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21 Jan, 2026
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Two graduations, one triumph
For 72-year-old Joan Crooks, the realisation came quietly but powerfully. Within the space of a single week, two of her granddaughters would walk across separate graduation stages, marking the end of…
21 Jan, 2026
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Westmoreland women get a day of HERS empowerment
WESTERN BUREAU: More than 300 women from across western Jamaica were given a rare opportunity to pause, breathe, and be nurtured during A Day of HERS, a women’s empowerment event hosted in…
21 Jan, 2026
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‘The years just pass on and I just take it easy’
If Henrietta Adina Williams, popularly known as ‘Miss Heady’, divulges her age to those who do not know her personally, the disclosure could be met with gasps of denial as her physical appearance…
21 Jan, 2026
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Current and emerging role of AI in echocardiography
Heart failure is a clinical syndrome in which the heart cannot pump blood sufficiently to meet the body’s needs, leading to symptoms like shortness of breath, fatigue, and fluid build-up in tissues.…
21 Jan, 2026
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Why diabetes is a cardiovascular disease
At the Masters of Medicine Medical Conference: The Weight of the Matter: Redefining Health and the Heart, held January 16 to18, 2026, at the AC Marriott Hotel in Kingston, leading clinicians and…
21 Jan, 2026
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Obesity, genetic heart disease as regional health priorities
As cardiovascular disease continues to rank among the leading causes of death in Jamaica and across the Caribbean, regional and international medical leaders convened in Kingston for the 2026 Masters…
21 Jan, 2026
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Concern in the west after blockage at emergency exit
Western Bureau Concern is being expressed in the west after an emergency exit was blocked by unruly fans for more than 20 minutes during last Saturday’s ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup match between hosts…
21 Jan, 2026
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‘Don’t let anybody tek you fi a fool’
The attorney for the policeman accused of killing popular social media personality and entrepreneur Donna-Lee Donaldson argued yesterday that several pieces of evidence in the case were “unreliable”…
21 Jan, 2026
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Grief visits Harbour View amid suspected murder-suicide
Shock rippled through Dorado Drive in Harbour View, East Kingston, yesterday after the suspected murder-suicide of a well-regarded couple in the area. The bodies of 53-year-old Morvine Thompson…