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AI is already shaping special education planning, personnel preparation and assessment. One example is the individualized education program, or IEP, the primary instrument for guiding which services a child receives. An IEP draws on a range of assessments
January 30, 2026

Seth King | Resource-strapped special educators turn to AI…often unaware of the risks

Funding is scarce and personnel shortages are pervasive in special education, leaving many schools struggling to hire qualified and willing practitioners. Amid these long-standing challenges, there is…
Police diverting traffic as personnel response to a security issue at Port Antonio High School in Portland on January 30.
January 30, 2026

Classes at Port Antonio High School suspended over security issue

Classes at Port Antonio High School in Portland were suspended on Friday following a security issue that forced the evacuation of the institution. Police and fire personnel responded to the incident…
Minister with Responsibility for Works in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Infrastructure Development, Robert Morgan, addressing a recent post-Cabinet Press Briefing at Jamaica House.
January 30, 2026

One Road Authority policy framework approved

The Government is set to begin phase one of the implementation of Jamaica’s One Road Authority (ORA), following Cabinet’s approval of the policy framework for the creation of the executive agency,…
Members of the National Palace General Security Unit (USGPN) set up a security perimeter as Transitional Council President Laurent Saint-Cyr visits the headquarters of the armed forces in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, January, 2025.
January 30, 2026

UN criticises Haiti for lack of progress on a political transition

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council criticized Haitian authorities Thursday for the lack of progress in achieving a political transition and called for urgent security sector…
His court date is being finalised.
January 30, 2026

St Mary taxi driver charged for stabbing man during dispute

A St Mary taxi operator has been charged for stabbing a man during an altercation. He is 42-year-old Damion Ellis, otherwise called ‘Bradley,’ who is facing the offence of wounding with intent. He is…
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January 30, 2026

Repair works for section of Olivier Road in St Andrew

Commencing today, the section of Olivier Road, between Constant Spring Road and Norbrook Road, will be reduced to single lane to facilitate repairs to the roadway. The National Works Agency (NWA)…
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, addresses the House of Representatives on January 27.
January 30, 2026

Areas designated as entertainment zones to be announced soon – Grange

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, is to shortly announce some of the areas that are to be designated as entertainment zones. She made the disclosure during…
President Donald Trump listens during an event on addiction recovery in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, January 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)
January 30, 2026

Trump threatens tariffs on any country selling oil to Cuba, backing Mexico into a corner

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that would impose a tariff on any goods from countries that sell or provide oil to Cuba, a move that could further…
Bridgett Anderson and Ricardo Munoz Bennett, parents of Ricardo Anthony Munoz Bennett speaks at the thanksgiving service for their son, Ricardo Anthony Munoz-Bennett, at Louise Bennett Garden Theatre on Hope Road in Kingston on Wednesday.
January 30, 2026 by Yasmine Peru

Love fills the air at send-off for Bridgett Anderson’s son

Majestically decorated in shades of purple, the Louise Bennett Garden Theatre in St Andrew played host to the thanksgiving service for Ricardo Anthony Munoz Bennett on Wednesday morning. His mother,…