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14 Nov, 2025
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Holmwood Tech relaxes grooming code, provides haven for displaced western students
Two weeks after Hurricane Melissa tore off roofs, flooded laboratories, and damaged dormitories, Holmwood Technical High School in Christiana, Manchester, has reopened, relaxing grooming rules and…
14 Nov, 2025
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Containers with condemned food go missing
The Ministry of Health and Wellness is urging members of the public – particularly residents of Montego Bay and nearby communities – to avoid purchasing or consuming food items from unverified or…
14 Nov, 2025
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Math whiz says fun learning yields top results
Seventeen-year-old Mijaun Talbot, the joint regional top Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) mathematics performer for 2025, believes mathematics cannot simply be taught from the front of…
14 Nov, 2025
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Court rejects British man’s bid to adopt disabled J’can boy
A British university lecturer who attempted to adopt a Jamaican child with severe medical complications has lost his appeal, after the Court of Appeal upheld findings that he was unfit and unable to…
14 Nov, 2025
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Health body calls for increased diabetes risk screening
As the region observed World Diabetes Day on November 14, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has urged member states and partners to expand access to free or affordable diabetes risk…
14 Nov, 2025
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Policemen killed along Waltham Park Road identified
The policemen killed on Thursday night along Waltham Park Road in St Andrew have been identified as constables Charles Stewart, assigned to St Catherine North police division, and Jemarey Gordon,…
14 Nov, 2025
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Plans advanced for construction of oxygen plant at May Pen Hospital
Plans are under way for the construction of an oxygen plant at the May Pen Hospital in Clarendon, a Type C facility, and the largest healthcare institution in the parish. The project is being…
14 Nov, 2025
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Entertainer Lila Ike gets February 12 date for disorderly conduct trial
The trial of entertainer Alecia 'Lila Ike' Gray and co-accused Shennelle Moore for disorderly conduct has been set for February 12, 2026 in the St Catherine Parish Court. When the matter…
14 Nov, 2025
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Manchester residents warned to stay out of rising floodwaters
The Manchester Health Department is advising residents of the parish to avoid direct contact with the rising floodwaters in Content, Williamsfield in Manchester. It notes that floodwaters pose a…