The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Jamaica is calling for urgent action to reach the thousands of people living with HIV in Jamaica who are not receiving treatment. In a statement yesterday, the AHF, which works to expand access to HIV prevention, testing, and treatment, sexual and reproductive health services, advocacy, and community-based health education, pointed to national data showing that Jamaica has an estimated 28,000 people living with HIV, approximately 26,500 of whom have been diagnosed. However, only 14,716 – or 53 per cent – are documented as receiving treatment.

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A 16-year-old shot his way through locked doors to get into an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, killing three children and a teacher. He was then shot by a person at the scene who followed him inside, authorities said. The suspect was found dead inside the school minutes after the shooting was first reported, Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz said. The three children killed were aged 5, 8 and 11. Another child, 7, and a teacher, 54, were injured and taken to the hospital in critical condition, he said.

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The ISSA Walker Cup final will go ahead as scheduled today at Stadium East, but an unresolved appeal by Jamaica College (JC) will cast a shadow over the showdown between Kingston College (KC) and Mona High. The final is set to kick off at 4 p.m., with Mona getting a second chance at the title after being reinstated following JC’s expulsion. JC had advanced to the final after defeating Mona in the semi-final but were subsequently removed after national representative Jamone Lyle, who played in that match, was deemed ineligible to compete in schoolboy football.

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It was as a selector that Rory ‘Yaadcore’ Cha first earned his musical stripes. Having watched his father select on Love People International, he honed his skills early, exploring dancehall before settling in with reggae, with a serving of what was dubbed “revival”.

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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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