Kimberley Francis shows hard work does pay off
Kimberley Francis was keeping her fingers crossed that she would have been able to pull off at least a grade three in her Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Mathematics exam. Needless to say, that when the results came out and she found ...
Four Jamaicans selected to help combat human trafficking
Four Jamaicans have been selected to participate in the United States Department of State-sponsored International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) on Combating Trafficking in Persons. The participants are Taitu Heron, manager, Social Policy and Gender Unit in the Planning ...
Top Kiwanian youths hailed
UNDER THE patronage of Governor-General Professor Kenneth Hall, the Kiwanis Club of Kingston yesterday celebrated the outstanding performances of several individuals at its annual Youth in Excellence Awards ceremony, held at the Hilton Kingston hotel in New Kingston....
Kraal chronicle continues
Although the six policemen implicated in the controversial killing of four persons at Kraal, Clarendon, were acquitted in December 2005, two of their colleagues are to re-appear in the Corporate Area Criminal Court today on allegations that they planted evidence ...
Britain pledges US$1m for Dean-hit islands
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP):British officials announced yesterday that they would send US$1 million to help several Caribbean islands recover from Hurricane Dean, which lashed the region last month. The money will go to Jamaica, Haiti, Belize, St.Lucia and Dominica....
Adventists reach out to hurricane victims
Hundreds of Seventh-day Adventist church members converged on the parishes of St. Catherine, St. Thomas and Clarendon on Sunday to give support to persons who are affected by Hurricane Dean. "I am badly in need of help," said 85-year-old pensioner Thomas Collins.
Don't hike miscellaneous fees - JLP
Amid reports of secondary school administrations increasing miscellaneous fees, the Jamaica Labour Party has asked educational institutions not to unduly increase these charges.Some parents have complained that, in comparison to last year, miscellaneous fees ...
High scores for Safe Schools Programme
The start of the new school term on Monday heralded the fourth year of the Safe Schools Programme (SSP) and, from several indications, the programme is doing well. The programme, which was implemented in 2004 - by the Ministry of Education and Youth in several troubled schools...
Parents urged to prepare nutritious meals
With the new academic year now under way, director of the school feeding unit in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Helen Robertson, is encouraging parents to prepare healthy and nutritious meals and snacks for their children to take to school."Often...
OAS expresses condolences on John Compton's death
The Organisation of American States (OAS) yesterday expressed its condolences for the death of St. Lucia's Prime Minister, Sir John George Melvin Compton, last Friday at the age of 82. In a letter to incoming Prime Minister Stephenson King, OAS Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza...
Yallahs Primary reopens
The Yallahs Primary School in St.Thomas reopened its doors yesterday, after being closed on Monday as repairs were being done to the bathrooms. Maurice Bogle, one of the vice-principals at the school, told The Gleaner the Ministry of Education and Youth ...
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