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21/07/2025

Shadow Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Alfred Dawes, has committed to improving the healthcare sector by providing incentives for nurses and doctors to stay in Jamaica while accusing the Andrew Holness administration of poorly managing the sector.

Dawes criticised the government for cutting ribbons but demanded that they call the general election, indicating ‘time come’ for the People’s National Party (PNP) to govern Jamaica. “And we say to them, with the ribbon them weh them a cut, all you a do, all weh you a walk up and down and a bend up your face, call it if you bad. Call it,” he said.

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21/07/2025

Some farmers and processors are concerned about issues such as exposure to the theft of trade secrets, data ownership and heightened costs associated with the phased rollout of the platform.

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21/07/2025

Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, is causing consternation in financial markets with his decision to sell his stock holdings in some of America’s biggest banking houses.

More notably, this year alone he has sold US$3.2 billion in banking industry shares, including those from CitiGroup, Capital One and Bank of America.

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21/07/2025

Jamaica’s 2024 Olympic long jump silver medallist Wayne Pinnock confirmed his intention to switch allegiance to Turkey for financial gains, declaring that there is “life after track”.

The 24-year-old Pinnock, who won the long jump at the London Diamond League on Saturday with a leap of 8.20m, said he still loves Jamaica.

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21/07/2025

Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner has died after drowning at age 54, according to reports.

It is reported that the actor drowned while on a family vacation in Costa Rica.

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21/07/2025

International dancehall superstar Sean Paul continues to champion the power of music education by donating more than J$1.5 million to Food For the Poor (FFP) Jamaica’s Band Camp initiative—a programme that offers musical training and life skills to youth from underserved communities.

The generous contribution from the Sean Paul Foundation will underwrite essential expenses that keep the Band Camp operational and inclusive.

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21/07/2025

In 1962, when Owen Gray settled in the United Kingdom, his native Jamaica gained independence from that country.

He was an established singer in his homeland, and it was not long before he made his mark in the UK, which had a growing West Indian populace.

Gray died on July 20 in London, his daughter Antoninette told Our Today. He was 86 and was recently discharged from hospital where he had been treated for his ailing health.

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21/07/2025

Flow turned up the energy at Reggae Sumfest 2025, creating unforgettable moments inside its Skybox and across the festival grounds.

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21/07/2025

The National Housing Trust (NHT) has surpassed its mandated target of building 43,000 housing solutions, delivering more than 50,000 homes since April 2021, a significant milestone in Jamaica’s efforts to tackle the housing deficit.

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21/07/2025

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Sunday to interfere with a deal to build a new football stadium in Washington, D.C., unless the local NFL team, now known as the Commanders, changes its name back to Redskins.

The American football team dropped the name Redskins in 2020 after decades of criticism that it was a racial slur.

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21/07/2025

Shares of crypto-linked companies jumped on Monday, as ether prices scaled their highest this year after President Donald Trump signed into law a bill regulating stablecoins in the U.S.

Trump signed the GENIUS Act late on Friday, marking a huge win for crypto industry that has been lobbying for a regulatory framework to gain greater legitimacy. The bill was passed in the House of Representatives by a vote of 308 to 122 on Thursday, after Senate approval.

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21/07/2025

Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley committed to Bryson DeChambeau being part of the U.S. roster at Bethpage Black in September.

In a text message to Sports Illustrated, Bradley confirmed there was a spot reserved for DeChambeau regardless of whether he remains in the top six in points to earn an automatic qualifying bid. DeChambeau was fifth in points when The Open Championship ended Sunday.

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