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Talitha Wilson cried for two weeks straight after her child was diagnosed with Down syndrome. This is a genetic condition where a person is born with an extra copy of chromosome 21. This means that they have 47 chromosomes instead of 46, which...

Western Bureau: Seven months ago, 18-year-old Rihanna Golding, of Bogue in St James, had her right leg amputated after she was diagnosed with stage two osteosarcoma (bone cancer) in 2023. Today, she is again battling the cancer that she thought was...

Over the past four months, the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) seized 148 illegal firearms and approximately 8,000 assorted rounds shipped from the United States (US) to legitimate ports of entry. During that time...

One of Toronto’s oldest churches, the St James Cathedral (Toronto), last Sunday held for the first time a Bob Marley Mass composed by the Reverend Canon Dr Stephen Fields, vicar of the church, in observation of the International Day for the...

WESTERN BUREAU: Rohan Rose, the man accused of not telling the police what he knew about the 2022 murder of social media influencer Aneka ‘Slickianna’ Townsend, is expected to know his fate when he returns to the St James Circuit Court on October...

WESTERN BUREAU: Lenworth Fulton, the immediate past president of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), is calling for strong legislative action and government investment in surveillance technology to tackle the ongoing scourge of praedial larceny...

Opposition Leader Mark Golding is proposing to establish a National Disability Fund should his party form the next Government. He is equally promising to increase spending to address the challenges of special needs children in Jamaica. Golding, who...

Riding on one of the most successful planks of People’s National Party (PNP) administrations since the 1970s, Opposition Leader Mark Golding has outlined a slew of benefits he proposes to put in place for prospective homeowners, and public sector...

Declaring that Jamaica has made significant progress in renewable energy expansion, Energy Minister Daryl Vaz says the continued growth of the sector will make the island energy independent and less vulnerable to global volatility in fuel prices in...

For more than 15 years, 32-year-old Doniecia Thomas-Senior of Mile End, St Ann, has been affected by various symptoms including heart palpitations followed by chest pain, shortness of breath and fainting spells. “I’ve been affected for 15 years to...

Member of Parliament (MP) Rhoda Moy Crawford, who wept on the political platform on Sunday, says her tears were the culmination of a “tough” journey which included a recent emergency surgery. The Manchester Central MP, who is desperately seeking to...

A St Andrew security guard, from whose car an illegal gun was seized, was freed of gun charges in the Gun Court on Friday despite his DNA being found on the weapon. Tryon Cornwall, 41, was found not guilty of possession of a prohibited weapon by...