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Literacy target sets at 90% for primary schools

A NATIONAL literacy target of 90 per cent has been set for students leaving primary school for the first half of the new decade. This was noted by Education and Culture Minister, Senator Burchell Whiteman, at the official opening of the Ascot Primary...

Report cites adolescents' plight
ADOLESCENT LIFE in Jamaica and the Caribbean is characterised by high levels of unemployment, attempted suicide, violence, poverty, substance abuse, sexually transmitted infections and school dropouts. This was reported on Wednesday by Dr. Sheila...

Detectives charged over $600,000 seizure
WESTERN BUREAU THREE DETECTIVES from the Montego Bay CIB were taken before the city's Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, charged jointly with robbery with aggravation.

Improved child rearing techniques benefiting parents
PARENTS AND guardians of selected youngsters attending four high schools are currently benefiting from an intensified version of the Parenting Programme operated by Youth Opportunities Unlimited (Y.O.U.). The adolescents whose families are involved are..

Is the Church voiceless?
TO SPEAK or not to speak? This seems to be the thought on the mind of prominent members of the clergy within the various denominations, with respect to what is happening in our society. Will it make any difference if the Church speaks? This was the...











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