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04 Dec, 2025
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Woman Ignite Success Summit 2026 to focus on elevation, impact
The fifth staging of the Woman Ignite Foundation (WIF) Woman Ignite Success Summit (WISS) is set for Saturday, January 31, 2026, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. With the theme of…
04 Dec, 2025
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Chinese medical ship with over 100 clinicians begins operations in Jamaica
The Chinese medical ship Silk Road Ark, staffed by “over 100 clinicians and support team members,” has begun providing outpatient medical services in Montego Bay as Jamaica bolsters its healthcare…
04 Dec, 2025
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Omar Sweeney | Impact of global warming on Small Island Developing States
Climate change is a pressing global issue, and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) like Jamaica are among the most vulnerable to its devastating impacts. At the start of the 19th century, the human…
04 Dec, 2025
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Pharrell honoured with Shoe of the Year award
Pharrell Williams was honoured with the Shoe of the Year award at the 2025 Footwear News Achievement Awards (FNAA) on Wednesday. The 52-year-old musician delivered a powerful speech at the ceremony in…
04 Dec, 2025
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Neil Richards | Stop taking over farmlands to develop housing solutions
Neither Government nor private developers should continue taking over Jamaica’s good farmlands with either simple or sophisticated housing schemes. The use of highly productive agricultural lands for…
04 Dec, 2025
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14-year-old St Catherine boy charged with house breaking and stealing
A 14-year-old boy from St Catherine has been charged with house breaking and theft following an incident in Greater Portmore, St Catherine last month. Reports from the Greater Portmore police are…
04 Dec, 2025
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Sophia Frazer-Binns | The interconnected crisis
The quote by John Muir ‘When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.’ or by Chief Seattle, that “All things are bound together. All things connect”, is in…
04 Dec, 2025
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‘Run for the West’
Forgoing its usual tagline of ‘Run for the Fun’, the 2026 Sagicor Sigma Corporate Run has adopted a new tagline of ‘Run for the West’ as they look to raise a target of $150 million to help the relief…
04 Dec, 2025
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Mark Wignall | Some are mad but don’t know it
I have never been to a psychiatrist in my life but, once, way back when my wife ditched me, I wanted to head east, knock on that big gate, and volunteer my mental insides to the skilled professionals…