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Professor Jennifer Knight Madden speaks with The Sunday Gleaner on issues related to sickle cell at the Sickle Cell Unit on the Mona campus of The University of the West Indies in St Andrew recently.
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Sickle cell warning

Nearly 20,000 Jamaicans are living with sickle cell disease and suffering its debilitating effects, making it the most common genetic disorder affecting Jamaicans from all walks of life. About one in…
NAJ President Natalie Hylton-Levy: "We have to constantly be turning our hands to make fashion,” she said, using a Jamaican phrase that means to improvise.
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"Turning our hands to make fashion"...New NAJ president bemoans lack of basic medical equipment, wellness areas for nurses

Newly-elected president of the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) Natalie Hylton-Levy says the absence of basic medical equipment and wellness areas are two of the most critical issues facing nurses…
The bullets seized include 112 nine-millimetre rounds and twenty-two 5.56 rounds used mainly in assault rifles, according to a statement from Director of Communications at MOCA Major Basil Jarrett.
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Ex-soldier facing criminal charges after over 130 bullets allegedly found at his home

An ex-soldier is facing criminal charges after more than 130 rounds of ammunition, some of them for high-powered rifles, were allegedly found at his St Catherine home during a law enforcement…
11 Oct, 2026 0

Security guard sentenced to two months in prison for stealing pineapples

A St Catherine security guard who stole pineapples from the farm he was employed to watch has been sentenced to two months in prison. Acting Senior Parish Judge Janelle Nelson-Gayle imposed the…
Among those killed are four Saudi Arabian citizens, two Bangladeshi nationals, a Palestinian, a United States citizen, an Egyptian, a Jordanian, a Syrian and a Sudanese, said a statement from Saudi Arabia.
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12 killed, over 300 hurt in attack on Riyadh airport, Saudi authorities say

CAIRO (AP) — The latest attack on the international airport in Saudi Arabia’s capital of Riyadh killed 12 people and injured over 300 others, civil aviation authorities said early Sunday. Some of…
11 Oct, 2026 0

Man killed, woman injured in Old Harbour shooting

A man was shot and killed and a woman injured in an attack by gunmen in Old Harbour, St Catherine yesterday. The slain man has been identified as Shawn Fletcher, 40, who resided in the community of…
The victory is a welcome relief for the embattled Manchester City after the fallout from the biggest scandal in English Premier League history.
11 Oct, 2026 0

Man City ignores jeers from Liverpool fans, seal statement 3-0 win in EPL

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) -- Manchester City players players were jeered and taunted by Liverpool fans on Sunday in their first game since the club was found guilty of a raft of financial breaches. …
Alexandre Coissac, IOM Chief of Mission in Djibouti: "They all have a mother, a father, and we may never learn what happened.”
11 Oct, 2026 0

139 migrants, including children, die after boat capsizes off Djibouti

GENEVA (AP) — At least 139 people, including children, have died after a boat carrying more than 300 migrants capsized off the coast of Djibouti in east Africa, the International Organisation for…
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Sean Major Campbell | Season of Creation and Pet Blessing service inspires

The 2026 Season of Creation and Pet Blessing Service marked the end of the season which runs from September 1 to October 4. This was held last Sunday on the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi. This…