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Panellists take part in a Jamaica Teaching Council fireside chat, hosted in observance of World Teachers’ Day yesterday. The event examined how Jamaica prepares, supports, develops, trusts and values teachers, and explored necessary changes as education
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Calls for more training, better support for teachers

A call is being made for greater investment in teacher training institutions, with Dr Ashburn Pinnock, president of The Mico University College, arguing that while teacher preparation is evolving, it…
Eboni Brathwaite raises her bat in celebration of scoring a half century against Zimbabwe yesterday.
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Brathwaite’s record knock sinks Zimbabwe

HARARE, Zimbabwe (CMC): Teenager Eboni Brathwaite scored the fastest-ever T20I half-century by a West Indies woman to propel her side to a dominant eight-wicket victory over Zimbabwe Women in the…
Daniil Medvedev, of Russia, leaves the court after being disqualified during a semi-final match against Novak Djokovic, of Serbia at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing, yesterday.
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Medvedev disqualified from China Open

BEIJING (AP): Daniil Medvedev struck a spectator with a ball and was disqualified from his semi-final against Novak Djokovic at the China Open yesterday. The spectator was assisted from the arena…
Sunderland’s Wilson Isidor runs into position during the English Premier League football match against Ipswich in Ipswich, England, August 22.
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Football comment deepens Haiti-Dom Rep rift

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP): It took six words after a football match to unleash racial, political and economic tensions that have long simmered between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. “L’Hispaniola…
Duanvale players celebratee winning the Trelawny leg of the Junior Cup U11 Youth League football competition on Saturday..
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Duanvale claim Trelawny Junior Cup

Duanvale captured the Youth Football League (YFL) Junior Cup Under-11 Trelawny regional title with a commanding 6-1 victory over Hague at William Knibb Memorial High School on Saturday. The tournament…
Maurice Wilson
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GC Foster College celebrates legacy with symposium

The GC Foster College of Physical Education and Sport will host its Sport Heritage Symposium on October 22 at the college in Spanish Town, St Catherine. The symposium, themed ‘The GC Foster College…
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Reid trial rolls on despite lawyers’ absence

A judge on Monday did not allow the absence of defence attorney Hugh Wildman to delay the resumption of the oft-delayed fraud trial involving former Education Minister Ruel Reid. Wildman is the…
Principal of The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Professor Densil Williams (left) exchanges thoughts Kaysia Vaughan, group chief customer and brand officer, VM Group and Professor Hopeton Dunn.
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KGOTLA exhibition explores African artistic heritage and cultural resilience

An exhibition exploring African artistic heritage, cultural resilience and the preservation of history has opened at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus. The KGOTLA African Art…
Author Alton Allen, former Jamaica College Manning Cup footballer.
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Former JC footballer pens novels to give Denham Town a voice

Former Jamaica College (JC) Manning Cup footballer Alton Allen has travelled a long way from the streets of Denham Town where he grew up, but nearly three decades after leaving Jamaica for the United…