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25 Aug, 2026 0

Children abandoned - Five young ones among 60 patients deserted by relatives

Four of the five children abandoned at the Spanish Town Hospital in St Catherine have spent their entire lives at the facility, a situation Chief Executive Officer Jacqueline Ellis says is…
Jason Arday.
25 Aug, 2026 0

Jason Arday planned Jamaica visit to encourage parents of autistic children

The late Cambridge professor Jason Arday was set to deliver a message of hope to Jamaican parents of autistic children before his untimely death, organisers of the Hope, Tools and Tomorrow Autism…
J. C. Hutchinson, Jamaica Labour Party deputy leader for Area Council Four, announced his retirement from the post come October after 30 years as an officer.
25 Aug, 2026 0

Hutchinson plans to rally Labourites for JLP’s fourth term

WESTERN BUREAU: While J.C. Hutchinson will be stepping down as the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) deputy leader in charge of Area Council Four come October, he has made it clear that he plans to remain…
The original library.
25 Aug, 2026 0

Library closure raises fears for students, residents in Oracabessa

“What is a community without a library to help the kids with assignments and things to print?” That is the question a 15-year-old St Mary student is asking as the Oracabessa Branch Library faces…
Rene Myrie
25 Aug, 2026 0

High-school friends create AI companion for mental wellness

More than two decades after they met in high school in Jamaica and became friends, Rene Myrie and Francine Forbes have combined their professional knowledge to create Choobi, an artificial…
A hole in a section of the Howard Cooke Boulevard bridge in Montego Bay, St James, where an expansion joint was recently damaged. The bridge has had to be repaired three separate times since 2020.
25 Aug, 2026 0

Expansion joint issue continues to dog Howard Cooke Boulevard bridge

WESTERN BUREAU: Motorists and pedestrians are again calling for a comprehensive repair of an expansion joint on a bridge along Howard Cooke Boulevard in Montego Bay. The bridge has faced recurring…
A demolished home in Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny.
24 Aug, 2026 0

Coopers Pen tax tangle - $26-million bill due to TAJ over disputed land

New Falmouth Resorts Limited is facing a mounting $26.3-million tax bill on more than 260 acres of prime land, which is now at the centre of a public dispute between Coopers Pen residents and the…
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24 Aug, 2026 0

Reading renaissance - Results continue to give implementers of grade-seven literacy initiative reason to smile

Grace Baston, the lead implementer behind the Grade Seven Academy Reading initiative at Holy Trinity High School in Kingston, could not be more pleased with the latest findings from the third…
Tegan Brown
24 Aug, 2026 0

‘Slow learners’ shine at CSEC

The 2026 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) English language examination success of young grades 8 and 9 students Andrelissa Brown and Tegan Brown of St Thomas Technical High School…