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Mitchell
06 Oct, 2026 0

Mitchell calls early election

ST GEORGE’S, CMC: Grenada Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell has announced November 5 as the date for a general election, almost a year ahead of the constitutional deadline in October 2027. Mitchell, an…
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
06 Oct, 2026 0

Snap election called amid housing crisis

MADRID (AP): Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez yesterday announced an early general election, seeking to seize momentum from housing protests that have roiled the country and frame the vote around…
Opposition presidential candidate Senator Flavio Bolsonaro speaks after advancing to a runoff election following the first round of the presidential election in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday.
06 Oct, 2026 0

Bolsonaro to face Lula in run-off

BRASILIA (AP): Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, an ally of US President Donald Trump, has pulled off a strong showing in Brazil’s first round of presidential elections, giving him momentum in the weeks…
News
06 Oct, 2026 0

Hello Mi Neighbour: Mind your garbage

Not many of us relish the thought of driving in a line of traffic behind a slow-moving vehicle. It gets worse if that vehicle is a truck laden with smelly garbage. Worse still if you are the driver…
Kirk Douglas (left) appears with his son Michael Douglas at a Friar’s Club dinner in New York, on April 22, 1977.
06 Oct, 2026 0

Michael Douglas on ‘immortality’ and Kirk Douglas

NEW YORK (AP): Michael Douglas, the award-winning actor and producer, recently turned 82. He is a cancer survivor, a recovered addict, a married man, the father and son of actors. He is also an author…
From left: Stewart Dougan, general manager, LASCO Distributors Limited, Pharmaceutical Division; Raynes Beckford, the oldest participant at 76 years old; Azure Lewis, category manager, Marketing OTC, LASCO Pharmaceutical Division; and Andrew Morrison, duri
06 Oct, 2026 0

More than 50 men answer LASCO screening call

For more than 50 Jamaican men, September ended with a simple but potentially life-saving message: know your numbers, know your risk and do not wait until something feels wrong. The men participated in…
Principal of Robert Lightbourne High School, Ricardo Morgan (left), and St Thomas Social Development Commission Parish Manager, Lorian Peart-Roberts (second right), pose with students Melissa Douglas (second left) and Amelia Drysdale during the staging of
06 Oct, 2026 0

SDC expands girls’ hygiene programme to second school

Four months after launching ‘It’s a Girl’s Thing’, a programme focused on adolescent hygiene and personal care, the St Thomas office of the Social Development Commission (SDC) has expanded the…
Letters
06 Oct, 2026 0

High school sports has lost its purpose

THE EDITOR, Madam: Gone are the days when children from the same neighbourhood, who ended up attending different high schools, could have good-natured conversations about which school was better at…
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06 Oct, 2026 0

The Shipping Schedule

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