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Berlin state gov't agrees on 5-year rent freeze amid real estate boom
BERLIN (AP) — Berlin’s state Cabinet has agreed on a rent freeze for five years to counter rising rents in one of Germany’s hottest real estate markets. The German news agency dpa reported Tuesday that Berlin’s left-wing...
CommentsECJ to participate in training on voter participation
Officials of the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) are to participate in a global training programme on ways to engage young and future voters in the electoral process, in light of low voter turnouts in Jamaica’s elections. Fewer than 50...
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Port headache - Fee hikes, jams hit cargo as fears mount of Christmas crunch
There are fresh jitters and deepening anxiety about “increasing inefficiencies” at the Port of Kingston that have caused a logjam in cargo movement and an uptick in storage fees that has rattled stakeholders amid heightened concerns as the...
Comments‘Garvey disappointed’ - Hero’s son rails against neglect in teaching black-consciousness history
Jamaica’s political class has been accused by one of the country’s most high-profile honours inductees of betraying the legacy of Marcus Garvey and other national heroes and failing to prioritise the teaching of Afrocentric history. Dr Julius...
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Growth & Jobs | May Pen errand running company employs six
Twenty-four-year-old Romario Malcolm is the founder of the first delivery and errand-running business in May Pen, Clarendon. Malcolm said the concept of URGED (Utilities, Restaurants, Groceries, Express, Delivery) was founded on the inconveniences...
CommentsGrowth & Jobs | Kemal Brown expands the bounds of digital marketing
Google ‘Digita Global Marketing’ (DGM), select the first result and you will be transported to a world brimming with what owner and Chief Executive Officer Kemal Brown describes as “international aesthetic”. The international-level standard flows...
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A distinct voice - ‘Spuddy’ Rickman delighted by national honour bestowal
It is customary to find Brian ‘Spuddy’ Rickman commentating on Heroes Day racing from Caymanas Park, as he has done for over 30 years. It would take something serious or massive to get him away from the track. So count receiving a national award as...
CommentsSimmons needs time – Windies legends
West Indies cricket legends Clive Lloyd and Michael Holding are urging Caribbean fans to be patient with new head coach Phil Simmons and captain Kieron Pollard as the regional side begins yet another era of leadership, starting with an away series...
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Caymanas Golf offering free lessons to boost business
was during the 1960s and 70s. “We’ve rebuilt our corporate membership but if it’s one complaint I have it’s that we don’t have enough corporates playing golf. Days gone by, Wednesdays were very popular days for various executives especially the...
CommentsJam Teas repositioning Bay City to hold supermarket assets
Jamaican Teas Limited has bought out its minority partner in Bay City Foods and now owns 100 per cent of the non-trading supermarket company through a deal that closed October 1. CEO John Mahfood said Jamaican Teas paid a nominal $1,000 for the 50...
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Inner Circle flies 17 hours to collect OD - Former member Jacob Miller awarded posthumously
“We flew 17 hours to be present to collect our award – from Chile to Miami to Jamaica straight to King’s House, where we got properly dressed in the medical tent,” said Roger Lewis, one of the founding members of Inner Circle Band. For over 50...
Comments‘Titus’ stays true to character on awards stage
Prior to receiving his National Award at King’s House yesterday, actor Glen ‘Titus’ Campbell said that he asked permission to do the official shuffle as he collected the nation’s sixth honour – the Order of Distinction in the rank of Officer. “I...
CommentsLetter of the Day | Understanding our heritage
THE EDITOR, Sir: In July 2014, I was a guest of St Mark’s Parish, Enmore, East Coast Demerara in Guyana, to deliver a pre-emancipation address. In my presentation, I described members of the Afro-Caribbean community as descendants of the Akan...
CommentsThe noise that never ends
THE EDITOR, Sir: Recently, the mayor of Montego Bay made a public decision to deny members of the LGBT community access to the public facilities of the Montego Bay Cultural Centre to host a forum on same-sex marriage and the readiness of the...
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Residents pelt departing US troops
AKCAKALE (AP): Angry over the US withdrawal, residents of a Kurdish-dominated Syrian city hurled potatoes at departing American military vehicles as they drove by on Monday. Defence Secretary Mark Esper said US troops will stay in eastern Syria to...
CommentsThai king strips his consort of royal titles for disloyalty
BANGKOK (AP): Thailand’s king has stripped his royal consort of her titles and military ranks for disloyalty, accusing her of seeking to undermine the position of his official wife, the country’s queen, for her own benefit. The royal command by 67-...
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Something Extra | Tuesday
Guests attending yesterday’s Ceremony of Investiture and Presentation of National Honours and Awards at King’s House certainly stepped out in high fashion as many rocked some stylish outfits that caught the attention of our cameras. Here are the...
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Western Jamaica Rotarians empowered by District Governor Delma Maduro
The Rotary Clubs of Montego Bay, at an historic meeting, recently welcomed its special guest, Delma Maduro, District Governor (7020 District) and her husband Audley Maduro. This reception also witnessed the induction of the first Corporate Member...
CommentsProfessor Keith Barrington Jones Feted
It was an evening of celebration for Professor Keith Barrington Jones, who was feted at his 90th birthday party at Mae’s Place in Pembroke Hall, Kingston last weekend. Jones, Jamaica’s first virologist who formulated the typhoid vaccine in the...
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Kingston Wharves leads clean-up exercise
Kingston Wharves Limited (KWL), through its Millennial Club, carried out a clean-up exercise in sections of the Newport West community, off Marcus Garvey Drive, recently. Conducted as part of International Coastal Clean-Up Day, the activities...
CommentsShipping Schedule - October 22-28, 2019
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Editorial | The contortionist of Bernard Lodge
Christopher Serju | Where are the ‘plastic only’ bins for Norman Manley Airport?