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Updated 14 hours ago by Erica Virtue

Reading renaissance - Results continue to give implementers of grade-seven literacy initiative reason to smile

Grace Baston, the lead implementer behind the Grade Seven Academy Reading initiative at Holy Trinity High School in Kingston, could not be more pleased with the latest findings from the third…
Updated 3 hours ago

Second alleged attacker in Zimi Seh Beach brawl offered $500,000 bail

The second alleged attacker in the Zimi Seh Beach Party incident was offered $500,000 bail when he returned to the St Ann's Bay Parish Court on Monday morning. Ramon Brown, 28, of St Andrew, was…
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Opposition seeks briefing on Jamaica-US Status of Forces Agreement

The Parliamentary Opposition is seeking a full briefing from the Government on the reported execution of a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between Jamaica and the United States. Opposition…
Parents and students wait at the Morant Bay Health Centre to access medical examinations and other services during the St Thomas Health Department's Back-to-School and Vaccination Drive on Saturday.
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St Thomas intensifies back-to-school and vaccination drive

The St Thomas Health Department is ramping up efforts to promote the well-being of children through its Back-to-School and Vaccination Drive, aimed at identifying and addressing potential health…
Manager of Debt Recovery Unit in the Client Relationship Management Services department at the Students’ Loan Bureau, Owin Watson (left); and Debt Recovery Unit Supervisor at the Students’ Loan Bureau, Corneilus Hylton.
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SLB appeals to customers to take advantage of Debt Rest initiative

The Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) is appealing to its customers who have not yet taken advantage of their Debt Rest initiative to go to their website and make the application. The call came at a…
Superintendent Anthony Wallace, head of the St Mary police division
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Man dies in head-on collision along Tower Isle main road

The St Mary police are investigating a fatal motor vehicle collision along the Tower Isle main road on Sunday, which claimed the life of a 30-year-old man and left several other persons injured. …
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Updated 14 hours ago by Curtis Myrie

‘Slow learners’ shine at CSEC

The 2026 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) English language examination success of young grades 8 and 9 students Andrelissa Brown and Tegan Brown of St Thomas Technical High School…
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Updated 14 hours ago by Lester Hinds

131 to receive Barry Wint Memorial scholarships

One hundred and thirty-one persons are set to receive Dr Barry Wint Memorial Scholarships this year, pushing the total number of recipients to more than 800 since the programme began in 2024. The…
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Updated 14 hours ago by Erica Virtue

Highway menace - Former legislator, daughter and friend survive collision with stray cow on May Pen-Mandeville toll road

Three passengers counting their blessings, a wrecked Mitsubishi Pajero and a dead cow were the grim remnants of a frightening late-night collision last week on the May Pen-to-Mandeville leg of the…