A 10-year-old child was allegedly used as bait by gunmen on Friday morning to lure police officers into a deadly ambush during an operation in the Five Miles area of St Catherine. According to reports, the confrontation began about 5:15 a.m. in Mount Moreland, a hilly community off the Sligoville main road, where a Special Operations Branch team was searching for wanted men. The officers reportedly came under gunfire from three men who had barricaded themselves inside a house with other occupants, including the child, a six-month-old infant, and their mother.

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BEIJING (AP) — A court in China on Friday sentenced the operator of a kindergarten and other employees to prison terms for serving tainted food, after more than 200 students were found with abnormally high levels of lead in their blood, official media reported. Li Huifang, who operated the Heshi Peixin Kindergarten in the city of Tianshui in Gansu province, was sentenced to life in prison, with 500,000 yuan ($75,000) of her personal assets ordered to be confiscated, according to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.

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EXPERIENCED SPORTS lawyer Dr Emir Crowne has accused the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) of acting as “judge, jury, and executioner” after its executive committee upheld sanctions against Jamaica College (JC) for fielding an ineligible player, Jamone Lyle, in the Manning and Walker Cup competitions.

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Reggae icon Capleton is set to bring his signature energy to Appleton Estate Live Wire on Saturday, October 31, at The Wharf Estate in Clarendon, where he will share the stage with emerging artistes Deep Jahi and Jamarii for a night celebrating Jamaican music across generations. With a catalogue of enduring hits, a commanding stage presence and a reputation for delivering uplifting messages, Capleton is expected to lead an exciting night of reggae and dancehall. For the veteran performer, headlining this staging comes with high expectations and enthusiasm.

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered its forecast for Jamaica’s economic growth in 2027, signalling a slower rebound than it expected six months ago, even as it upgraded its outlook for 2026. In its October World Economic Outlook (WEO) released this week, the IMF cut its 2027 forecast for Jamaica to 2.4 per cent from the 3.1 per cent forecast in April. At the same time, it raised its projection for 2026 to zero growth from a previously forecast 1.2 per cent contraction.

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