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This Panamanian-Caribbean Restaurant Made A Name For Itself In LA. Now, It's Moving To Long Beach
Patch
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August 26, 2025
"It's been crazy to see our growth in four years and now where we are today," Mercedes Squires said. "We have something really special." Posted Tue, Aug 26, 2025 at 9:51 am PT|Updated Tue, Aug 26, 2025 at 11:55 am PT LONG BEACH, CA — Each dish...
Atlanta United ’keeper Jayden Hibbert to join Canada for September friendlies
The Globe and Mail
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August 26, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Atlanta United goalkeeper Jayden Hibbert plays the ball during a match against Toronto FC at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Ga., this past Sunday.Mitch Martin/The Canadian Press Canada coach Jesse Marsch will have a...
A lot of history and fun: Your city guide to Powder Springs
Access Atlanta - Georgia
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This fast growing city sits just west of Atlanta, and it offers plenty in the way of great eating, outdoor entertainment and a rich history. Powder Springs was first called Seven Springs after the springs that existed there during the city’s 1838...
Sensational Fiesta Latina in Zagreb Delights on the Very First Day!
Total Croatia News
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August 26, 2025
August the 26th, 2025 – The much anticipated Fiesta Latina in Zagreb has delighted all those who have visited thus far with its tempting Latin American flavours and aromas. Latin fever has well and truly taken hold in the Croatian capital as the...
Alorica Expands Its Cairo Operations, Increasing Workforce By 450% And Cementing Its Position As A Regional CX Powerhous...
MENAFN
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August 26, 2025
(MENAFN- AETOSWire) (BUSINESS WIRE ) -- Alorica Inc. , a global leader in digitally powered customer experiences (CX), announced its site expansion in Cairo, Egypt to meet rising demand from its global customer base. With the most number of new...
Quality Academics shuttered
The Gleaner
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August 24, 2025
Several students have been left in limbo after Quality Academics, a long-standing private educational institution with more than 200 pupils on roll, announced its sudden closure at its 77 Half-Way Tree Road location in St Andrew. The school’s...
Work Commences on Site Office for Pedro Plains Irrigation Project
Jamaica Information Service
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August 18, 2025
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, says work has commenced to establish the site office for the Pedro Plains Irrigation Expansion Project in St. Elizabeth. “So, having done the ceremonial ground-breaking for the Pedro...
Mayor Hails US$5-million Luxury Apartment Complex to Be Built in Ironshore
Jamaica Information Service
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August 18, 2025
Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, has hailed the commencement of construction of a new US$5-million luxury apartment complex in Ironshore, St James. Speaking at the official ceremony to break ground for the complex on Friday (August...
DC Reggae Festival Returns for Third Year with Star-Studded Labor Day Lineup
News Ghana
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August 26, 2025
Washington’s Caribbean music scene gets a major boost this Labor Day as the third annual Dutty Fest takes over the nation’s capital. The September 1 event promises to deliver one of the DMV’s largest reggae gatherings at the trendy Kabu venue on K...
Section of Duhaney Drive in Duhaney Park to be closed for drainage works
The Gleaner
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August 15, 2025
The National Works Agency (NWA) is to close a section of Duhaney Drive in Duhaney Park, St Andrew, for 10 days starting Sunday, August 17, to undertake drainage works. The NWA says the targeted location is the grating just below Waterhouse Drive....
U.S. News & World Report names 2 Staten Island high schools among nation’s best
SI Live - New York
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August 23, 2025
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — U.S. News and World Report has released its “Best High Schools” rankings and two Staten Island high schools have made New York state’s top 100: Staten Island Technical High School and CSI High School for International...
3 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Drive Global Impact
Forbes
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Global economic challenges like wealth inequality are increasingly an issue of redistribution rather than limitation. The resources and means of production are there. The issue is getting it into the hands of entrepreneurs who can use it to...
Family is hours away from dream holiday and then hear scream from upstairs
The Mirror
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August 26, 2025
You're either someone who checks their passport 15 times before setting off for the airport, or someone who hopes to have remembered to pack it on the way. For one unfortunate family, disaster struck just 12 hours before they were due to set off...
Family prepare for dream holiday before horrible scream from upstairs is heard
Manchester Evening News
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August 26, 2025
You're either the type to check their passport 15 times before heading to the airport, or you're the sort who hopes to have remembered to pack it while already en route. For one unfortunate family, disaster struck just 12 hours prior to their...
Housing Development Coming For Innswood St. Catherine
Jamaica Information Service
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August 14, 2025
Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced major plans for the development of Innswood in St. Catherine. Speaking at the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) certificates of title handover ceremony in Naseberry Villa, St. Catherine...
Crime scene at Turbo Island as police cordon off iconic spot
Bristol Post
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August 23, 2025
Police have cordoned off Bristol's iconic Turbo Island following an attack this morning. A woman was taken to hospital and another woman has been arrested. Officers could be seen searching the patch of land on the corner of Stokes Croft and...
New coffee shop opening at shopping centre named
Kent Live
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August 23, 2025
A growing coffee shop brand has confirmed the next location for its expansion in Kent. Jamaica Blue is set to launch a new branch at Royal Victoria Place in Tunbridge Wells “soon”. The chain has recently opened a store in Maidstone’s Fremlin Walk...
Britsburgh, Bantha, black ice cream, and more Pittsburgh food news
Pittsburgh City Paper
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August 26, 2025
click to enlarge Photo: Courtesy of Bantha Tea Bar Bantha co-owners Jack Ball and Brett Boye Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams 173 Bakery Square Blvd., East Liberty and 447 Cinema Dr., South Side. jenis.com Jeni’s wants to “redefine the sensory...
Negril Post Office Update: Partial Postal Services to be Restored
Jamaica Information Service
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August 16, 2025
The Post and Telecommunications Department (PTD) wishes to update the public on ongoing efforts to restore full postal services to Negril, Westmoreland, following the temporary relocation of operations to the Little London and Sheffield Post...
Our CARIBBEAN: Zone of Peace or Theatre of War?
Searchlight
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August 26, 2025
Just as the people of the Caribbean are enjoying their premier cultural moments collectively, via their participation in, physically or virtually, CARIFESTA 2025 in Barbados, once again there are signs that efforts are being made to undermine our...