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INSPECTOR SHORTAGE

August 04, 2026 | News
WESTERN BUREAU: The National Education Trust (NET) says at least 40 clerks of works – on-site building inspectors – are needed to adequately oversee the massive school restoration programme following Hurricane Melissa, warning that current staffing levels are insufficient for the scale of repairs. Speaking to The Gleaner on Monday, NET Executive Director Latoya Harris Ghartey said the agency is urgently trying to recruit 15 clerks of works as an immediate measure, while acknowledging that significantly more personnel will ultimately be required.
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Holness promises more ROOFS funding as 50,000 await hurricane grants

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has announced that additional funding will soon be allocated to the Government’s ROOFS programme, assuring Jamaicans who have not yet received grants that they have not been forgotten. Speaking at the Whitehouse Community Centre in Westmoreland during a tour last Friday, Holness said the initial allocation could only cover about half of the applicants.
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Nkrumie sprints to CAC silver

Bouwahjgie Nkrumie claimed the silver medal in the men’s 100m at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games yesterday following a strong performance at the Felix Sanchez Olympic Stadium in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Nkrumie secured a place on the podium after clocking 10.17 seconds. He finished behind Colombia’s Ronal Longa, who won in 10.06, while Melbin Marcelino took bronze in 10.19.
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Derby rivals face uphill task against We Jammin

WE JAMMIN’s St Leger rebound from his shock defeat in the Kingston proved that, when sound, he has no equal among the colts and geldings, regardless of distance. Sent off at 3-1 in the 10-furlong St Leger a month ago, after missing June’s 2000 Guineas at a mile following his loss in May’s Kingston, WE JAMMIN returned from a two-month lay-up to school old rival SALUTE THE DON in a dominant display of relentless pace.

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NET Executive Director Latoya Harris Ghartey.
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INSPECTOR SHORTAGE - NET says at least 40 needed to oversee building repairs as project staffing gap threatens pace of school recovery

WESTERN BUREAU: The National Education Trust (NET) says at least 40 clerks of works – on-site building inspectors – are needed to adequately oversee the massive school restoration programme following Hurricane Melissa, warning that current staffing levels are insufficient for the scale of repairs. Speaking to The Gleaner on Monday, NET Executive Director Latoya Harris Ghartey said the agency is urgently trying to recruit 15 clerks of works as an immediate measure, while acknowledging that significantly more personnel will ultimately be required.

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Romelda Aiken of Jamaica in action during the Commonwealth Games gold medal netball match in Glasgow, Scotland, on Sunday.
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MOTIVATED BY DOUBT - Netball Jamaica boss says team fuelled by lowered expectations

President of Netball Jamaica (NJ) Karen Rosen-Baugh says the Sunshine Girls used what she has referred to as their ‘underdog status’ as motivation to exceed expectations and secure a historic second consecutive silver medal at the Commonwealth Games Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. Jamaica claimed back-to-back silver medals at the championships after going down 56-48 to New Zealand in Sunday’s final. Rosen-Baugh noted that very few people gave Jamaica a realistic chance of securing a medal, but the players embraced the challenge and proved their critics wrong.

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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange presents the winning trophy to an emotional Chantal Smalling Stephenson (left), the winner of the Jamaica Gospel Star 2026.
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‘I was expecting to win’

On Sunday night, a new Jamaica Gospel Star was crowned inside the Indoor Sports Centre at the transformed Independence Village in St Andrew. She is Chantal Smalling Stephenson, the gospel singer who placed second in the 2022 season of the competition and confidently returned this year to take top honours.

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A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, July 30, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
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US stocks rally near record as falling oil prices ease Wall Street’s worries about inflation

US stocks are rallying to the edge of their all-time high on Monday after easing oil prices helped calm Wall Street’s worries that inflation could get even worse. The S&P 500 jumped 1.5 per cent and is just 0.1 per cent below its record set earlier this summer. It’s coming off a wild July, where it swung up and down as oil prices shot higher because of the war with Iran and other worries. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 649 points, or 1.2 per cent, in the afternoon, and the Nasdaq composite was 2.2 per cent higher.

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Tajay and Paige-Marie share an intimate first look ahead of the wedding ceremony.
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Island Wedding | A Love That Came Full Circle

Childhood friends Tajay Mair and Paige-Marie Edmondson shared a sweet connection from an early age through occasional playdates arranged by their families. At the time, Tajay lived in Westmoreland, while Paige-Marie resided in Montego Bay, St James, before later moving to the westernmost parish at 18. Their reunion reignited a friendship and would blossom into a romance that would ultimately lead them down the aisle..

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Editorial | Prioritise corruption matters

Justice David Batts’ injunction on Friday barring the Integrity Commission (IC) from laying corruption-related charges against government minister Andrew Wheatley until the resolution of Dr Wheatley’s challenge of the IC’s findings in an investigation of his finances is, on its face, hardly surprising.

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