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Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Mark Malabver addressing the JTA’s 2026 Education Conference in Hanover on Tuesday.
Published 18 hours ago by Bryan Miller

ON EDGE

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Mark Malabver is calling on the Government to show greater respect for the nation’s teachers, arguing that educators are not being…
Latoya Harris Ghartey (second left), executive director, National Education Trust (NET); Kennecy Davidson (fifth left), assistant chief education officer; Everette Riley (sixth left), senior education officer for Region 4; Roger Hinds (seventh left), of Ja
Published 18 hours ago by Corey Robinson

NET targets power gaps as schools remain in the dark after Melissa

Dozens of schools still without electricity months after Hurricane Melissa are now being targeted for emergency support as the National Education Trust (NET) moves to plug critical gaps with the…
Dr Kevin Brown, president of the University of Technology, Jamaica, addresses the opening day of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association’s 2026 Education Conference on Tuesday.
Published 18 hours ago by Christopher Thomas

UTech president wants end to TVET stigma

WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Kevin Brown, president of The University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech), has joined calls for an end to the stigma that currently exists against technical and vocational education…
Veteran DJ Jaggy D, who was shot dead in Hopewell Square.
Updated 14 hours ago by Adrian Frater

Veteran DJ ‘Jaggy D’ shot dead in Hopewell Square

WESTERN BUREAU: Veteran deejay Roger Walker, popularly known as ‘Jaggy D’, was murdered shortly after midday on Monday in Hopewell, Hanover, when an unknown assailant opened fire, killing him on the…
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Published 18 hours ago by Livern Barrett

Pedestrian, bikers among 5 killed in Easter Weekend crashes

Five people died on Jamaica’s roadways over the five-day Easter holiday weekend, raising concerns for the main road safety advocacy group even as road fatalities continue to trend downwards.…
Reverend Sheldon Ashman (third left), chairman of the Hanover Ministers Fraternal, collects a symbolic cheque for $2.4 million from 12-year-old Gareson Whittaker, the son of Michelle Whittaker, managing director of GV Service Station in Hanover. Sharing in
Published 18 hours ago by Bryan Miller

GV Service Station pumps $9.2m into Kitchen of Love for 2025

WESTERN BUREAU: The Hanover Kitchen of Love has received a $2.4-million boost from GV Service Station, which is spearheading an initiative to provide 400 hot meals per month to needy persons in the…
Business
Published 18 hours ago

Tourism sector drives delinquent loans to record high

Past-due loans in Jamaica’s banking system surged to $84.6 billion in January 2026 – the highest level on record – driven by a deterioration in tourism sector borrowing that suggests Hurricane…
Letters
Published 18 hours ago

From slave ships to visa bans

THE EDITOR, Madam: Recent reporting in The Guardian on the United Nations’ declaration of the transatlantic slave trade as the “gravest crime against humanity” marks a pivotal moment in global moral…
An estimated five per cent of students drop out before the end of grade nine, and up to eight per cent exit the system between grades nine and 10.
Published 18 hours ago

Editorial | Tracking all students

The disclosure that 335 students remain missing from Jamaica’s classrooms five months after Hurricane Melissa highlights the urgency of establishing a robust system to monitor children’s school…