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When Elaine Grant-Bryan settled in Atlanta in 1990, that city was long acknowledged as the mecca of black empowerment in the United States. She joined...
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August 24 06:48 PM
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP)—Relatives of Venezuelan deportees from the United States who died in the earthquakes that struck their country demanded an ap...
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August 24 06:30 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP)—Gang members attacked displaced people huddling inside a church near Haiti's capital, killing around 40, some of them exec...
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August 24 06:13 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) says it has located and safeguarded the female child who was seen being phys...
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August 24 05:46 PM
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP)—An Argentine health insurance company admitted that medical tests presented at the trial over the death of late football...
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August 24 05:36 PM
Masicka’s recently released third full-length studio album Forever Reign for Def Jam Recordings has earned the highest debut so far in 2026 on the Bil...
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August 24 05:29 PM
The West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA) has announced reggae icon Buju Banton and KesTheBand lead vocalist Kees Dieffenthaller (Kes...
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August 24 04:27 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The United States (US) dollar on Monday, August 24, ended trading at $159.32, down by 7 cents, according to Bank of Jamaica’s daily ...
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August 18, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information is preparing alternative arrangements, including rotating students on alter...
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July 16, 2026
The Ministry of Education (MOE) has increased operational funding to all public schools by an average of 55 per cent this year, injecting an additiona...
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June 18, 2026
PARIS, France (AFP) — A new heatwave swept across much of France on Thursday, with temperatures forecast to approach 40 °C later in the week, dozens o...
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April 21, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Fi We Children Foundation (FWCF) is renewing its urgent call for strengthened anti-violence interventions in schools following...
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April 13, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) is welcoming the announcement by the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development ...
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March 7, 2026
ST JAMES, Jamaica —The Government is looking at strengthening the deans of discipline programme in schools as part of measures to better manage studen...
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February 26, 2026
ST ANN, Jamaica — The National Education Trust (NET) has stepped up restoration efforts at schools in St Ann, helping damaged institutions rebuild and...
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February 19, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Schools are being urged to distribute the more than 4,000 Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) student cards, to enable students to ...
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February 6, 2026
ST JAMES, Jamaica —Chief Executive Officer of the Digicel Foundation, Charmaine Daniels, has revealed that the entity will be implementing changes goi...
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January 14, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Chief Education Officer Terry-Ann Thomas-Gayle says the country's 1,010 schools have reopened following the passage of Hurricane M...
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January 6, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — World Athletics boss Lord Sebastian Coe who arrived in Jamaica on Sunday says he will be placing emphasis on assisting schools dam...
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November 23, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dana Morris Dixon, says as of November 19, 2025, 78 per cent or 791 ...
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November 14, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica— Schools have until 2:00pm Friday to indicate whether they will resume participation in the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Associati...
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October 30, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Education Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon has announced that schools in areas of Kingston that were not badly affected by Hurricane ...
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October 22, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Education has announced that all schools across the island will suspend face-to-face classes and transition to rem...
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July 21, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — As Jamaica’s Data Protection Act (DPA) brings sweeping change to how organisations manage personal data, Securys Jamaica Limited i...
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July 21, 2025
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — Gang violence in Haiti has displaced hundreds of thousands of people and many are finding shelter in former schools wher...
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June 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information (MOESYI) is reminding schools across the country about the importance of ...
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March 25, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government has invested $8.2 billion in tablets, laptops, interactive panels, projectors and specialised equipment for special...
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February 14, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Approximately 68 per cent of schools across the island now have broadband access. This was disclosed by Custos of Kingston Steadma...
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February 14, 2025
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands (CMC) — The National Security Council (NSC) in the British Virgin Islands has pledged its support to its education min...
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January 29, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information says it has not identified any incidents of the ‘strawberry quick’ drug i...
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August 24, 2026
When Elaine Grant-Bryan settled in Atlanta in 1990, that city was long acknowledged as the mecca of black empowerment in the United States. She joined...
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August 24, 2026
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP)—Relatives of Venezuelan deportees from the United States who died in the earthquakes that struck their country demanded an ap...
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August 24, 2026
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP)—Gang members attacked displaced people huddling inside a church near Haiti's capital, killing around 40, some of them exec...
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August 24, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) says it has located and safeguarded the female child who was seen being phys...
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August 24, 2026
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP)—An Argentine health insurance company admitted that medical tests presented at the trial over the death of late football...
