Alston High moves ahead with alternative energy
MAY PEN, Clarendon: Alston High School in Clarendon is putting in place measures to combat rising energy costs. The Institution, through its science club and agriculture department in collaboration with United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural...
Gleaner sticks fun memories in Immaculate scrapbooks
"The best thing I loved was that I got to eat pizza and we talked a lot ..." wrote Samantha Smith in her scrapbook on the things she enjoyed about a class field trip to The Gleaner Company in May. Samantha and her classmates from grade two of Immaculate Conception...
NCB, NGO work to develop disaster plans
In preparation for the potential strike of a hurricane this season, the National Commercial Bank (NCB) Foundation is working closely with a local non-governmental organisation, Caribbean Coastal Area Management Foundation (C-CAM), to implement ...
Parents urged to get help
WESTERN BUREAU: Family Court judge Rosalie Toby is urging parents to get help in raising their children as she is concerned about an increase in violence-related cases, involving children, that are appearing before her court. "Jamaican parents are in crisis because they feel...
Don't make 'barrel kids' become victims - Children's Advocate
Just days before the third Jamaica Diaspora Conference kicks off on June 16, Children's Advocate Mary Clarke is pleading with parents of 'barrel children' to take extra care in preventing them from falling victim to depression and suicide. A university lecturer last Friday revealed...
Cops strengthen ties with St Thomas communities
THE ST Thomas police division is moving to reorientate tough-image crime-fighters to adopt the somewhat 'softer' principles of community policing - where friendships and partnerships are forged with residents. Divisional commander of the St Thomas police...
Police arrest jailbreaks with cell-block improvement
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth: Work is now under way to refurbish the cell block at the Santa Cruz police station in St Elizabeth. This follows an attempted jailbreak last month when prisoners tried to dig their way out of one of the cells on the over...
School honours veteran teacher
For 42 years, she served diligently as teacher, mentor, substitute parent, care giver, and vice-principal to thousands of children under her watch. On May 30, Carleen Laing was honoured by the Holy Family Infant and Primary School for 33 of those...
Scores make Principal'sgrade at St Richard's
MORE THAN 100 students of St Richard's Primary School were honoured recently for outstanding academic performance in internal examinations, and exemplary conduct. The Red Hills Road, St Andrew institution, in association with its parent-teacher association (PTA)...
Parents peeved at GSAT placements
The Ministry of Education has again come under fire for the controversial placement of some students after the release of the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) results last week.But Jasper Lawrence, chief education officer in the Ministry of Education, said if the ministry...
Man held for molesting 9-y-o - Girl allegedly had oral sex with classmate
A man who allegedly molested a nine-year-old girl in rural St Catherine is now behind bars. The man's name has been withheld.A disturbing report has also arisen that the abused child had allegedly performed oral sex on a female classmate in the school bathroom....
Murderer gets life sentence
A man who shot and killed a woman at her house in Succaba Pen, near Old Harbour, St Catherine, was on June 4 described by Justice Donald McIntosh as a cold-blooded killer.The judge made the comments before he sentenced Dane Bonner, 27, also called...
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