
WESTERN BUREAU: While some administrators of Hurricane Melissa-battered schools don’t anticipate any major shifts in numbers in their customary intake of new students for the upcoming academic year,…
02 Aug, 2026
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Pothole pain - Motorists pay hefty bills as repairs keep returning
Ruel Hudson is a jack of all trades. He also sometimes operates as a taxi driver, using his Subaru Imprezza to earn an income. That work comes at a steep cost. A regular visitor to his mechanic in…
02 Aug, 2026
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Fixing roads or repeating the cycle?
As the Government undertakes its $45-billion Shared Prosperity through Accelerated Improvement to our Road Network (SPARK) programme, questions are being raised about whether road repairs and…
02 Aug, 2026
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Gabriel Agbo | The bones will rise again!
Your dream is coming back to life! Every part of your life will be healed today. Yes, the bones will rise again! What could be more lifeless, ashen, and hopeless than the dry bones in the valley…
02 Aug, 2026
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Sean Major Campbell | Celebrate with gratitude and hope
We again celebrate this wonderful season when we bring focus to Emancipation and Independence. The word ‘Emancipendence’ has crept into our vocabulary. Understandably so because of convenience.…
02 Aug, 2026
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Dwight Fletcher | If you could go back ... would you?
If you were given one chance to go back in time and change a single moment in your life, would you take it? This week, as we celebrate Emancipation Day and Independence Day, it’s natural for us to…
02 Aug, 2026
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Yaakov Raskin | Loving and fearing – What the fisherman knows about G-d
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” President Franklin D. Roosevelt uttered these words, which is arguably the best-known political quote in American history.