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Underdogs Maggotty High School made a bold statement in the opening fixture of their ISSA daCosta Cup second-round campaign yesterday at the Montego Bay Sports Complex. Read more: https://t.co/eNw087VsLm
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Keon Broderick, coach of former champions Excelsior, says discipline will be key to determining how far his team goes in this year’s ISSA/WATA Manning Cup competition. Read more: https://t.co/MfycWUr7uT
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Our friends at Smartest built this interactive trivia experience for Race the District in DC! Recorded with an iPhone in a NYC apartment using LIghtTwist. Link to play below.
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Urbanist Brent Toderian has issued a call to the Jamaican government to reclaim Kingston’s waterfront and transform it into a vibrant, people-centred public space. Read more: https://t.co/2dlZvUni3m
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Pulse Investments Limited, the publicly listed modelling and entertainment company, is facing a lawsuit in the Supreme Court over an alleged unpaid shareholder loan of US$80,000 (approximately J$12.4 million). Read more: https://t.co/UXy3BKKz6Q
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Whether they called him ‘Skill’, ‘Cherry’, or simply ‘Cole’, families, friends and well-wishers all came out in their numbers to the National Arena yesterday to pay their final respects at the thanksgiving service for Jamaican legend Allan Cole Read more: https://t.co/V7OIixauYd
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Police Commissioner Dr Kevin Blake has defended his decision to declare the chairmanship of the Police Officers’ Association vacant, citing serious financial irregularities and a failure to provide accountability within the organisation. Read more: https://t.co/fANsbsGhcg
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Growth of one per cent a year won’t cut it. At that rate, it will take 70 years for the Jamaican economy to double in size and to bring the island’s per capita GDP in range of some of its smaller eastern Caribbean CARICOM partners. Read more: https://t.co/tMV43wgl3H
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‘Don’t give up on yourself, you are more resilient than you think — asking for help is nothing to be ashamed of’.’ I came across this quote recently and it gave me pause as I considered the recent deaths of Jamaicans because of suicide. Read more: https://t.co/Sv3I4qG6yP
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The Treasure Beach Food, Rum and Reggae Festival, taking place from November 7 to 9, officially unveiled its full weekend schedule at its launch event on Tuesday. The event brought the South Coast to Kingston. Read more: https://t.co/HYCYOYycsI
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A man was taken into custody on Saturday after the police seized a firearm, ammunition, and several imitation guns during a pre-dawn operation on Colbeck Avenue in St Andrew. Read more: https://t.co/NPpZCPmUVG
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For Richard Ferdinand, the courts of the Tryall Club in Hanover have never just been about tennis. For three decades, the Trinidadian-born director has used them as a platform to mentor, uplift and transform. Read more: https://t.co/fXuL3C26iE
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Two persons died Friday night after a multi-vehicle crash along the Winston Jones Highway in Manchester. The crash was reportedly triggered when a motorist swerved to avoid hitting a parked trailer. Read more: https://t.co/JpPGSUgrx9
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Former Reggae Boy Adrian Mariappa is on a new journey as a football coach and said he hopes to contribute to the Jamaican national programme if the opportunity arises. Read more: https://t.co/ZL7oeqXyws
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Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has welcomed a $1.5 billion project in Drax Hall, St Ann, saying it will create jobs and boost the parish as one of Jamaica’s fastest-growing business hubs. Read more: https://t.co/QGyGX6Bqpi
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Sixty students from high schools in Kingston, St Andrew and St Catherine, including 15 at-risk youth, participated in the Summer Camp Adventures with Technology and Education (SCATE) Sustainable Engineering Camp for Teens. Read more: https://t.co/Jfqz54EGNo
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Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star of Annie Hall, The Godfather films and Father of the Bride, whose quirky, vibrant manner and depth made her one of the most singular actors of a generation, has died. She was 79. Read more: https://t.co/fDDZZOc81W
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The father of 13-year-old Shantina Sergeant, whose burnt and partially decomposed body was found behind her home in Bailleston, northern Clarendon, on Monday evening, is now in police custody. Read more: https://t.co/TEmEH2uFhj
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