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Published 12 hours ago by Bryan Miller

Purkiss accuses NSWMA of bypassing her on Hanover Eastern projects

Western Bureau: Andrea Purkiss, the member of parliament (MP) for Hanover Eastern, is taking the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) to task, arguing that the entity is usurping her…

Education Minister Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon

Updated 11 hours ago by Sashana Small

Morris Dixon: AI academic assistant to be launched for Jamaican students

Education Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon is advocating for the strategic use of artificial intelligence (AI) and technology to transform Caribbean classrooms, while also stressing the need to maintain…

Outreach officer at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory in St Ann, Jason Grant, engages students of Waltham Abbey Primary and Infant School and Discovery Bay Primary and Infant School in an interactive showcase of the ne

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UWI Discovery Bay Lab launches marine attraction

A new interactive attraction at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory in St Ann is giving children and visitors a rare chance to experience the wonders of the ocean…

Students from St Thomas Technical High School engage with newly launched NEPA educational games during the National School Environmental Club Programme Workshop, guided by Senior Public Education and Community Outreach Officer, Ava Tomlinson.

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NEPA rolls out new education tools at student workshop

More than 80 students and teachers from six high schools across Portland and St Thomas recently participated in a National Schools Environment Club Programme (NSECP) capacity-building workshop hosted…

State Minister in the ministry of National Security and Peace, Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (right), is being assisted by Chief Technical Director in the ministry, Shauna Trowers, with threading a sewing machine in the new sewing lab at the South Camp Juvenile Co

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Sewing Lab opens at South Camp Juvenile Centre

The South Camp Juvenile Correctional and Remand Centre now boasts a sewing laboratory, which will equip incarcerated girls and young women with a marketable skill to support themselves and their…

The Bogue Heights heroes gleefully displaying their certificates of appreciation.

Published 12 hours ago by Adrian Frater

Bogue Heights honours its Hurricane Melissa heroes

Western Bureau: After Hurricane Melissa, with all the fury of its 195-mile-per-hour winds, many Jamaicans emerged as heroes in numerous communities, especially in western Jamaica, risking their…

Left: Sheldon Walters, Britany Thompson, Elizabeth Cunningham, Ashley Jones, and Justine Stone, students who recently received laptops. In the background (from left): Territorial Officer for the St Catherine North Police Division, Inspector Ishmael William

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Police youth programme donates laptops to students

Several high school students have received laptops under the St Catherine North Police Community Safety and Security Peace Ambassadors in Schools Initiative, a programme designed to empower young…

Robert Taylor, acting director of probation aftercare, speaking at the opening of the new probation office at 1 Gladstone “Pop” Lawrence Road in Montego Bay, St. James.

Published 12 hours ago by Albert Ferguson

Call made for probation officers to get remote allowance

WESTERN BUREAU Robert Taylor, the acting director of probation aftercare in the Department of Correctional Services, is urging the Government to grant aftercare probation officers a remote-inducement…

Published 12 hours ago by Bryan Miller

Hanover police want JPs, pastors to step up social intervention

Western Bureau: The domestic dispute numbers have not climbed, but police in Hanover are fielding calls with growing frequency. Deputy Superintendent Courtney Wilson says the parish needs stronger…