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Should people with autism and very high needs have a separate diagnosis?

Published:Sunday | February 15, 2026 | 12:57 PM

As the definition of autism has widened, there’s been a growing push to create a new diagnosis, called profound autism, for those who need constant and lifelong care. The reason? To ensure that they get the support and services they need. Judith...

T20 World Cup: West Indies seal Super 8 spot with Nepal rout

Published:Sunday | February 15, 2026 | 12:57 PM

West Indies notched its third straight win in Group C of the T20 World Cup on Sunday, thumping Nepal by nine wickets in Mumbai to secure a place in the Super 8 stage of the competition. West Indies had already beaten Scotland and England to take...

Starting your backyard vegetable garden

Published:Sunday | February 15, 2026 | 12:59 PM

The Associated Press: If you want healthy food, experts say to eat what’s local, organic and in-season. Those foods benefit the planet too, because they are less taxing on the soil and they don’t travel as far. It doesn’t get more local, organic...

Get the love part right

Published:Sunday | February 15, 2026 | 12:59 PMLONDON (AP):

Love and bacon hovered in the air of the Smalley house one sunny morning when Annie, 7, came to breakfast. A “baconaholic”, according to her father, Annie spied the last remaining strips of the intoxicating salty meat on a plate. She could easily...

Gabriel Agbo | Prayer does the impossible

Published:Sunday | February 15, 2026 | 12:58 PM

Prayer is communicating with God, making your requests to God and receiving answers from Him. It is a two-way communication between man and God. God variously in the Bible encouraged us to commune or pray to Him. In fact, the word of God said...

Dwight Fletcher | Money matters shouldn’t cause worry

Published:Sunday | February 15, 2026 | 12:58 PM

Have you been considering lately how to get a better handle on your money? If you’ve been following this current series, then you know that we’ve been discussing how to apply God’s principles to our finances to get better results. Many of us live...

Sean Major-Campbell | Literal reading or literary reading

Published:Sunday | February 15, 2026 | 12:57 PM

Hyperbole is used commonly, as a literary device in the Bible. This is where exaggerated speech is deliberately used to make a point in conveying a message. This is precisely the case in Matthew 5:21-37. Some Christians are challenged with coming...

Lent, the talking serpent, and the courage to read scripture honestly

Published:Sunday | February 15, 2026 | 1:00 PMDudley McLean II - Contributor

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent – forty days of disciplined preparation for Easter, not counting Sundays, which remain Feasts of the Resurrection. From the ashes traced on our foreheads, the Church calls us into a season of self-...

Boulevard Baptist Church hosts ‘Men’s Breakfast’

Published:Sunday | February 15, 2026 | 12:59 PMPaul H. Williams - Gleaner Writer

For more than 30 years, Boulevard Baptist Church, located at 20 Washington Boulevard in Kingston 20, has been hosting a ‘Breakfast for Men’ only on the last Saturday in January. This year’s iteration took place on Saturday, January 31, and it was a...

Hello mi neighbour | Most things can be fixed

Published:Sunday | February 15, 2026 | 12:59 PM

Dawned on me while standing in my bathroom a few mornings ago that much of life is about fixing things: life is unstable. Not static. Existence is in a constant state of flux, change, and unpredictability. Life is characterized by impermanence,...

T20 World Cup: West Indies won’t underestimate Nepal, says Hosein

Published:Saturday | February 14, 2026 | 5:56 PM

(CMC) - West Indies left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein has promised that the regional team will not drop its guard when they come up against minnows Nepal in their crucial ICC Men’s T20 World Cup contest on Sunday. The unbeaten Windies sit atop Group...

AK-47, nearly 300 rounds seized in Kingston raid - police

Published:Saturday | February 14, 2026 | 2:59 PM

Police in Rockfort, eastern Kingston, seized an AK-47 rifle and nearly 300 rounds of assorted ammunition during an operation on Friday evening. No arrest has been made. Reports are that about 5:50 p.m. on Friday, a team of officers carried out a...

