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07 Sep, 2026
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Education Ministry to review textbook lists amid cost concerns
The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information has announced plans to review schools’ textbook lists to ensure that only essential, high-quality texts are required, amid growing concerns…
07 Sep, 2026
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Jamaican leaders condemn violence at West Indian American Day Parade in Brooklyn
Jamaican community leaders in New York are condemning the violence that marred this year’s West Indian American Day Parade in Brooklyn, while calling for collective action to ensure the major…
07 Sep, 2026
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For New York's Haitian community, annual West Indian American Day Parade means more in trying times
NEW YORK (AP) – Steel drums, flag-draped floats, and the smell of jerk chicken filled Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway on Monday, as hundreds of thousands turned out for the West Indian American Day…
07 Sep, 2026
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Blake: Stand with colleagues, but not at expense of JCF
Citing “recent allegations” involving members of the police force, Commissioner of Police Dr Kevin Blake has issued a caution to cops that supporting a colleague “does not mean shielding wrongdoing”.…
07 Sep, 2026
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Staff crunch forcing specialist school to turn blind students away
A guidance counsellor at the Salvation Army School for the Blind is calling for urgent support for the institution, as the current staffing levels are inadequate to address the needs of the students.…
07 Sep, 2026
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Born to beat the odds - How an accident forced attorney Matthew Hyatt to view life differently
Matthew Hyatt was not expected to survive his one-and half-pound weight at birth and three months in the paediatric intensive care at the University Hospital of the West Indies. But, 33 years have…
07 Sep, 2026
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JAMVAC looks beyond the ports
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Vacations Limited (JAMVAC) is turning to some of its top international cruise sellers to help drive more passengers to the island – and, critically, get them to explore and…
07 Sep, 2026
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NCU nursing students get a shot in the arm
For more than two years, Northern Caribbean University (NCU) nursing student Anastacia Williams used an Android phone to complete university assignments, prepare PowerPoint presentations, work on…
07 Sep, 2026
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From campers to changemakers
When Regina Taylor walked on to the stage before her peers at the Project STAR Youth Summer Leadership Camp, she was doing more than competing for the title of Camp Queen. For the 17-year-old from…