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Gail Abrahams, corporate communications executive and author, speaking at the WeCAN Presents: ‘Becoming a Better You: Real Talk on Perimenopause, Menopause & PCOS’, hosted by Red Stripe on August 21.
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Keeping your edge through menopause

Perimenopause and menopause do not stop at the office door. Changes in sleep, energy, concentration and mood can follow women into the workplace, sometimes affecting how they navigate meetings,…
Letters
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Millions wasted by gov’t on long leases for buildings

THE EDITOR, Madam: Jamaica cannot keep wasting taxpayers’ money on long‑term leases that deliver nothing. Two recent cases from Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) show exactly why government should be…
Scotiabank
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BNS flags rising Caribbean mortgage write-downs as parent posts record quarter

The Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank) disclosed slightly higher mortgage impairments in the Caribbean during its July third-quarter on a sequential basis, even as the Canadian parent reported record…
Valerie Daley (right), a Riverton Meadows business operator, receives a new freezer from the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) in exchange for her old unit. Joining her are (from left) JPS Community Relations Officers Kerrica McGregor and Nahesha Patterson, and
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JPS provides new freezers to Riverton Meadows businesses

Twenty-five small business operators in Riverton Meadows have received new energy-efficient deep freezers from the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) under a programme aimed at reducing electricity…
The US Department of Agriculture has declared a drought disaster in Puerto Rico.
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Elizabeth Morgan | Water crisis in Puerto Rico

At the time of writing, there is actually welcomed rain in Kingston and St Andrew. It has continued to be very hot and dry in parts of Jamaica, particularly in Kingston and St Andrew. In a previous…
Letters
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No warning, no sign, just traffic chaos

THE EDITOR, Madam: On Monday, August 31, 2026, hundreds of motorists, including myself, encountered a massive traffic jam for hours because of road repairs on Dalling Street in Savanna-la-Mar. No sign…
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton (fifth right), along with officials from the ministry, pose with health researchers, during a ceremony for the handover of cheques to five researchers under the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ Resea
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$48 million awarded to health researchers

The government has strengthened support for health research by awarding $48 million to five researchers under the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ Research for Wellness Fund (RFWF) Programme. The…
Motorcyclists ride past a billboard depicting U.S. President Donald Trump inside a catering container in downtown Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026.
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Norris R. McDonald | Wars, wishful thinking and the coming chaos after Trump

When great powers play geopolitical chess, ordinary people become the pawns, and, when the bombs stop falling, the bills do not. That is the uncomfortable lesson of an increasingly dangerous world in…
Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis was convicted on Monday of a single count of murder with a deadly weapon.
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October sentencing for Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis

LAS VEGAS (AP): Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis could be sentenced to life in prison for orchestrating the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur. A jury found the 63-year-old guilty on Monday, finally bringing…