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Jamaica Gleaner
Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:10:16 -0500Heart over hardware
With the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) to the profession, nursing graduands from Northern Caribbean University (NCU) are being urged to maintain their humanity and morality in caring for patients. “Don’t let the algorithms define your....
Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:09:52 -0500Life sentence for gun find
The St Catherine South police on July 29 marked the conviction of Derron Simms, an alleged member of the Rat Bat Gang, as a major success in the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) sustained bid to deter the deadly trade in guns and ammunition....
Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:06:08 -0500Jamaica’s crime management an inspiration to Caribbean, says Vernon
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon this week heaped praise on the St James police for the dramatic reduction in murders in the parish. Since the start of the year, St James has recorded 34 murders in comparison to the 83 murders...
Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:09:14 -0500FAO launches digital platform for empowerment of rural women in Latam, Caribbean
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched the new Regional Platform for the Empowerment of Rural Women, a digital tool aimed at strengthening the capacities, leadership, and full exercise of the rights of rural.....
Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:09:19 -0500Gleaner, Observer sign MOU to explore joining production, distribution logistics services
The Gleaner Company (Media) Ltd (GCML) and the Jamaica Observer Limited (JOL) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to examine the feasibility of using common printing and distribution logistics services, i.e. print production and...
Jamaica Observer
Tue, Apr 12, 2022 07:01:00 GMT Charity makes donation to upgrade more restrooms at Little London High
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Male students at Little London High School no longer have to be jealous that the girls' restroom is nicer than theirs. Last Friday, a group of alumni called Global Humanity Network Incorporated (GHNI) dona...
Tue, Apr 12, 2022 07:01:00 GMT This Day in History - April 12
Today is the 102nd day of 2022. There are 263 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1961: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to fly in space, orbit the Earth and make a safe landing. OTHER EVENTS1606: Great Britain ad...
Tue, Apr 12, 2022 07:01:00 GMT Sharif sworn in as Pakistan's new PM after week of drama
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's Parliament on Monday elected Opposition lawmaker Shahbaz Sharif as the new prime minister, following a week of political turmoil that led to the weekend ouster of Premier Imran Khan.Sharif took the ...
Tue, Apr 12, 2022 07:01:00 GMT Arlene Swaby fuels her business with focus and Access
While the journey of entrepreneurship has been anything but smooth sailing for small grocery store owner Arlene Swaby, she is proof that with the right focus, and a little support, small business owners can thrive."I started out after m...
Mon, Apr 11, 2022 07:01:00 GMT Hanging not solution to crime problem, says official
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Programme director, Community Renewal Programme, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Charles Clayton says the answer to the nation's crime problem is definitely not the resumption of hanging.In fact, Clayton poi...
Jamaica Star
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 17:15:08 -0500Political commentator urges JLP, PNP to tone down 'irresponsible' rhetoric
Political commentator Lloyd B Smith is calling on Jamaica's two main political parties to tone down platform rhetoric, which he says has become "incendiary and irresponsible" and is contributing to heightened political tensions across the country.....
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 15:57:08 -0500PNP postpones rally to avoid potential clash with JLP supporters
The People's National Party (PNP) has pulled the plug on its planned mass rally in Cross Roads, St Andrew, this Sunday, saying is acting in the interest of the public and preventing any potential showdown with supporters of the ruling Jamaica...
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 15:31:09 -0500Man hospitalised following machete attack, tattoo artist charged
A Thursday morning in Greenvale, Mandeville, turned violent when police say a tattoo artist attacked a man with a machete, leaving him hospitalised. The accused, 30-year-old Brandon Grant, otherwise called 'Dangles', a tattoo artist and painter.....
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 13:53:09 -0500Man killed, cop injured in Negril shootout
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is probing the fatal shooting of a man and the injury of a cop during a reported gun battle in Negril, Westmoreland, on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Niarrie Richardson,...
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 11:32:08 -0500Ex-Political candidate in Bahamas convicted of molesting underage boy
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC -A 51-year-old former candidate of the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) will return to court on October 2 for sentencing after he was found guilty of molesting an underage boy. The nine-member jury, including three men,...