Should a female run St George's College?
THE EDITOR, Sir: I FEEL these women's groups take every opportunity in which gender is a consideration to jump into advocacy mode. St. George's College, except for their sixth form programme, is an all boys school.
Joint proposal signed for UWI risk reduction centre
AFTER 18 months of preparation for the establishment of a multimillion dollar Centre of Excellence in Disaster Risk Reduction, the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) inked the completed proposal...
Jamaica Broilers to donate computers to 20 schools
AT LEAST 20 primary and basic schools in St. Catherine will be computerised over the next four years by the Jamaica Broilers Group. That commitment was made by the group's president and CEO, Robert Levy, during an address to about 150 teachers...
Chief ophthalmologist at Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) stays - Dalley
HEALTH MINISTER Horace Dalley on Tuesday dismissed claims that attempts were made to remove Chief Ophthalmologist at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), Dr. Albert Lue, from the Cuban Miracle Eyecare Programme.
24 students to participate in Colombian academic exchange programme
TWENTY-FOUR JAMAICAN students are to leave the island for Colombia today, for an academic exchange programme set up by the Latin American-Caribbean Centre at the University of the West Indies (UWI). The group, along with 12 students from Colombia...
Government of Jamaica launches public awareness campaign on mental illness
THE GOVERNMENT is hoping to sensitise the public to issues related to mental health, through a public education programme to be established with help from the National Health Fund (NHF). "We need to change the perceptions of mental illness and cultivate.
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