Principals across the Corporate Area are anticipating a smooth reopening of school on Monday, after putting in weeks of preparation. At the New Providence Primary School, Principal Nicole Thompson was relieved that damage to the sewerage system at...
Alfred Thomas, principal of Brown’s Town High in St Ann, has less than a week to fill nine vacancies on his teaching staff after facing the bulk of teacher resignations in late August. However, he is not very optimistic that he will be able to...
Concerned that more students are becoming attracted to and engaging in underage gambling, Richard Henry, programme manager at the RISE Life Management Services, has endorsed the proposal to make gambling prevention a mandatory part of school...
Mathematics expert Dr Samuel McDaniel has asserted that a complete overhaul of primary education is necessary to address the consistently mediocre performance of students in the subject area at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC)...
Before checking for her results in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, Ocasia Graham received a call from her parents and they assured her that they would still be proud of her regardless of how she performed....
Despite less than half the repair work being completed at Hampton School in St Elizabeth, Principal Mahvell Charlton-Brown is confident that the ongoing restoration will not impact the reopening of school in two weeks. The school was severely...
There was a significant increase in the number of students who attempted to cheat in the May-June sitting of this year’s Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) exams, the regional agency has disclosed. The incidents of misconduct ranged from...
A father has been laden with guilt over the death of his 14 year-old son, who was killed along with eight other relatives in a car accident in Palm Beach County, Florida in the United States (US) on Monday. District Constable Michael Hall said he...
Whenever Kareen Melbourne, a resident of Comfort Hall in Manchester, needs to charge her phone or any other electronic device, she has to travel to the neighbouring community of Oxford or to the town of Balaclava in St Elizabeth to do so. The cost...
Leighton Christie, principal of Papine High School in St Andrew, is anticipating improved academic performances from the institution’s students when it is removed from the shift system in September. The school, which was built in 1959, was placed...
At least six times over the last 13 years, fans of incarcerated dancehall artiste Adidja ‘Vybz Kartel’ Palmer have gathered within the precincts of the courts with the hope that the man they hail as ‘Worl’ Boss’ would be freed. On Wednesday, their...
Principals of some Corporate Area schools are voicing their support for the Ministry of Education and Youth’s plan to recruit foreign teachers to fill vacancies in the school system for the upcoming school year. However, the school administrators...
For almost three weeks, Althea Brown and her husband, Ivan, have been taking turns sleeping on a cot in what serves as her office at the hurricane shelter in Rocky Point, Clarendon. She is the manager of the facility, but like many residents in the...
With the damage inflicted on the island’s housing infrastructure by Hurricane Beryl, two local architects are urging Jamaicans to embrace better design choices as they rebuild, even on a limited budget, so their roofs can withstand storms. The...
Although Vere Technical High in Clarendon has been placed on a list of schools severely damaged by Hurricane Beryl, Principal Oneil Lewin is optimistic that the repairs will be done in time for reopening on September 2. The Category 4 storm lashed...
The National Parent-Teacher Association of Jamaica (NPTAJ) has warned that Monday’s Court of Appeal ruling on a primary school’s denial of access to a female student over her dreadlocks could further disrupt school-grooming policies. “It can create...
The Jamaica Association of Principals of Secondary Schools (JAPSS) is urging the Ministry of Education to swiftly repair schools damaged by Hurricane Beryl to ensure that they are ready for reopening in September. A preliminary assessment conducted...
Players in the island’s construction industry are not expecting the local skilled labour shortage to impact rebuilding efforts as the country recovers from the impact of Hurricane Beryl. While acknowledging that there has been limited assessment of...
Though visibly distressed by the wreckage that Hurricane Beryl caused on the historic property, the management of Lover’s Leap in Yardley Chase, St Elizabeth, is resolute in their efforts to restore the attraction to its former glory. Perched atop...
Residents of Bull Savannah in St Elizabeth have rallied together to fast-track their recovery from the powerful Category 4 Hurricane Beryl, which uprooted their lives last Wednesday. On Friday, Edwin Powell was busy repairing his neighbour’s roof...
Nicolette Dinham’s entire house in Compound, Alligator Pond, was blown away when Hurricane Beryl struck last Wednesday, causing widespread damage to homes and businesses in this southern Manchester fishing community. “A movie alone mi see dis inna...
Despite experiencing several landslides, downed trees and light wires and losing cell phone connectivity from the impact of Hurricane Beryl, residents in some communities in East Rural St Andrew are breathing a sigh of relief that the storm did not...
As Hurricane Beryl lashed Jamaica with life-threatening winds and heavy rainfall on Wednesday, several people sought shelter in facilities across the Corporate Area. At a temporary shelter on Church Street for the homeless, the majority of persons...
Mindful that their community is likely to be flooded from heavy rains associated with Hurricane Beryl, some residents of Bamboo River in St Thomas on Tuesday were busy preparing to evacuate the area. “Mi nah stay in ya. Mi nuh know ‘bout nobody...
Residents in some flood-prone communities are hoping to be spared the worst from Hurricane Beryl even as they admit they have been lax in their preparations for the looming storm. “Mi just a hope she (Beryl) turn”, Petal Powell, a 52-year-old...
