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Students from Holmwood Technical High School organise their exhibit just before the start of the STEAM in Action Expo, which was held at the Chinese Benevolent Association in St Andrew last Thursday.
February 2, 2026

Hundreds of primary, secondary students showcase solutions at STEAM in Action Expo

Hundreds of students from primary and secondary schools across the island last Thursday participated in the inaugural STEAM in Action Expo, a major highlight of National STEAM Education Week 2026. The…
Paul Bourne, researcher
February 2, 2026 by Corey Robinson

Risky business

More than 60 per cent of Jamaican men are having sexual intercourse with multiple partners, according to a study on males’ sexual practices which also suggests that droves of them are engaging in…
Government Senator Rose Bennett-Cooper
February 2, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

Bennett-Cooper urges public education on bill to blot out criminal convictions

Government Senator Rose Bennett-Cooper has called for the administration to roll out a comprehensive public education exercise to inform Jamaicans with old, non-custodial convictions on how to have…
Letters
February 2, 2026

Time to get serious about cybercrime

THE EDITOR, Madam: The rapid growth of cybercrime in Jamaica represents one of the most serious threats to national security, and economic stability. While violent and traditional crimes remain…
Entertainment
February 2, 2026

Damage Musiq drops ‘Created by Pain’

Damage Musiq, one of a new vanguard of producers who have continued to define dancehall’s changing subgenres and sounds, has signalled his intention to stay on top of the game with the release of a…
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.
February 1, 2026

Mexico’s president pledges to send humanitarian aid to Cuba

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum announced Sunday she plans to send humanitarian aid to Cuba this week, including food and other humanitarian aid. Sheinbaum’s comments came…
File photo.
February 1, 2026

Shelter Rock in Spanish Town under curfew

The police in Spanish Town, St Catherine have imposed a curfew in the Shelter Rock community. The measure follows the murder of a woman who was gunned down early this morning in the community. The…
File photo
February 1, 2026

St Elizabeth man found dead, suicide suspected

The police in St Elizabeth are probing the death of a man whose body was found in his yard on Saturday. He has been identified by the police as 44-year-old carpenter Oneil Malcolm, otherwise called…
Fans leave in the snow from the ice hockey game between the Norfolk Admirals and the Trois-Rivières Lions at Scope Arena in Norfolk, Va., on Saturday, January 31, 2026. (Peter Casey/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
February 1, 2026

More winter weather leads to heavy snow, cancelled flights in US

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A huge swath of the United States from the Gulf Coast into New England was mired in extra-cold temperatures Sunday after a bomb cyclone brought heavy snow and hundreds of flight…