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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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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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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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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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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…
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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Ronald Sanders | Caribbean ‘too rich for help’: When will the fiction end?
On October 14, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distance between…
17 Oct, 2026
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Letter of the Day | Is road traffic enforcement being carried out fairly and transparently?
THE EDITOR, Madam: On October 15, after passing through the Vineyards Toll Plaza in Bushy Park, St Catherine, while travelling towards Kingston, I was stopped by police officers who appeared to be…