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Children abandoned - Five young ones among 60 patients deserted by relatives

August 25, 2026 | News
Four of the five children abandoned at the Spanish Town Hospital in St Catherine have spent their entire lives at the facility, a situation Chief Executive Officer Jacqueline Ellis says is unacceptable. The latest child – a male who is one and a half years old – has remained at the hospital 11 months after being discharged. Hospital records show that four of the children – whose ages range from 10 months to two and a half years old – were left by their parents shortly after birth to be adopted. The other child was left there for “care and protection”.
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Serena and Venus Williams will play doubles together at US Open

NEW YORK (AP) – Serena and Venus Williams are teaming up again at the US Open. The sisters will play doubles at the tournament after receiving a wild card Wednesday into the event they won twice. Serena Williams returned to tennis this summer after a four-year absence, and the sisters were set to play at Wimbledon before Serena had to withdraw after injuring her knee in her singles loss. They played in the Cincinnati Open, losing in the first round.
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Jamaican-born English soccer star Raheem Sterling charged with dangerous driving after highway collision

EASTLEIGH, England (AP) – Former England forward Raheem Sterling has been charged with three offenses including dangerous driving after being involved in a collision on a highway, police said Wednesday. The charges relate to an incident on May 28 when a Lamborghini was involved in a "single-vehicle collision" on the M3 in southern England, the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary said in a statement provided to The Associated Press.
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Meta reaches US$17 billion settlement in landmark trial over teen social media addiction

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Meta has agreed to pay US$17 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction and settle claims filed by 47 states, state attorneys general announced on Wednesday. The settlement resolves a pivotal legal case years in the making that sought to hold the tech giant accountable for the role its platforms played in undermining children's mental health. The effort targeted features designed to hook young people's attention.

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Derrick Foster, a 74-year-old retired district constable in St Elizabeth.
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PENSION PAIN

Years after retiring from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), two former district constables say they are still without their full pensions, leaving them in financial distress and demanding answers. Derrick Foster told The Gleaner he spent 36 years in the JCF working at the Pedro Plains Police Station in St Elizabeth before retiring. Two years after his retirement, he said, he received an interim payment of about $800,000, which was intended to suffice until his final pension payment.

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UNCERTAIN FUTURE

Principal of Cumberland High School Carlon Pitt says he remains uncertain whether veteran track and field coach Corey Bennett will become part of the institution’s sporting programme when the school’s merger with Hydel High School takes effect in September. Pitt said several matters still need to be resolved before he can confirm whether Bennett, the former head coach at Hydel, will join Cumberland’s coaching staff. “There are some dynamics to be worked out which are above our heads, and so when those issues are worked out, then I can comment publicly on it,” Pitt said.

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Runkus to bring culture, new music to MoBay festival

Runkus is excited to headline the 2026 MoBay Creative Arts Festival at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre on Sunday, joining a line-up of creatives celebrating Jamaican music, art and culture. “I feel great about headlining the MoBay Creative Arts Festival. It’s a major deal. I was a part of the Kingston one,” the musician told The Gleaner. “It’s a great deal and a great honour that I not only take very serious, but look forward to.” He sees his music as more than entertainment, but as a vehicle for freedom, inspiration and cultural expression.

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Scotia’s Canadian parent sweetened Ja buyout by J$1.3b before deal went public

Scotiabank Canada raised its offer to acquire the outstanding minority stake in Scotia Group Jamaica Ltd by J$1.50 per share – a sweetener worth roughly J$1.3 billion (CDN$10 million) across the minority shares – before the deal was ever announced to the public, the company’s scheme of arrangement booklet reveals. Scotiabank Canada and its Jamaica subsidiary discussed improving the offer price up to two days before the buy-out offer hit the market. Scotiabank improved the offer on June 10. The scheme agreements were finalised on June 11 and publicly announced on June 12.

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Shania Daley celebrates after capturing the Women’s Body Fitness title at the JABBFA National Senior Championship, held at the Douglas Orane Auditorium on August 15..
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Shania Daley flexes a life rebuilt

The first weight Shania Daley learnt to lift could not be measured in pounds. It was the private burden of a life she was trying to make bearable — one therapy session, one `prayer and one difficult decision at a time. On August 15, after months of restrictive meals, tough training sessions and practising her poses wherever she could, the 27-year-old won the Women’s Body Fitness title at the 2026 Mayberry Jamaica Amateur Bodybuilding and Fitness Association (JABBFA) National Senior Championship.

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Professor Michael Taylor
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Editorial | Conversation on the drought

As the aphorism goes, it’s better late than never. So, while Jamaica’s policymakers may have fumbled the earlier opportunity, there are compelling reasons to still act on Professor Michael Taylor’s suggestion that Jamaica prepare for droughts and associated crises, similar to how it plans for hurricanes. The science is available to do so. “We would never wait until hurricane-force winds begin blowing to decide we should prepare for a hurricane,” he wrote in this newspaper on Sunday. “Let us stop waiting until the taps run dry to prepare for drought.”

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