Floods force students tomake home of classroom
Debbie-Ann Givans, a student of Tacius Golding Comprehensive High School in Brown's Hall, St. Catherine, could only picture the comfort of her bed Thursday night, as she and scores of students of the school had to convert chairs into beds as they prepared to sleep overnight at the institution...
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Principal of Tydixon All-Age School in St. Catherine, Lloyd Hines, was honoured for giving 10 years of service to the institution, and a total of 44 years to the teaching profession, at a function held Wednesday at his school.
Express mail service to resume
The Postal Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) will be resuming its express mail service next week Friday, following a two-week suspension. Gordon Brown, public relations officer for the PCJ, told The Gleaner yesterday that the agency was forced to suspend the the service because of the unavailability of forms.
Graduates of US black universities for empowerment forum Monday
Some 100 recent graduates of historically black universities in the United States, who are preparing to take their place in the real world, will converge in the island from May 14 to 18 for a graduation celebration and empowerment forum.
Mind & Spirit - The tomb of Herod the Great
The report this week of the discovery of the tomb of Herod the Great at the site of Herodium led me to recall my first visit there. It was hot, the sort of stifling heat that comes all too frequently inthe Middle East. (Gilmour)
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