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Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon (right), minister of education, skills, youth and information, listens keenly to Tracie Campbell, principal of Ferris Primary School, in Westmoreland, as she expresses gratitude over the readiness of the institution ahead of ne
03 Sep, 2026 0

All western schools to reopen Monday, declares Morris Dixon

Western Bureau: Despite claims by several principals that their schools are not ready, Education Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon is insisting that all schools across the ministry’s Region Four –…
Educator Linvern Wright.
03 Sep, 2026 0

Educator demands workers not be ‘scapegoated’ to maintain stable economy

WESTERN BUREAU: The immediate past president of the Jamaica Association of Principals of Secondary Schools is taking issue with the Government’s economic policy, arguing that Jamaican workers must not…
Dujuan Richards at Wimbledon FC.
03 Sep, 2026 0

‘Whisper’ tug-o’-war begins

Phoenix Sports Management CEO Craig Butler insists that Dujuan ‘Whisper’ Richards remains under contract with the organisation and says the company facilitated the player’s season-long loan move to…
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03 Sep, 2026 0

New ITA boss promises transformation

Lieutenant Colonel Sheldon Bryan has taken over as director-general of road traffic at the Island Traffic Authority (ITA), promising to usher in a more modern, efficient and customer-focused…
Theo James sharpens his classic tailoring with polka dots.
03 Sep, 2026 0

Something Extra | Thursday

Three years after its debut, Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen returns for a second season. The Netflix drama held its world premiere in London on Wednesday night, with Theo James and Kaya Scodelario…
Awardees of the 2026 JWN Foundation Scholarship cohort with volunteers and directors during the recently staged Movie Day and Awards Ceremony at the Palace Cineplex in Kingston. 
03 Sep, 2026 0

JWN Foundation celebrates 69 secondary scholars

Sixty-nine secondary-school students were recognised by the JWN Foundation at its annual Secondary Scholars Movie Day & Awards Ceremony at Palace Cineplex on August 31. The scholars, from…
Naleraq’s Qarsoq Hoeegh-Dam from Greenland, Inuit Ataqatigiit’s Naaja H. Nathanielsen from Greenland, and Minister of Health and Church Affairs Ida Auken, during a meeting in the Folketing Hall at Christiansborg, Copenhagen, on August 27.
03 Sep, 2026 0

Reports split over whether forced contraception of Indigenous women, girls was genocide

NUUK (AP): Two reports investigating the forcible contraception of thousands of Indigenous women and girls in Greenland by Danish health authorities for decades were split over whether the practice…
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03 Sep, 2026 0

CARICOM reparations conference set for Barbados

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will convene its third regional conference on reparations in Barbados this month as the regional bloc seeks to strengthen its push for reparatory justice and deepen…
A child wounded, according to Tasnim news agency, in a strike on a home where a wedding was being held in Kuhestak, southern Iran, receives treatment at a hospital in Menab, Iran, early Wednesday.
03 Sep, 2026 0

Iran strikes Gulf neighbours after US attack

DUBAI (AP): Iran fired on US allies in the Gulf early yesterday following a night of American bombardment that Iranian state media says included a deadly strike on a wedding party. The latest violence…