6 Things You Need To Know Today – October 8, 2014
Sex-Ed Plea – Most Jamaicans Want Church, School To Help Teach Kids But Not Before 11. A majority of Jamaicans believe that the role of educating youngsters on sexual relationships should not fall...
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Government Flops – Gets Low Ratings For Job Creation, Crime Fighting And Road Maintenance. There is more bad news for the ruling People’s National Party as it continues to take a whipping from the...
View Article6 Things You Need to Know Today – October 17, 2014
Keep Out! Jamaica Bans Travellers Who Have Been In Ebola-Hit West Africa. The Government yesterday evening announced an immediate travel ban on persons travelling from or through the three West African...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – October 23, 2014
Ebola Scare Probe – Health Authority Launches Investigation Into Mandeville Regional Hospital Incident. A full investigation is now under way into how nurses and other medical personnel at the...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – November 27, 2014
More Than Money: Despite GSAT Success Of High-Priced Preps, Educators Claim Cash Not Needed To Do Well. With superior facilities and greater resources at their disposal, it is no secret that private...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – December 5, 2014
2014 Could Record Lowest Murder Figure In 11 Years. Police Commissioner Dr Carl Williams on Wednesday gave a morale-boosting pep talk to scores of rank-and-file members of the Kingston East and...
View ArticleThe Biggest Stories Of 2014
What a year 2014 has been! As usual, there were highs and lows; good, bad and ugly. Below, we round up some of the biggest headline-making stories of the year. Look back with us. Prime Minister’s $50M...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – January 2, 2015
Bunting Gives Cops Thumbs Up For Big Drop In Serious Crimes. Members of the police force have come in for much commendation from Minister of National Security Peter Bunting for what he described as...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – January 6, 2015
Bus Fare Rollback? The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is currently conducting an analysis of falling fuel prices to determine if the savings are enough to roll back bus fares, but one economist...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – January 8, 2015
Target In Sight. With murders declining by 16 per cent last year, Jamaica appears on track to slash its homicide rate to 25 per 100,000 of the population by the end of next year, as set out in the...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – January 13, 2015
JPS Setback. Shocked by the determination of the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) that light bills should be reduced, the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) is now scrambling to convince its...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – January 14, 2015
ASTEP Fiasco – Failing Programme To Be Reformed, Says Thwaites. Education Minister Ronald Thwaites says changes are coming to the Alternative Secondary Transitional Education Programme (ASTEP) even as...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – January 19, 2015
Price Cut Pipe Dream. Light and power provider, the Jamaica Public Service Company, yesterday warned that customers could be forced to shoulder more than five times the US$15-million price tag they are...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – January 26, 2015
Kaci Fennell Places Fifth In Miss Universe. Jamaica’s Kaci Fennell was placed fifth (fourth runner up) in the Miss Universe in Miami tonight… Read more at Jamaica-Gleaner.com Jamaica Is No. 9 On Misery...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – February 17, 2015
Education Ministry Slams Schools For Mock Exam Fees. The principals of primary schools who have imposed fees of between $1,300 and $4,000 on students preparing to sit the mock exam for the Grade Four...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – February 19, 2015
Corruption Crackdown. A senior official at the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) is among more than 70 public-sector employees expected to be hauled before the court today in a fresh crackdown by the Corruption...
View ArticleChamps School Profile – Vere Technical High School
Vere Technical High School has won the most Girls Champs titles since the ladies got their own show in 1957 – 22 in total. The school even maintained a 15-year stranglehold on the trophy from 1979 to...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – March 12, 2015
Fury Over Dabdoub – Labourites Clash After Party Leader Engages Comrade For Legal Advice. Fresh fury yesterday opened festering wounds in the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) as members wrangled over the...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – March 27, 2015
Prime Minister Rebukes Gay-Rights Protestors At New York Townhall. Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller yesterday rebuked gay-rights protestors who crashed her keynote address at the launch of the 6th...
View ArticleDid Your High School Make The CSEC Grade?
According to The CSEC Grade, published today as a supplement by The Gleaner, the 2014 CSEC test results for English and Mathematics reflect continuing improvement over last year. As reported by the...
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