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Updated 7 hours ago by Andre Williams/Staff Reporter

A mother’s nightmare - Coma, fear and a family’s fight to save 13-y-o stabbed in domestic dispute 

A 13-year-old Excelsior High School student remains in a coma at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) after she was stabbed while trying to intervene in a violent domestic dispute in Bayshore Park in the vicinity of Harbour View, St Andrew, on Saturday night.

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Updated 10 hours ago by Ruddy Mathison

‘Get your facts straight’- Portmore council rejects Morris Dixon’s red‑tape claim on school fencing

The Portmore Municipal Council has sharply rebuked Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon, the minister of education, skills, youth and information, accusing her of misleading the public with claims that…
Updated 10 hours ago by Karen Madden

Coding his future - UTech student eyes Caribbean tech transformation
When the next academic year begins in September 2026, Jamaican Justin Brown will be one of 10 international students starting a Master of Management in Analytics postgraduate programme at McGill…
Updated 10 hours ago by Christopher Thomas

Foster triplets receive Massachusetts honour for helping Westmoreland’s Melissa victims rise
WESTERN BUREAU: Malaika, Mahari and Mikalli Foster, known in gospel music circles as the Foster Triplets, have been awarded the keys to the city of Worcester, in Massachusetts, for their ongoing ‘We…
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Updated 29 minutes ago by Edmond Campbell

Fare fight - Phillips puts proposals on table salvage ‘decaying’ public transport system
Opposition spokesman on Transport Mikael Phillips says the Government’s failure to craft and implement a coherent transport policy in the last 10 years has led to an “embarrassing spectacle” of state…
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Updated 26 minutes ago by Tanesha Mundle

No red flags for CMU’s chief finance officials’ over compliance to institution’s laws 
A senior official in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service yesterday conceded that he had no evidence that the chief financial officers at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) failed to…
Updated 18 minutes ago by Sashana Small

Near-miss tragedy after 5-y-o falls into manhole at school 
A Manchester family is breathing a sigh of relief after their five-year-old child escaped serious injuries following a fall into a manhole at the New Forest Primary and Infant school in the parish on…
Updated 10 hours ago by Bryan Miller

Woodsville residents repair condemned bridge, while still waiting for Government action
Western Bureau: Residents of Woodsville, in Hanover, who have been operating with a makeshift bridge they created following the collapse of the 100-year-old Woodsville bridge four years ago, are…
Updated 9 hours ago

Jamaica celebrates 50 years of IMO membership
Jamaica this week marked 50 years of membership in the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), with Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister Kamina Johnson Smith stressing that shipping underpins…
Updated 9 hours ago

Diplomats, alumni in Jamaica mark 130 years of LSE
The Jamaica chapter of the London School of Economics (LSE) Alumni Association, in partnership with NCB Capital Markets Limited, hosted a high-level leadership conversation over the weekend to mark…