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May 19, 2024, 5:23 am
SBA PAY FRUSTRATION
- President of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association, Leighton Johnson, is expressing frustration after the Ministry of Education reneged on its promise to pay all teachers who were engaged in the marking of school-based assessments (SBAs) for last year’...
‘We have to catch them at the primary level’
- WESTERN BUREAU: National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang has indicated that plans are in place to collaborate with both early childhood institutions and primary schools to curb violence involving the nation’s youth. Dr Chang, who was speaking at...
JTA makes impassioned plea in search for missing teacher Danielle Anglin
- The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) has again made an impassioned plea for anyone with information which could lead to the safe return of 29-year-old Danielle Anglin to her family, to call the police at 119. Anglin, a teacher of St Peter Claver...
MoBay’s loader men now transport marshals
- WESTERN BUREAU: COMMANDER of the St James Police Division, acting Senior Superintendent Eron Samuels, has tasked the 19 newly trained public transportation marshals, formerly known as loader men, to show respect to everyone using the public...
Principal proposes behaviour modification centres to stem student violence
- Painting a dismal picture of a future Jamaica if the prevailing trend of student violence continues unabated, principal of Spanish Town Primary School Roogae Kirlew says there is dire need for the Ministry of Education to implement policy that...
Jamaica Customs raids popular Corporate Area jewellery store
- The Jamaica Customs enforcement and investigation branch swooped down on a Corporate Area plaza on Thursday and interrogated operators of a popular jewellery store, before seizing a quantity of assorted jewellery. The mid-afternoon operation had...
‘I want my daughter alive’
- The last five days have been very distressing for Denise Anglin, who is desperately hanging on to hope that her daughter, 29-year-old Danielle Anglin, will return home alive. Danielle, a grade four teacher at the St Peter Claver Primary School in...
No corruption involved in $21b CRH restoration, says Tufton
- WESTERN BUREAU: Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is rubbishing suggestions that corruption is at the heart of the ballooning cost of the ongoing restoration work at the St James-based Cornwall Regional Hospital [CRH], which currently stands at...
Gov’t considers reducing threshold for specified alcohol limit while driving
- The Jamaican Government is considering a reduction in the legally allowed alcohol level in persons operating motor vehicles, following several deadly crashes that occurred over the last week. Prime Minister Andrew Holness, chairman of the National Road...
Jackson advocates for focus on microenterprise sector
- Fitz Jackson, member of parliament (MP) for St Catherine Southern, wants the small and medium-sized businesses in the manufacturing sector to be placed in the spotlight and their performance examined by Parliament’s Economy and Production...
‘One of the biggest things that has happened to me’
- When Rayon Davis was, on Wednesday, announced as the recipient of the inaugural Marcia Erskine Scholarship, valued at US$5,000, he was dumbstruck. Davis, a former ward of the State, did not know the measure of the recently deceased media and public...
Motorist awarded $850,000 plus interest in lawsuit against State
- A motorist who sued the State for $2.5 million claiming he lost, among other things, $1.1 million for the loss of the use of his vehicle, which was seized for four months, was instead awarded $850,000 plus interest in general damages after he could...
J’can official to throw first pitch at MLB game to raise funds for UWI
- Jamaica’s Consul General to Miami, Oliver Mair, will toss out the first pitch at tonight’s Major League Baseball (MLB) game between the Florida Marlins and the New York Mets to raise funds for the Friends of the University of the West Indies...
‘A VERY SPECIAL BIRTHDAY GIFT’
- It was not the birthday gift Wayne Campbell had dreamt of, but for him, yesterday’s conviction of his former son-in-law and three accomplices for the daring daylight contract murder of his daughter six years ago was the best gift. “Today is my...
Put aside ‘strife’
- Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Leader of the Opposition Mark Golding are being encouraged to put aside their “animosity” and engage in further Vale Royal Talks to resolve the current impasse in the constitutional-reform process. The Vale Royal...
Stern: Golding’s position on dual citizenship ‘hypocritical’
- Senior Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) member Michael Stern says Opposition Leader Mark Golding’s credibility must be questioned following his call for constitutional amendments that would allow Jamaicans with dual citizenship to run for office. Stern,...
‘It’s a sombre moment for us’
- BUFF BAY, Portland: Grieving students, with tears flowing freely down their cheeks, reflected the mood at Titchfield High School in Portland yesterday as the school population searched desperately for answers to the ‘hows’ and ‘whys’ about the...
‘Cowboy and Indian’ shoot-out leaves two dead in Burnside Valley
- The Major Investigation Division (MID) is probing the alleged cowboy and Indian-like bizarre double murder and shooting in Burnside Valley, Red Hills, which left two attackers dead and another man nursing life-threatening gunshot wounds....
Gov’t urged to implement better strategies to retain teachers
- WESTERN BUREAU: Deputy Opposition Spokesperson on Education and Community Development, Dr Kenneth Russell, is urging that the Jamaican government implements strategies to retain the country’s teachers amid the yearly migration. Dr Russell, who...
Debbie Avenue residents lament filthy conditions
- Residents of Debbie Avenue in Edgewater, Portmore, have been enduring weeks of hardship due to a collapsed sewage main, resulting in sewage overflow into their homes and along the road. Faye Barnett, a resident of 15 years, expressed frustration,...
