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Certification upgrade for 128 basic school teachers
May Pen, Clarendon — One hundred and twenty-eight early childhood practitioners from Clarendon and Manchester recently completed a year-long teacher certification course through the Advancing Childhood Education Programme (ACEP). Read More
Men Who Cook set for April 30
BY ALICIA SUTHERLAND Observer staff reporter sutherlanda@jamaicaobserver.com | Sunday, April, 23 2017
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Establishing a pathology lab for the Southern Health Region, which serves public hospitals and clinics in Manchester, St Elizabeth and Clarendon is high on the agenda of the Lions Club of Mandeville. Read More
Scotiabank’s cocktails and conversations
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Scotiabank took time out on March 16 to treat "premium banking" clients here to an intimate evening with members of the division. Read More
Slow down!
Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth — Local police are expressing extreme concern at an upsurge in fatal and other serious motor vehicle crashes on the main road from Santa Cruz to Lacovia since it was resurfaced a few months ago. Read More
Sutherland Global named Business of the Year
MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Still a relatively new business in the parish, business process outsourcing (BPO) company Sutherland Global Services took top spot at this month’s Manchester Chamber of Commerce (MCC) Business Awards function. Read More
Not satisfied!
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Family members of 27-year-old Federhori McIntosh, who was killed in a bizarre accident at RIU Reggae in Ironshore, St James on Thursday, have expressed disappointment at the hotel’s handling of the tragedy. Read More
Teachers urged to remember principles of JTA
MONTEGO BAY, St James — President of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) Howard Isaacs has urged members to constantly remind themselves of the principles under which the association was formed. Read More
Get Typsy for Burwood Beach
The Kreative Events-produced Get Typsy party is expected to transform the spacious Burwood Beach in Trelawny into a sea of red and white on Good Friday. Read More
Chukka Good Hope gets US$4-m adventure park
GOOD HOPE, Trelawny - Chukka Good Hope has ratcheted up its attraction experience with the latest addition of a US$4-million adventure park. Read More
Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College to house $62-m infant school and diagnostic centre
Principal of the Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College Dr Lorna Gow-Morrison says the $62- million diagnostic centre and infant school to be constructed at the college will make special education more accessible to western Jamaica residents. Read More
Friends of Clark’s Town to stage run/walk for school
The Friends of Clark’s Town Charity Foundation in collaboration with the administration of the Clark’s Town Primary School will stage its inaugural Five-mile Run/Walk on Saturday, commencing at 6:00 am. Read More
Kids Around the World donates US$25K playground to Flanker Primary
BY MARK CUMMINGS Editor-at-Large Western Bureau cummingsm@jamaicaobserver.com | Wednesday, April, 12 2017
The over 400 students at the Flanker Primary and Junior High in St James are now benefitting from a playground, thanks to the Atlanta, USA-based group Kids Around the World and other stakeholders. Read More
16-y-o Muschett High student shot by passenger in minibus, not motorist
CONTENT, St James - New information has emerged that the bullet which killed 16-year-old Muschett High student Shanique Rose, last Friday, was fired from inside the minibus in which she was a passenger, and not by an angry motorist. Read More
Accused extortionist pleads guilty
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Twenty-four-year-old Careba Salmon, one of the accused in an extortion racket targeting business operators here, pleaded guilty on Wednesday and is to be sentenced on April 21. Read More
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