Ex-Russian opposition leader Navalny poisoned with dart frog toxin, say European nations

Published:Saturday | February 14, 2026 | 2:09 PM

(AP) — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned by the Russian Government with a rare and lethal toxin found in the skin of poison dart frogs, five European countries said Saturday. The foreign ministries of the United Kingdom,...

Former Morant Bay mayor and three others freed of police assault charges

Published:Saturday | February 14, 2026 | 1:44 PM

Former Morant Bay Mayor and People’s National Party caretaker Hubert Williams and three other persons were freed in the St Thomas Parish Court on Thursday after the prosecution withdrew assault and obstruction charges. The other defendants were...

St Catherine man freed of unauthorised ammunition charge

Published:Saturday | February 14, 2026 | 1:03 PM

A 30-year-old man charged with unauthorised possession of ammunition was freed in the St Catherine Parish Court on Friday after the prosecution conceded it could not prove he had knowledge of the cartridges. Greg Wilson had been answering to the...

AK-47, nearly 300 rounds seized in Kingston raid - police

Published:Saturday | February 14, 2026 | 10:23 AM

Police in Rockfort, eastern Kingston, seized an AK-47 rifle and nearly 300 rounds of assorted ammunition during an operation on Friday evening.

Ex-Russian opposition leader Navalny poisoned with dart frog toxin, say European nations

Published:Saturday | February 14, 2026 | 9:53 AM

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned by the Russian Government with a rare and lethal toxin found in the skin of poison dart frogs, five European countries said Saturday.

Police probe identity of man found dead near Portmore beach

Published:Saturday | February 14, 2026 | 9:32 AM

The police are working to determine the identity of a man whose body was discovered with what appeared to be a gunshot wound in Portmore, St Catherine on Friday afternoon. Reports are that about 2:45 p.m., persons on their way to the beach...

Kiwanis Club of Linstead hosts first college fair

Published:Saturday | February 14, 2026 | 12:07 AM

Students from across St Catherine recently gathered at Dinthill Technical High School for a college fair organised by the Kiwanis Club of Linstead, the first event of its kind hosted by the chapter. Fourteen tertiary institutions participated,...

Jamaican Canadian Association honours outstanding volunteers

Published:Saturday | February 14, 2026 | 12:06 AMNeil Armstrong/Gleaner Writer

Three exceptional volunteers–an individual, a soccer club, and a growing business – were recognised for answering the call to help Jamaica in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. At its “Boonoonoonoos Brunch” on February 8 to mark three decades of...

Belmont Academy gets support to sustain learning after Hurricane Melissa

Published:Saturday | February 14, 2026 | 12:06 AM

Months after Hurricane Melissa devastated sections of western Jamaica, Belmont Academy in Bluefields, Westmoreland remains in rebuilding mode, supported by the goodwill of local companies, such as JN Money Services (JNMS). Such partnerships are...

Torch Exchange set to ignite new wave of black leadership

Published:Saturday | February 14, 2026 | 12:05 AMMontel Gordon/Contributor

LONDON: A conference has been launched in Birmingham to address one of Britain’s most urgent challenges: strengthening black leadership pipelines across business, public service, and civic life. The Torch Exchange, hosted by Excell3 and the...

Teacher at Buff Bay High dies after falling ill

Published:Friday | February 13, 2026 | 6:08 PM

The school community at Buff Bay High in Portland is in mourning after a teacher died after falling ill while at the institution. Her name has not been disclosed as efforts continue to inform her family. It is reported that the female teacher...

Gov’t reaffirms commitment to public sector wage proposal

Published:Friday | February 13, 2026 | 3:57 PM

Minister of Finance and the Public Service,Fayval Williams, says the Government remains committed to the wage offer put forward to the public-sector workers. Williams, who was addressing the House of Representatives on Thursday (February 12) where...

Sections of Spanish Town Road being repaired by NWA

Published:Friday | February 13, 2026 | 3:18 PM

The National Works Agency (NWA) says it is now undertaking repair works along sections of Spanish Town Road in St Andrew. The corridors being repaired are from Six Miles to the Weymouth Drive intersection (westbound) and from the Maxfield Avenue...

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