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Health ministry urges Jamaicans to make oral health an everyday priority
The Ministry of Health and Wellness is encouraging Jamaicans to make oral health a part of their daily routine as the country observes Oral Health Month in October. This years observance is being held under the theme ‘A happy mouth is a happy lifeâ€

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Health ministry urges Jamaicans to make oral health an everyday priority

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is encouraging Jamaicans to make oral health a part of their daily routine as the country observes Oral Health Month in October. This years observance is being held under the theme ‘A happy mouth is a happy lifeâ€

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Sports

Boss Man should surprise Pinktober field

BOSS MAN ran way better than his fourth-place finish suggests, 15 lengths down the track behind Gold Cup-winner RIDEALLDAY, with whom he had tried matching strides from the half-mile marker but was left behind when the grey went after THE PRINCES SPUR

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Business

Hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin gives record US$3b to Carnegie Mellon to build Miami campus

Carnegie Mellon University announced on Wednesday that hedge fund chief executive Ken Griffin is donating $3 billion, with the bulk of the money for a new campus in Miami focused on societal challenges.

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Entertainment

Rapper Rick Ross charged with battery after domestic violence accusation

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Rapper Rick Ross was arrested in Miami Beach early Thursday and charged with battery related to a domestic violence accusation, authorities said. Ross, whose legal name is William Roberts II, faces a felony charge of battery by

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Commentary

Janiel McEwan | How a global price becomes a local one

A woman in a Montego Bay supermarket taps her card and watches the total come back higher than she expected, not dramatically, just enough to make her check the receipt twice against a basket of groceries she buys most months of the year. The explanation

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Letters

Letter of the Day | The PNP and the coming AI divide
THE EDITOR, Madam: I have a word of advice for the Peoples National Party: artificial intelligence should become one of the major intellectual questions the party begins addressing now. Not simply because AI will transform technology, but because it m

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Lifestyle

Something Extra | Thursday

It was a winning mix of sport, sisterhood, and social connection as the Jamaican Womens Golf Network and Vivé Social Club hosted Smash & Golf, a ladies golf and pickleball social at the Constant Spring Golf Club in St Andrew on Sunday.

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Food

Sipping in red: Hennessy presents Made for More cocktail experience

Hennessy shook things up with its Made for More experience held at the S Hotel Kingston on Tuesday night. Local and regional brand executives, drink aficionados, socialites, creatives, and other specially invited guests brought a touch of red to the hotel

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World News

Politician killed for defending Ebola efforts
BUTEMBO: Mourners gathered yesterday to bury a Congolese politician who was beaten to death after publicly defending the governments response to Ebola, a killing that highlights the mistrust health workers say is hampering efforts to slow the fastest-g

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