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It’s In Queens! (Aug. 1 to Aug. 7)
The Western Queens Gazette - New York
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July 30, 2025
Another jam-packed week is coming with 32 different events. A traditional film fest, free Shakespeare, contemporary circus, and Superhuman films lead the way. Please read on. Aug. 1, Festival of Cinema NYC, Aug. 10. This ninth annual festival...
Port Authority to divest assets to build out first 50 acres of Caymanas SEZ
The Gleaner
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July 30, 2025
The Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) has officially broken ground for the Caymanas Special Economic Zone (SEZ), a major development to be constructed on 700 acres of former cane land along Mandela Highway in St Catherine. The PAJ will be...
THE WEEKND & SHAKIRA TO HEADLINE 2025 GLOBAL CITIZEN FESTIVAL WITH TYLA, AYRA STARR & MARIAH THE SCIENTIST
South Africa Today
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July 25, 2025
New York City, Tuesday, July 22, 2025 — Just days after producing the first-ever FIFA Club World Cup halftime show, international advocacy organization Global Citizen today announced the lineup of the 2025 Global Citizen Festival, set to take...
Students learn electrical skills at Elm Futures training seminars
The Reminder - Massachusetts
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July 30, 2025
Area students who successfully completed session two of Elm Electrical’s free summer training seminars. Reminder Publishing submitted photo WESTFIELD — This summer, Elm Electrical is once again offering free four-day training sessions for students...
Florida 'Operation Seek and Yee Shall Find Out': 48 arrested in child sex predator sting, officials say
FOX 35 Orlando - Florida
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Multiple law enforcement officials gathered to host a press conference to announce the results of an undercover operation on Wednesday afternoon in Marion County. Forty people were arrested in the child sex predator sting called "Operation Seek...
JPS office closures short circuit public trust
The Gleaner
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July 30, 2025
The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has admitted that closing 10 of its offices between 2020 and 2021 created a “trust deficit” with customers. This admission follows an impact assessment study commissioned by the Office of Utilities Regulation...
Lowell Campbell appointed to Jamaica College Trust board
Jamaica Observer
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July 25, 2025
Lowell Campbell July 25, 2025 KINGSTON, Jamaica — Lowell Campbell has been appointed to the board of the Jamaica College (JC) Trust as a director/trustee, bringing over three decades of experience in banking operations, technology transformation...
Obituaries, Weeks of August 2 & August 9, 2025
The Tablet - New York
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July 30, 2025
Sister Mary DePazzi Socha, RSM, passed away on June 21. She was 104. A beloved member of the Sisters of Mercy for over 86 years, Sister Mary was truly the “matriarch” of the former Brooklyn Regional Community. Her faithfulness, wisdom, and quiet...
Technology key for closing productivity gap in regional coffee industry says Guyana’s Head IICA nominee
Dominica News Online
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July 22, 2025
Muhammad Ibrahim in Lima (Perú). Photo credit: EFE/ Paolo AguilarAgronomist and global development expert Muhammad Ibrahim, representing Guyana as its candidate for the presidency of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture...
Popular Jamaican-American NY DJ & radio host ‘DJ BANDIT’ dead at 60
Caribbean National Weekly
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July 25, 2025
Popular New York radio personality, DJ, photographer, and cherished community figure Dwayne “DJ Bandit” Jones, passed away recently at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx. Born at Fordham Hospital in The Bronx to Jamaican parents, the late Wilbert...
Jamaicans Cautioned Not to Rely Solely on Herbal Treatment
Jamaica Information Service
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July 21, 2025
Clinical Coordinator at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Dr. Delroy Fray, is again cautioning against the dangers of relying solely on herbal medicine for treating serious illnesses, particularly cancers. Speaking at a Jamaica...
IDB praises Jamaica's innovation and growth programme for MSMEs
Radio Jamaica
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July 25, 2025
A senior official of the Inter-American Development Bank has praised Jamaica's Boosting Innovation, Growth and Entrepreneurship Ecosystems programme, saying it remains instrumental in driving the expansion of several micro, small and medium-sized...
ETOC Outlines Dual Reform Strategy to Strengthen School Boards Across Jamaica
Jamaica Information Service
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July 24, 2025
Two major efforts are currently under way to reform school boards across Jamaica. Chairman of the Education Transformation Oversight Committee (ETOC), Dr. Adrian Stokes, outlined these during ETOC’s Press Conference at Jamaica House on Wednesday...
It’s always wise to keep politics out of the fight against crime
The Voice
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July 30, 2025
Chronicles of a Chronic Caribbean Chronicler By Earl Bousquet Fighting crime must never be treated as a party or election campaign matter, politicians comparing ‘how many’ people ‘died’ or were ‘killed’ under whose watch, as if people’s lives are...
D.C. National Guard welcomes new Bilateral Affairs Officer to Jamaica
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 24, 2025
MONEAGUE, Jamaica – The District of Columbia National Guard (DCNG) has appointed U.S. Army Capt. Chad Pickering as its new Bilateral Affairs Officer (BAO) to Jamaica, solidifying its long-standing partnership with the Jamaica Defense Force (JDF)...
Dr. David E. Barnes, 90
Duxbury Clipper
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July 30, 2025
Dr. David E. Barnes, 90, of Duxbury, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family on July 21. He was born in Jamaica Plain to Mary Loretta Barnes and Orville Louis Barnes on March 23, 1935. He was a graduate of Boston Latin School (Class of...
Jamaicans cautioned not to rely solely on herbal treatments
The Gleaner
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July 22, 2025
Clinical Coordinator at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Dr Delroy Fray, is again cautioning against the dangers of relying solely on herbal medicine for treating serious illnesses, particularly cancers. Speaking at a Jamaica...
The politics of murder
New Statesman
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July 30, 2025
In Geoffrey Household’s superlative thriller Rogue Male, from 1939, an English assassin-adventurer takes a potshot at Adolf Hitler and then flees for his life. An assassin’s intended victim is usually a “Hitler” of some sort. In July 2024, in...
IDB Official Affirms BIGEE’s Role in Driving MSME Growth Across Jamaica
Jamaica Information Service
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July 23, 2025
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Chief of Operations for the Caribbean Region, Karisa Ribeiro, says the Boosting Innovation, Growth and Entrepreneurship Ecosystems (BIGEE) Programme remains instrumental in driving the expansion of several...
RH kids blast off into space exploration
Queens Chronicle - New York
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Neighborhood kids rocketed into an unforgettable summer adventure this month during the One Stop Richmond Hill Community Center’s two-week NASA-inspired summer camp. The center, at 110-08 Jamaica Ave., hosts a variety of free events and...