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Avryl Francis, Digicel Foundation board director and security operations manager, engages with participants during the Girls in ICT Day AI and Climate Change Hackathon on Thursday, hosted by the Digicel Foundation and STEMSpark Solutions.
April 25, 2026

Montego Bay High wins hackathon for hurricane‑response app

Montego Bay High School for Girls emerged with top honours at an ICT Day hackathon on Thursday, earning praise for an artificial-intelligence application designed to strengthen hurricane response,…
The winning team in Flow’s Girls in ICT Day AI workshop pitch competition celebrates with Maya Walrond (left), senior director, digital transformation, Flow; Rosalynn Williams (second from left), B2B service manager, Flow; Stacey Hines (third from right)
April 28, 2026

AI workshop equips girls for digital future

To mark Girls in ICT Day on Thursday, Flow and the Flow Foundation hosted an AI workshop aimed at equipping high-school girls with digital skills.
Principal of Duckenfield Primary and Infant School in St Thomas, Stafford Thomas, and education officer for Region Two in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Marcia Dallas-McKenzie, unveil the sign to the institution’s newly opened
April 25, 2026

New library opens at Duckenfield Primary in St Thomas

Students at Duckenfield Primary and Infant School in St Thomas now enjoy an enhanced learning environment with the official opening of a new library on Tuesday, a milestone hailed as a major boost to…
The Math Race forms an exhilarating part of the National Jamaica Moves Day in schools as students engaged their minds and bodies.
April 25, 2026

Broughton Primary moves students with mix of physical activity and academics

A sprint to the right answer, children forming shapes at the sound of music, and teams crawling, jumping and racing across the field – Broughton Primary School turned its Jamaica Moves in Schools…
Zahir Davis, 18. (Contributed photo)
April 25, 2026

Murder suspect arrested in New York after return from Jamaica

A teen who left Jamaica last night was arrested for murder on arrival in New York City, a United States police official says. He is Zahir Davis, 18. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, of the New…
April 25, 2026

Late-night patrol in Stony Hill nets loaded pistol, one charged - Police

A 26-year-old man has been charged following the seizure of an alleged illegal firearm during a late-night police operation in Salisbury Plain, Stony Hill in St Andrew, the police say. Jamar Fitzroy…
April 25, 2026

Son gets six years for killing disabled father in Portmore domestic dispute

A St Catherine man who stabbed his disabled father to death during a domestic dispute five years ago and pleaded guilty to manslaughter has been sentenced to six years in prison. Shemar Edwards,…
Jason Pitter of Kingston College smashed the boys’ Class Two 400m record with a 45.76-second run, moving into third on Jamaica’s U18 all-time list behind Christopher Taylor and Usain Bolt, at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athletics Championships
April 25, 2026

Wilson works magic as Bullis edges KC in Penn Relays 4x400m prelims

Bullis High landed the first punch on Jamaica's Kingston College in the preliminary round of the Boys' 4x400m relay at the Penn Relays in the United States. Olympian Quincy Wilson erased a…
Tottenham Hotspur's Joao Palhinha celebrates scoring during the English Premier League football match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspur in Wolverhampton, England on April 25, 2026. (Nick Potts/PA via AP)
April 25, 2026

Tottenham wins at last but stays in EPL relegation zone

A first English Premier League win in 2026 wasn't enough to lift Tottenham Hotspur out of the relegation zone on Saturday. Spurs beat relegated Wolves 1-0 to hand Roberto De Zerbi his first…