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A father is distraught after learning that his 15-year-old son, who was charged with a minor offence last year, has been barred from attending a prominent high school despite his successful completion of the Child Diversion Programme for which he...
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Some ganja farmers are advocating for the removal of the cannabis industry from the Dangerous Drugs Act (DDA) and the creation of a dedicated cannabis law to spur sector growth and shift negative perceptions. This push follows the decriminalisation...
The top-three performing students in the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) exams at Ocho Rios High School in St Ann have led the school to an improved average in this year's examinations, when compared with 2023. Sixteen-year-old Jaymia...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the retirement of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Fitz Bailey is an event that persons across the nation have not been taking well, given his ability to apply control over gangs and crime in communities they...
There is growing disquiet among an increasing number of public sector workers over continued delays, which are being blamed on the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, in bringing closure to lingering issues under the compensation review...
A police constable attached to the St Ann Division was accidentally shot during a police operation along the AGR Byfield Highway in St Ann’s Bay Saturday evening. The officer, who was shot in the thigh, has been admitted to hospital and is...
WESTERN BUREAU: Tasharah Chambers is a woman of few words, but her dedication to her home community, Barrett Town, St James, has not gone unnoticed, resulting in her being awarded the prestigious Vinnette Stewart Education Grant to assist with her...
The promise of Jamaica’s ‘green rush’ through ganja liberalisation was already slipping away for New Level Farms before Hurricane Beryl hit Jamaica’s southern coast in July, with devastating consequences. “Eighty per cent of my farm was destroyed...
Some are rat nests. Some are havens for pigeons, frogs, bats, and termites. These classrooms reek of the animals’ faeces, rendering them grossly unsanitary for students’ occupation. The problems existed long before the passage of Hurricane Beryl,...
He was still a student when Hurricane Gilbert hit Jamaica, but teacher Devon Wilson still remembers the devastation and sacrifice at Happy Grove High School in Portland, which became home to droves of residents in its wake. The memories came back...
Fears of victimisation at the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) are intensifying after CEO Farrah Blake labelled some employees as “cowards” and urged dissatisfied staff to quit as internal turmoil deepens at the agency overseeing Jamaica’s ganja...
After 10 years of emotional and financial strain, single mother Janice Jenkins is still desperately trying to enrol her 14-year-old son, Antwone Stewart, who has been diagnosed with an intellectual disability, into a special education institution....
With speculation rife that Prime Minister Andrew Holness will call the next general election before September 2025, the opposition People’s National Party (PNP) says its house is in order as it prepares for its annual conference next weekend. PNP...
Well-known artiste manager and promoter, Sharon Burke, and her company are being sued by Hardware and Lumber for failing to settle an outstanding debt of $5.6 million (in addition to other sums) for supplies used in last year August’s staging of...
President of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Dr Mark Smith, has added his voice to recent calls for a paradigm shift in Jamaica’s education system to address the underperformance of students. Noting the significant investment that...
WESTERN BUREAU: Carlington ‘Tommy’ Godfrey, who was one of the prime targets on the Westmoreland police’s most wanted list for a series of crimes, including multiple murders committed in several communities across the parish, was killed in an...
