Jamaica Gleaner

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 01:07:26 -0400
Children abandoned
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 h...

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 01:07:26 -0400
Jason Arday planned Jamaica visit to encourage parents of autistic children
The late Cambridge professor Jason Arday was set to deliver a message of hope to Jamaican parents of autistic children before his untimely death, organisers of the Hope, Tools and Tomorrow Autism Summit have revealed.

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 01:06:28 -0400
Hutchinson plans to rally Labourites for JLP’s fourth term
WESTERN BUREAU: While J.C. Hutchinson will be stepping down as the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) deputy leader in charge of Area Council Four come October, he has made it clear that he plans to remain active to help secure a fourth consecutive term...

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 01:07:26 -0400
Library closure raises fears for students, residents in Oracabessa
“What is a community without a library to help the kids with assignments and things to print?” That is the question a 15-year-old St Mary student is asking as the Oracabessa Branch Library faces closure, leaving students and residents uncertain ...

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 01:06:18 -0400
High-school friends create AI companion for mental wellness
More than two decades after they met in high school in Jamaica and became friends, Rene Myrie and Francine Forbes have combined their professional knowledge to create Choobi, an artificial intelligence-powered mental wellness companion.

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 01:07:24 -0400
Expansion joint issue continues to dog Howard Cooke Boulevard bridge
WESTERN BUREAU: Motorists and pedestrians are again calling for a comprehensive repair of an expansion joint on a bridge along Howard Cooke Boulevard in Montego Bay. The bridge has faced recurring structural challenges and repeated failures of its e...

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 01:07:26 -0400
Coopers Pen tax tangle - $26-million bill due to TAJ over disputed land
New Falmouth Resorts Limited is facing a mounting $26.3-million tax bill on more than 260 acres of prime land, which is now at the centre of a public dispute between Coopers Pen residents and the company. Official Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) re...

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 01:06:58 -0400
Reading renaissance - Results continue to give implementers of grade-seven literacy initiative reason to smile
Grace Baston, the lead implementer behind the Grade Seven Academy Reading initiative at Holy Trinity High School in Kingston, could not be more pleased with the latest findings from the third student-administered assessment of grade-eight students t...

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 01:06:50 -0400
‘Slow learners’ shine at CSEC
The 2026 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) English language examination success of young grades 8 and 9 students Andrelissa Brown and Tegan Brown of St Thomas Technical High School continues to demonstrate how students adjudged to be ...

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 01:06:57 -0400
Highway menace - Former legislator, daughter and friend survive collision with stray cow on May Pen-Mandeville toll road
Three passengers counting their blessings, a wrecked Mitsubishi Pajero and a dead cow were the grim remnants of a frightening late-night collision last week on the May Pen-to-Mandeville leg of the toll highway. Stray cattle had breached the fencing ...

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