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Africa tries to end vaccine inequity by replicating its own
In a pair of Cape Town warehouses converted into a maze of airlocked sterile rooms, young scientists are assembling and calibrating the equipment needed to reverse engineer a coronavirus vaccine that has yet to reach South Africa and most of the world’s poorest people.
Comments74 St Catherine inmates now COVID positive
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is reporting an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases among inmates at the St Catherine Adult Correctional Centre. The DCS says currently, 74 inmates are COVID positive with one person...
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Karen Barnes has been trying for at least four years to have her daughter registered under the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH), a state welfare initiative administered by the Minister of Labour and Social Security (MLSS...
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The Police High Command has launched a top-level probe to determine how two prisoners went missing from the Freeport Police Station in Montego Bay, St James, on Saturday. “It would seem as if they were released by someone,” a highly placed police...
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Ja-born woman chasing history in Virginia election
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia (AP): The two women seeking the lieutenant governor’s office in Virginia next month, including a Jamaican, are fond of touting their unconventional political backgrounds. One thing is certain: Whichever one wins will be...
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The fact that the suspect in the recent abduction of two St Thomas girls was on bail for firearm and sexual-related charges has triggered outrage in some quarters, with some Jamaicans saying that he should not have been offered bail for the...
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FRONT RUNNER!
WHILE IT may not be a foregone conclusion, Swept Track Club’s head coach Okeile Stewart and Legacy Athletics’ Omar Hawes say reigning sprint double repeat Olympic champion, Elaine Thompson Herah, is in a better position to finally claim World...
CommentsCalculus upsets fancied rivals to land Gold Cup
ANOTHER CHAPTER was added to CALCULUS’ storybook season yesterday, a 14-1 upset in the Gold Cup, capitalising on the misfortune of even-money favourite, FURTHER AND BEYOND, whose jockey, Christopher Mamdeen, was forced to ride Apache-style after...
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Interest in NFTs on the rise as digital art finds Jamaican adherents Premium
Jamaicans are entering the digital art space through the minting or creation of what is called non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. Some, however, including galleries, are still cautiously observing the emerging trend surrounding the creation of art that...
CommentsJPS, IDB Lab establish fund to assist entrepreneurs with EV financing
The e-mobility project launched by the Jamaica Public Service Foundation and the Inter-American Development Bank’s innovation unit, IDB Lab, to accelerate the development of electric vehicle technology in Jamaica, has established an electric...
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Grace ‘Spice’ Hamilton flows in spicy digital marketing presentation
On Friday morning, Dancehall Queen Spice showed that she clearly knew the assignment. She put her artiste profile on pause, and Grace Hamilton, the company CEO, walked through like a champion – wearing a Grace Noir top, of course – and delivered a...
CommentsJamie Foxx shares parenting lessons and stories in new book
NEW YORK (AP): While travelling with his family during the filming of the 2012 movie Django Unchained, Jamie Foxx allowed his then 18-year-old daughter, Corinne, to share a room with her boyfriend. He was proud of his decision, feeling evolved...
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Gang leader threatens to kill kidnapped missionaries
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): The leader of the 400 Mawozo gang that police say is holding 17 members of a kidnapped missionary group is seen in a video released Thursday saying he will kill them if he doesn’t get what he’s demanding. The video posted on...
CommentsThousands rally to demand civilian rule
CAIRO (AP): Thousands of people rallied in the streets of Sudan’s capital city Thursday, demanding a fully civilian government as the relationship between military generals and pro-democracy groups deteriorated over the country’s future. As crowds...
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Archives Flashback: Fidel Castro’s visit to Jamaica, October 1977
Cuban President, Dr Fidel Castro, visited Jamaica in October 1977. He arrived on the island on October 16. There was tight security at the airport, which was relieved by clear, sunlit skies, and the disarming smiles of government officials and...
CommentsApostle of peace and his messages in ink
“My life is my message,” once said Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi – Mahatma Gandhi as he is known the world over. India’s national leader, reformer was a great communicator. He connected with the masses, mobilised a whole country against the mighty...
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Every driver’s safety box
Every driver needs a safety box, before navigating the Jamaican roads. “Prevention is better than cure,” goes an old adage. As drivers, with regard to the recent lockdown, curfew, limited movement, overcrowded bus stops, rushing motorists and...
Comments911 is still a must-have sports car
Porsche’s internal codes for the 911 (pronounced nine eleven) models throughout its seventh generation are superconfusing, with names such as 930, 964 and 992. Luckily, the company recognised this and labelled all the models 911 for the public to...
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‘I was a mom; then I wasn’t’
Saudi Arabian-Jamaican actress Sharea Samuels is sharing the pain she feels after having two unsuccessful pregnancies. The Bullet Boy actress, model, dancer and professional surfer would have given birth last August had the first pregnancy gone as...
Dream House | Secluded five-acre estate offers solitude and solace
Point Nemo is a spot in the vast Pacific Ocean whose geographic coordinates make it the most remote location on earth. Positioned in the middle of nowhere, it’s authoritatively called “the oceanic pole of inaccessibility!” Tristan da Cunha, a...
Adekeye Adebajo | Colin Powell – The reluctant Jamaican American warrior
Jamaican American four-star General Colin Powell, who died of complications relating to COVID-19 on October 18 at the age of 84, was one of America’s most well-known public figures, with four decades of service in which he broke down racial...
CommentsAnthony Clayton | Jamaica in 2050 – Part 1: The turbulent years ahead
This is the first in the series of eight articles looking at the ways that the world will change between now and 2050 and analysing the implications for Jamaica’s future. The period to 2050 will be a time of exceptional turbulence. The world is...
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