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06 Jul, 2026
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Montego Bay doctor leads Jamaica into AI medicine era
WESTERN BUREAU:
A Montego Bay doctor has become one of, if not the first, Jamaican physicians to earn a postgraduate degree in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, positioning her at the forefront of…
06 Jul, 2026
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Jonathan Este | America at 250: still a ‘democratic experiment’
Last weekend marked 250 years since the Second Continental Congress, representing the 13 American colonies, assembled in Philadelphia to sign the Declaration of Independence. The country had already…
06 Jul, 2026
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Struggling small businesses urged to use gov’t insolvency regime
Supervisor of Insolvency, Fayola Evans Roberts, is encouraging small business owners struggling to meet their financial obligations to take advantage of the options available under the Government’s…
06 Jul, 2026
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$319 million allocated for hurricane repairs at Knox College
The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information has allocated over $319 million for post-Hurricane Melissa rehabilitation works at Knox College in Clarendon.
06 Jul, 2026
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80-y-o Kitson Town man found dead with head bashed in at his home
The partially decomposed body of an 80-year-old man with his head bashed in was discovered at his home in Nase Grove, Kitson Town, St Catherine, on Monday morning.
06 Jul, 2026
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Police arrest one as part of probe into killing of Clarendon woman, residents stage protest
The police have taken one person into custody as investigations continue into the killing of 64-year-old domestic helper Hyacinth Rose Johnson, also known as 'June', of Union district in…
05 Jul, 2026
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10 years in shelters - Residents who refused to leave temp storm dwellings in Golden Grove demand legal ownership
Nearly a decade after sugar workers were temporarily moved into the Golden Grove housing development to shelter from Hurricane Matthew, some say they remain in legal limbo without titles to the…
05 Jul, 2026
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‘They kept saying I looked Nigerian’ Globe-trotting Jamaican’s South African trip ends in airport refuge amid anti-immigrant tensions
WESTERN BUREAU:
For 38 days, South Africa was an adventure for 24-year-old Jamaican digital nomad Kadeem Leslie. In the final week, it became a country he could not wait to leave.
Leslie, a…
05 Jul, 2026
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Copy, paste, repeat? Students rethinking AI as schools adapt, but educators still fear critical-thinking cost
Fourth-form Jonathan Grant High School student Alexander Ashley had a revelation when he completed his first term in grade 10. Although he did very well in his take-home assignments, the final grades…