'Pay our bills' - Schools ask for utilities grant from Government
Claiming that schools are struggling to pay utility bills, stakeholders in the education sector yesterday urged the Government to provide a utilities grant for public institutions across the island. Michael Stewart, president of the Association of Principals and Vice-principals...
Students left stranded
Thousands of commuters, including students who turned out for the new school term, were left stranded yesterday morning as Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) workers stayed off the job in protest against sums owed to them, amounting to more than $150 million for payments ...
Cabinet to report on investment schemes today
Government will today report on Cabinet's considerations of the steps to be taken in the interest of investors in relation to the operations of unregistered investment schemes. Cabinet discussed the matter yesterday after Prime Minister Bruce Golding...
'Maroon culture in jeopardy' - Commercialisation of treaty ceremony worries Accompong
WESTERN BUREAU: Some Accompong Maroons in St. Elizabeth are expressing concerns about the increasing commercialisation of their Peace Treaty Celebrations which, they contend, is threatening to devalue the long-standing tradition. Maroon Dolphy Rowe told The Gleaner ...
Police urged to seek God's guidance
Western Bureau: Police personnel in the Area One Division, which lost some four members during the criminal onslaught which has been plaguing western Jamaica, yesterday recommitted themselves to protect and serve the community. The recommitment was made during a service...
We can't just sit back and demand justice - judge
The Hilary session of the Home Circuit Court opened yesterday with Justice Leighton Pusey expressing concern that, in Jamaica, not even the children and the elderly were safe from violent crimes. "We can't just sit back and demand justice, there has to be action from everyone ...
No ease in murders
Jamaica's murder rampage is continuing in the New Year with at least 10 persons killed across the island over the past three days. A lone gunman shattered the peace that had been holding in the volatile Crawford Street area in Mt. Salem, St. James, early Sunday night...
TOP OF THE CLASS
We are counting down!Schools, colleges and universities have submitted the names of their top achievers and the selection process is on the way. Top of the Class, The Gleaner's publication celebrating academic excellence...
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