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British high commissioner opens line of cooperation with HMC

WESTERN BUREAU: British High Commissioner Alicia Herbert has opened a line of cooperation with the administrators and staff at the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC). Herbert, who began her tour of duty just over a year ago, has outlined plans to visit all the municipalities across the islands as a way of developing an understanding of the local government bodies operate and to see what avenues…

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Haze triggers highest alert level in southern ASEAN zone: monitor

SINGAPORE — Ongoing fires in Indonesia that have blanketed parts of Southeast Asia with toxic haze have triggered the highest-level alert by the regional bloc's climate and fire monitor. "Activation of Alert Level 3 for the Southern ASEAN region," the Singapore ASEAN Specialised Meteorological Centre (ASMC) said on its website, seen on…

Musinsa teams up with Japan's ZOZOTOWN for 1st Korean pop-up

Fashion platform Musinsa has teamed up with ZOZOTOWN, one of Japan's leading online fashion retailers, to open a pop-up store in Seongsu-dong, Seoul, a popular destination for young consumers. Musinsa opened the doors to ZOZOTOWN in Musinsa, the Japanese platform’s first official pop-up store in Korea, to the media on Friday.

DEADLY TRAP

A 10-year-old child was allegedly used as bait by gunmen on Friday morning to lure police officers into a deadly ambush during an operation in the Five Miles area of St Catherine.

When gossip protects coworkers – and when it backfires

NEW YORK (AP): Stephanie Joseph was working at a television station when someone started a false rumour claiming she and a married colleague were romantically involved. Joseph, then 20, barely knew the man in question and didn’t hear the gossip until a producer told her it was circulating.

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