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26/10/2022

In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Scotiabank Jamaica has launched its ‘Think Pink’ campaign aimed at encouraging team members and the wider society to regularly check their breasts and support breast cancer warriors.

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https://our.today/scotiabank-jamaica-launches-think-pink-campaign-in-recognition-of-breast-cancer-awareness-month/

Scotiabank Scotia Caribbean

In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Scotiabank Jamaica has launched its ‘Think Pink’ campaign aimed at encouraging team members and the wider society to regularly check their breasts and...

26/10/2022

Understanding the current and past economic woes many Jamaicans have had to face and are currently facing, Seedja.com is looking to assist individuals the loans company says are not seen and who just might never be seen by traditional financial organisations.

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https://our.today/michael-lee-chins-son-enters-financial-sector-with-own-venture/

Seed Investments

Understanding the current and past economic woes many Jamaicans have had to face and are currently facing, Seedja.com is looking to assist individuals the loans company says are not seen and who just might never be seen by traditional financial organisations.

26/10/2022

As tributes flow for veteran broadcaster and actress Leonie Forbes, who died yesterday (October 25) at 85, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has declared that her name is synonymous with Jamaica and with Jamaican theatre and broadcast.

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https://our.today/tributes-flow-for-broadcaster-actress-leonie-forbes/

As tributes flow for veteran broadcaster and actress Leonie Forbes, who died yesterday (October 25) at 85, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has declared that her name is synonymous with Jamaica...

26/10/2022

Jamaica today (October 25) lost yet another icon with the death of actress and broadcaster Leonie Forbes.

She was 85.

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https://our.today/veteran-jamaican-actress-broadcaster-leonie-forbes-dies-at-85/

Jamaica today (October 25) lost yet another icon with the death of actress and broadcaster Leonie Forbes. She was 85. Among the first to pay tribute on social media was...

26/10/2022

Jamaican Actress Leonie Forbes dies at 85

25/10/2022

The prime minister’s wife, Juliet Holness, who is also a member of parliament, should issue an immediate apology for her comment which in effect conveys that wherever there is destitution and dilapidation, members of the Opposition party – the People’s National Party (PNP) – live there and by inference cause dreadful living conditions.

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https://our.today/makhulu-juliet-holness-must-apologise-immediately-for-incendiary-comment-on-comrades-and-jamaican-poverty/

Juliet Holness Jamaica Labour Party The People's National Party

The prime minister’s wife, Juliet Holness, who is also a member of parliament, should issue an immediate apology for her comment which in effect conveys that wherever there is destitution...

25/10/2022

The senior officer at the centre of sexual harassment allegations at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) is being recalled from training overseas to enable further investigation and the appropriate disciplinary proceedings.

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https://our.today/senior-jdf-officer-accused-of-sexual-harassment-recalled-from-overseas-training/

Jamaica Defence Force

The senior officer at the centre of sexual harassment allegations at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) is being recalled from training overseas to enable further investigation and the appropriate disciplinary...

25/10/2022

“Many in the Church have today gone silent on the work of justice!”

These are the words of a well-known Anglican priest, Father Sean Major-Campbell. His bold critique to the Church and his loud, courageous advocacy for a Jamaican Republic and Reparatory Justice, as part of the Advocates Network, is an important reason for my presentation here this evening.

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https://our.today/prof-rosalea-hamilton-the-church-and-advocacy-for-a-jamaican-republic-reparatory-justice/

Rosalea Hamilton

“Many in the Church have today gone silent on the work of justice!” These are the words of a well-known Anglican priest, Father Sean Major-Campbell. His bold critique to the...

25/10/2022

Jamaican Lifestyle Blogger Lorane Rhoden, founder of Haute People, a fashion and lifestyle blog, is now a SHE Media Collective partner.

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https://our.today/jamaican-lifestyle-blogger-lorane-rhoden-signs-with-she-media-collective/

Lorane Rhoden Haute People SHE Media

Jamaican Lifestyle Blogger Lorane Rhoden, founder of Haute People, a fashion and lifestyle blog, is now a SHE Media Collective partner. SHE Media Collective (formerly SHE Media Partner Network) is...

25/10/2022

St Lucia is developing its cruise shipping port through a memorandum of understanding with Global Ports Holding Plc for a 30-year concession for it to develop and operate the national asset.

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https://our.today/st-lucia-signs-30-year-deal-for-its-port-development/

Ministry of Tourism Saint Lucia

St Lucia is developing its cruise shipping port through a memorandum of understanding with Global Ports Holding Plc for a 30-year concession for it to develop and operate the national asset.

25/10/2022

The UK’s new prime minister, Rishi Sunak, today (October 25) addressed the British public for the first time in his new role as First Among Equals.

"Right now our country is facing a profound economic crisis. The aftermath of COVID still lingers. Putin’s war in Ukraine has destabilised energy markets and supply chains the world over."

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https://our.today/rishi-sunak-mistakes-were-made-and-i-will-be-fixing-them/

Rishi Sunak UK Prime Minister

The UK’s new prime minister, Rishi Sunak, today (October 25) addressed the British public for the first time in his new role as First Among Equals. He said difficult decisions...

25/10/2022

Antarctica’s emperor penguin is at risk of extinction due to rising global temperatures and sea ice loss, the United States government said today (October 25) as it finalised protections for the animal under the US Endangered Species Act.

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https://our.today/emperor-penguins-now-a-threatened-species-due-to-climate-change-us-says/

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

New York (Reuters) Antarctica’s emperor penguin is at risk of extinction due to rising global temperatures and sea ice loss, the United States government said today (October 25) as it...

25/10/2022

Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett is slated to share insights on ways to boost the resilience and sustainability of the global tourism industry, during a series of high-level international discussions and meetings with international tourism partners, when he attends the much anticipated ‘A World for Travel’ tourism forum.

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https://our.today/bartlett-to-share-insights-at-a-world-for-travel-tourism-forum/

Hon. Edmund Bartlett Jamaica Ministry of Tourism

Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett is slated to share insights on ways to boost the resilience and sustainability of the global tourism industry, during a series of high-level international discussions and...

25/10/2022

Elon Musk has pledged to close his US$44-billion Twitter Inc deal by Friday (October 28) in a video conference call with bankers who are helping fund the deal, Bloomberg News reported today (October 25), citing people with knowledge of the matter.

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https://our.today/musk-expected-to-close-twitter-deal-by-friday-bloomberg-news/

Twitter

Elon Musk has pledged to close his US$44-billion Twitter Inc deal by Friday (October 28) in a video conference call with bankers who are helping fund the deal, Bloomberg News...

25/10/2022

Adidas AG is terminating its partnership with Kanye West immediately, the sporting goods maker said today (October 25), reacting to a rash of offensive behaviour from the American rapper and designer.

“Adidas does not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech,” the German company said.

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https://our.today/adidas-ends-kanye-west-partnership-over-antisemitism-hate-speech/

adidas

(Reuters) Adidas AG is terminating its partnership with Kanye West immediately, the sporting goods maker said today (October 25), reacting to a rash of offensive behaviour from the American rapper...