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Deputy Spokesperson on Education Dr Maziki Thame addresses a press conference on Monday as Opposition Leader Mark Golding (left) and Education Spokesperson Damion Crawford (right) look on.
15 Sep, 2026 0

PNP: Gov’t failed to plan for school reopening - Opposition cites safety, deadline concerns as repairs lag

The People’s National Party (PNP) has accused the Government of “building narratives” to cover up a failure to properly plan for the new school year, pointing to widespread delays in school…
La Sonja Harrison, president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association, delivering the keynote address during the 10th staging of the Jill Stewart MoBay City Run Scholarship Presentation at the S Hotel in Montego Bay, St James, on Friday.
15 Sep, 2026 0

RESET VALUES - Harrison challenges schools to shape students of sound character amid rising moral concerns

WESTERN BUREAU: Speaking against the background of the recent abduction and sexual assault of a 10-year-old student in Clarendon, Jamaica Teachers’ Association President La Sonja Harrison is calling…
La Sonja Harrison, President, Jamaica Teachers Association.
15 Sep, 2026 0

Harrison: Jamaica must stop normalising failure in education

Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President La Sonja Harrison is warning that Jamaica is facing an education emergency and is calling for urgent national action to address widening learning gaps.…
From left: Audley Gordon, executive director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA); Dwayne Vaz, Member of Parliament for Central Westmoreland; Danree Delancy, Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar; and Desmond McKenzie, Minister of Local Government an
15 Sep, 2026 0

$29-million waste station opens in Westmoreland

WESTERN BUREAU: There is hope that garbage collection in Westmoreland will improve significantlyfollowing the opening of a $29-million waste transfer station, which will allow trucks to make multiple…
Senior Superintendent of Police Eron Samuels, commanding officer for the St James Police Division, addressing the monthly meeting of the St James Municipal Corporation last Thursday.
15 Sep, 2026 0

St James residents urged to seek permission for social events

WESTERN BUREAU: Senior Superintendent of Police Eron Samuels, the police commander for St James, is reminding persons who want to hold social events in their communities to first seek permission from…
Veteran journalist Balford Henry
15 Sep, 2026 0

‘A writer’s writer’

Veteran journalist Balford Henry, who died on Monday, is being remembered by colleagues, friends and the political class for his fair yet fearless journalism. His death at age 74, following a brief…
Chief Justice Bryan Sykes (left) greets members of the judiciary while Justice Minister Delroy Chuck (right) greets Director of Public Prosecutions Claudette Thompson (third right) and Denise E. Kitson, KC, (second right), chairman of the General Legal Cou
14 Sep, 2026 0

SECOND CHANCE

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck says there is no longer a backlog of expungement applications following the recent amendments to the Criminal Records (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Amendment Act (2026).…
Former Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn.
14 Sep, 2026 0

Llewellyn defended wedding invitation from ex-inmate in story of redemption

Former Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn never expected a wedding invitation from a former inmate she had encountered as a state witness. When it came, she was surprised but…
Dana Morris Dixon, Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information; speaks at the Plenary session on the HCCH 1993 Convention on International Child Protection and Intercountry Adoption at the US Embassy in Kingston on Thursday, September 10, 2026
14 Sep, 2026 0

‘Never okay’ - Morris Dixon orders probe into children abandoned at hospital

Youth Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon says a probe has been launched to determine the circumstances that led to five children remaining in the care of the Spanish Town Hospital for several months after…