Administrators of Papine High School have launched a work-to-earn and mentorship programme to refocus at-risk teenage boys and loosen the influence of gangs that have historically infiltrated the school population. The strategy is reportedly...
The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) ex-servicemen who had the honour of meeting Queen Elizabeth II were saddened by news of the passing of the monarch on Thursday as the news spread around the globe. The Queen, who made six trips to Jamaica during her...
Labour and Social Security Minister Karl Samuda is encouraging members of parliament (MPs) to work with the ministry to identify people who should be enrolled in the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH), the State’s chief...
In her hour of greatest need, a gravely ill cop with 12 years of service to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said she has been shunned by her colleagues and is in desperate need of assistance. Grace-Ann Williams, 39, was diagnosed with...
A papier-mâché replica of folklorist Miss Lou more than 20 years ago by students and teachers of the Louise Bennett-Coverley Primary continues to be a centrepiece at the school’s yearly celebration and showcase of the late cultural icon. Patricia...
Opposition Spokesman on Education Damion Crawford has criticised the Government’s handling of a spate of teacher resignations, especially as schools reopen for the first full-scale academic year roll-out in three years. Calling it a misdiagnosis of...
Only three youngsters and two adults were on board the train from Linstead to Spanish Town in St Catherine, which arrived at its destination at 7:15 a.m. on Monday as the new school year began. The train from Old Harbour to the parish capital had...
School officials at some St Catherine-based institutions were upbeat as they welcomed students on Monday morning, hopeful for a successful new school year. For some, the orientation exercises were still ongoing, or extended. At St John’s Primary...
When gunshots rang out on Friday night, Doreen Jackson-Smikle began gathering her family members, frightened by the unknown of what was occurring beyond the walls of her residence in Pleasant View, Eight Miles. But when she called out to her 50-...
After decades of living in squalor within the shantytowns of Kingston Western, some residents are now banking on a new housing development in the area to improve their living conditions. Ground for the Victoria Palms development was broken on...
The community of Cheswick in eastern St Thomas has been contending with erratic water supply for decades. When Diane Wilson was 16 years old, she recalled having to make numerous trips, with a bucket of water atop her head, to and from her home...
An unfinished and abandoned community centre, on which construction work was halted for reasons unknown, stands as a stark metaphor for the entire district of Cheswick in St Thomas, which residents painfully lament has been neglected for years....
“You are not forgotten,” Morant Bay May Michael Hue told residents of Cheswick in St Thomas on Tuesday, trying to reassure them as the Government prepares to invest millions in improving “non-existent” infrastructure in the district. Hue was...
Residents and business persons in Spanish Town have clamoured for increased investment in safety and security as well as greater infrastructural development before an Emancipation Park-style recreational space is established in the Old Capital....
Maxine Sutherland-Jenkins is in emotional turmoil as her farmworker husband, Samuel Jenkins, lies in a hospital bed battling Stage Four cancer of the liver and spleen at The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI). Jenkins, a family...
The children of the Port Royal Primary and Infant School were fêted on Friday by the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) as the state entity formally adopted the Kingston-based educational institution ahead of the new academic year. The day’s events were...
The chief executive officer of the Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC) has stared down a rebellion and rejected as overblown the noisy resistance to draft legislation governing the licensing of teachers. Dr Winsome Gordon, who broke her silence in a...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness is lamenting the state of the Washington Boulevard corridor, noting that the area is in need of attention, not only to address traffic concerns, but to improve the look of the entrance to the metropolis. “ ... As you...
As the clock winds down to September 5, school administrators are fine-tuning pandemic-shelved programmes to be reintroduced and carrying out repairs to run-down facilities to start the 2022-2023 academic year with a bang. At Calabar Infant,...
St Catherine schools are bracing for battle as the new academic year beckons in September. But the test for many of them is not academic, though they are fighting for hearts and minds. The challenge, for some, is also existential. Naggo Head...
It was not surprising that of the 80 students who participated in a weeklong robotics camp organised by the Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) Foundation and Halls of Learning, Robeano Davis came out on top with a quadruple victory. Given his...
Distributors and whole-salers of liquor and non-alcoholic beverages are being forced to put added pressure on customers to return empties in order to purchase drinks as the global glass bottle crisis persists. Clement Stevens, director of Papine...
As Jamaica’s monkeypox case count inches up weekly, hospitals and other healthcare facilities have bolstered efforts to stem the virus’ spread. Dr Michael Bent, regional technical director at the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), said the...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has bemoaned that not enough local professionals are cashing in on Jamaica’s culture as he made a rallying cry for more people to join the orange economy. He was speaking on Wednesday at a ground-breaking ceremony...
High teacher migration rates are raising a new threat to school administrations beyond the struggle of stretching manpower. Principals are now facing the dilemma of perhaps abandoning some curriculum programmes in the upcoming academic year amid...
