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Stories by Asha Wilks/Staff Reporter

Published:Saturday | June 15, 2024 | 12:09 AMAsha Wilks/Staff Reporter

Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck has criticised the services being offered by entities within both the private and public sectors as being “poor” and “weak”. Speaking on Thursday at the St Matthew’s Anglican Church in St Elizabeth at the ministry’s...

Published:Thursday | December 7, 2023 | 12:09 AMAsha Wilks/Staff Reporter

Alicia Fowler, a blind and partially deaf mother of four, has a burning desire to be the kind of mother her children deserve. But unemployed, disabled, and ailing with other health issues, the 48-year-old finds it difficult to make ends meet on a...

Published:Tuesday | March 21, 2023 | 1:19 AMAsha Wilks/Staff Reporter

School teachers and guidance counsellors have commended the efforts made by Choose life International (CLI) and the Jamaica Social Stock Exchange (JSSE), who on Monday, launched the Happiness Clubs in Schools project. The launch coincided with...

Published:Thursday | May 5, 2022 | 12:06 AMAsha Wilks/Staff Reporter

The ministries of justice and education have reaffirmed their commitment to the training of administrative staff, parents, and students in restorative techniques to counter the increased levels of school violence seen since full resumption of face...

Published:Friday | February 18, 2022 | 12:06 AMAsha Wilks/Staff Reporter

A STENCH of weeks of uncollected garbage hangs over the heads of Dunbeholden community members in Portmore, St Catherine. Residents claim that garbage is left to pile up at the gates of homes lined across the various roads and avenues in the area’s...

Published:Monday | December 20, 2021 | 12:06 AMAsha Wilks/Staff Reporter

In a riveting final match of Season 18 of TVJ’s Junior Schools’ Challenge Quiz, Friendship Primary from St Catherine defeated the St Andrew-based Creative Kids Learning Academy on Thursday night. Emerging tops out of the 127 preparatory and...

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