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17 Oct, 2026
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Amazon deforestation hits lowest level since 1988
SAO PAULO (AP): Brazil’s government announced yesterday that annual deforestation in the Amazon fell to its lowest level since records began in 1988. Official satellite data showed the rainforest…
17 Oct, 2026
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British high commissioner opens line of cooperation with HMC
WESTERN BUREAU: British High Commissioner Alicia Herbert has opened a line of cooperation with the administrators and staff at the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC). Herbert, who began her tour of…
17 Oct, 2026
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Capleton ready for Live Wire in Clarendon
Reggae icon Capleton is set to bring his signature energy to Appleton Estate Live Wire on Saturday, October 31, at The Wharf Estate in Clarendon, where he will share the stage with emerging artistes…
17 Oct, 2026
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Trump’s new press secretary is leaving the post
WASHINGTON (AP): White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is transitioning out of the role after a brief and rough tenure as US President Donald Trump’s chief spokesperson, according to a person…
17 Oct, 2026
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Sterling Awards set for special broadcast on TVJ
The Sterling Gospel Music Awards (SGMA) will mark its 10th anniversary with a special television broadcast, Sterling 10, on Sunday, October 18, at 9:30 p.m. on Television Jamaica. The production will…
17 Oct, 2026
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Global debt and the new age of recolonisation
THE EDITOR, Madam: A process of global recolonisation is under way, as validated by examining how skyrocketing global debt, assertive Western diplomacy and Eastern infrastructure loans function in…
17 Oct, 2026
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Something Extra | Saturday
The third annual InStyle Imagemaker Awards took place on Thursday at a private residence in Los Angeles, celebrating the stylists, makeup artists, hairstylists, nail artists and other creatives behind…
17 Oct, 2026
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Editorial | Dignity and inclusion for the blind
According to the Jamaica Society for the Blind, approximately one per cent of Jamaica’s population, or about 28,000 people, identify as being blind. The organisation, however, estimates that more than…
17 Oct, 2026
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Hello Mi Neighbour | Sensible people do stupid things too
How many times have you heard sensible people say, “Oh, I’m so stupid!”? I overheard an academic pillar from UWI, Professor Such-and-Such, scolding himself in a Liguanea supermarket one Friday…