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Jamaican teen wins double gold at Masters Cup in Colombia
MIAMI, Florida: National taekwondo athlete Daniel Balli delivered an outstanding performance last weekend at the Masters Cup in Colombia, capturing two gold medals while representing Jamaica on the international stage.

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Today's Issue Published: Friday, June 12, 2026
News

El Nino is here - Scientists fear it'll be big, bad and costly with heat, floods, droughts, fires
WASHINGTON (AP): El Niño, natures chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists announced yesterday. Experts said the El Niño, a natural warming cycle, should further heat

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Sports

Jamaican teen wins double gold at Masters Cup in Colombia

MIAMI, Florida: National taekwondo athlete Daniel Balli delivered an outstanding performance last weekend at the Masters Cup in Colombia, capturing two gold medals while representing Jamaica on the international stage.

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Business

Scotia Group moves to delist from JSE to go private, shareholders to vote

Scotia Group Jamaica Limited (SGJL) on Friday announced that it is moving to become a private company and delist from the Jamaica Stock Exchange, noting that the transaction, if completed, will have no material impact on its current operations.

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Commentary

Wayne Campbell | Reimagine beyond the world we know
For many of us, the ocean is distant and far-removed from our daily realities. For too long this narrative has been normalised and we have treated the ocean as separate from us. However, the ocean is a major part of us, in the air we breathe, the food we

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Letters

READERS' REACTIONS - Gov't to unveil study on impact of social media, eyes restrictions for children under 16 - Tufton
I'm actually open to restrictions, but I'd like to see the research first. Banning social media for under-16s sounds simple until you realize many countries are struggling to enforce it. Whatever Jamaica does needs to be realistic, not just symbolic. - @T

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Lifestyle

Skills people still perform better than AI, according to workplace experts 

NEW YORK (AP): Many workers fear machines will supplant them as the adoption of artificial intelligence accelerates. But what if people have qualities both unmistakably human and essential to career success that AI could not easily replace them? Some work

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World News

SpaceX soars 23% in Wall Street debut and makes Elon Musk the first trillionaire

Shares of SpaceX soared 23% in their Wall Street debut on Friday, making the rocket makers CEO Elon Musk the first-ever trillionaire.

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