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12 Sep, 2026
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Furniture shortage, repairs delay Black River Primary reopening
A week after the start of the new academic year, classes are yet to resume at the Black River Primary and Infant School in St Elizabeth as work continues to restore hurricane-ravaged classrooms. The…
12 Sep, 2026
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Tony Deyal | Carapichaima: Yesterday, today and tomorrow
I was born in a place called Carapichaima in central Trinidad, and I will never, ever forget it. The reason was simple. It had people from different parts of Trinidad but also from other countries.…
12 Sep, 2026
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MoBay mayor says StJMC will uphold law on squatting
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) has committed to utilising existing laws to govern its handling of squatting in the parish even as it awaits the release of the National…
12 Sep, 2026
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Farmers turn to perennial grains as one solution to extreme weather
Bryce Black kneels in a wheat field battered by intense drought. He holds two strands, remarking on how small the seed head is compared with what is normal. After a late October rain last year, the…
12 Sep, 2026
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Former UWI physical therapy students reunite after 50 years of service
Fifty years after beginning a journey that would take their skills and service across Jamaica and beyond, members of the Class of 1976 Physical Therapy Students recently returned to Jamaica for a…
12 Sep, 2026
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GoodHeart | Andrew Green spells to ‘motivate the men’
Fifty-two years ago, a near-fatal car accident squashed Andrew Green’s hope of representing his school in The Gleaner’s Children’s Own Spelling Bee Competition. But, as the saying goes, delayed is…
11 Sep, 2026
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Two policemen freed of assault occasioning bodily harm charges
Two policemen were freed of assault occasioning bodily harm charges in the St Catherine Parish Court on Friday, after they made restitution of $255,000 to the complainant and the Crown offered no…
11 Sep, 2026
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Agricultural Protection Branch recovers $17.6 million in stolen agricultural produce
The Agricultural Protection Branch (APB) of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is reporting the recovery of more than $17.6 million worth of stolen agricultural produce, including cattle and goats,…
11 Sep, 2026
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CPFSA removes five abandoned babies from Spanish Town Hospital
The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) has removed all five babies who had been abandoned by their parents at the Spanish Town Hospital in St Catherine, following concerns about the…