6 Things You Need To Know Today – May 8, 2014
Pervert Teachers – Data Shows Sexual Predators Prevalent In Schools. Children’s advocate Diahann Gordon-Harrison is expressing grave concern over the fact that some teachers are “exhibiting predatory...
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More Kids Being Forced Into Sex Trade By Families. The increasing number of teenage girls and boys being forced into a life of prostitution to help support their families has raised a renewed cause for...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – May 14, 2014
Cease And Desist! OUR Lights Up JPS Over Power-Cut Policy. The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has flexed its muscles by issuing an immediate cease-and-desist order to the Jamaica Public Service...
View ArticleJamaican Children’s Booklist
“Reading maketh a full man,” according to English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, essayist, and author, Francis Bacon. Indeed, reading opens up a world of experience outside our own...
View ArticleGordon Swaby: Changing Education Through Technology
The name Gordon Swaby is quickly becoming synonymous with youth entrepreneurship and technological innovation in Jamaica. The 23-year-old is most famous for EduFocal, the online social learning...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – June 9, 2014
Little Goat Island Tour Raises More Questions. A tour of Little Goat Island, one of the proposed sites for ambitious plans for a logistics hub, yesterday provoked more questions than answers… Read more...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – June 12, 2014
‘Proceed Until Apprehended’ – JTA Tells Teachers Ignore Education Ministry’s Master Book List. The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) has instructed the nation’s teachers to disregard the Ministry of...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – June 13, 2014
Ganja Green Light – Gov’t Moves To Change Laws To Allow Limited Use Of Marijuana. As Jamaica seeks to follow several countries and a number of American states that have legalised the possession of...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – June 17, 2014
Indecent Exposure – Oral, Anal Sex Acceptance Sneaked Into JFJ Course In Children’s Homes. There are signs emerging that the sexual education course introduced into six private children’s homes by...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – June 18, 2014
Gomes Goes – JFJ Apologises For Sex Education Course, Former Executive Director Quits Board. With concerns mounting yesterday over the involvement of Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) in an explicitly worded...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – June 24, 2014
Sex Shop Slavery – Forced Prostitution In Massage Parlours Concerns Researcher. On the heels of a scathing report by the United States Department of State about Jamaica’s efforts to combat human...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – July 2, 2014
Death Squad Holes: DPP To Reassess Clarendon Police Murder Cases. The country’s top prosecutor has raised questions about the strength of all but two of the 11 alleged police ‘death squad’ cases and...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – July 18, 2014
Shut Up, Bruce! Atkinson Slams Former PM For Lashing Out Against US Gov’t. Attorney General Patrick Atkinson has fired the latest salvo in the ongoing debate over Owen Ellington’s surprise retirement...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – August 5, 2014
MOCA ‘Conflict’. The parliamentary Opposition is supporting the merged intelligence entity announced by National Security Minister Peter Bunting, but has raised concern that the reporting mechanisms...
View ArticleNEW: 2014/2015 School Calendar
Can you believe the summer holiday is almost over and our students’ “free paper soon bun?” As parents and guardians ramp up the back-to-school shopping and children seek to squeeze every last drop of...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – August 18, 2014
Jobs Are Coming! Development Bank Sees Big Money Boost For Small Businesses. The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) is projecting the creation of 12,000 jobs over the next five years which are to come...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – August 20, 2014
Flush Fears – Students May Have To Take Water To Keep School Toilets Clear. Although arrangements have been made to truck water to schools given the current water crisis, Education Minister Ronald...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – August 21, 2014
Un-Fare Hike – Seniors Dread 200 Per Cent Increase To Ride JUTC Buses. Seventy-five-year-old Augustus Hyman has no choice but to depend on the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) to take him to the...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – August 22, 2014
Subsidy Bleed – JUTC Loses $10m On Fares Every Day. The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) says it is losing $10 million per day on fare subsidies, and insists that the increases in fares, which take...
View ArticleBack-To-School Guide 2014/2015
Free paper bun! This is the final weekend before the official start of the 2014/2015 academic year. As you get those last minute purchases in and finalise preparations, check out our handy...
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