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Personnel committee at St James High to investigate expulsion of students over kiss
The board of management of St James High School has referred the matter of the expulsion of two schoolgirls who were seen kissing in a video to its personnel committee for deliberation on the next steps to be taken. The school's principal...
Comments40-y-o man in Guyana gets life imprisonment for rape of child
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – A High Court judge in Guyana has sentenced a 40-year-old mason to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of raping a nine-year-old child in 2022. Justice Sandil Kissoon, in imposing the sentence on Orland...
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DEADLY ATTACK
WESTERN BUREAU: GANG VIOLENCE within the community of Grange Hill, Westmoreland, has left a grade 10 schoolboy, 16-year-old Carson Bennett, dead and his female schoolmate of Grange Hill High School hospitalised. The incident, which took place some...
CommentsAttorney: Llewellyn has not resigned
King’s Counsel Douglas Leys, who has been retained by incumbent Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn, says she has not stepped down from her post. “I can say affirmatively that she has not resigned, and it would not be advisable for her...
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Large businesses urged to partner with and elevate MSMEs
DR AMA Eyo, senior lecturer in Law at Bangor University in the United Kingdom, has urged large local companies to collaborate with micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to grow and benefit from government procurement agreement contracts....
CommentsEvad Campbell is a personification of music
IF YOU cut Evad Campbell you might perhaps see musical notes and not blood flowing from his veins. He is music personified, and when he received his Prime Minister’s National Youth Award for Excellence in the field of music on Saturday, April 20 it...
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New JCA boss wants to rebuild local cricket
Newly elected President of the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA), Dr Donovan Bennett, says it will be all about cricket during his tenure after his comprehensive victory at the polls over Wilford ‘Billy’ Heaven following the election of officers...
CommentsHydel impress in 4x100m heats at Penns
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania HYDEL HIGH’S girls have set their sights firmly on another 4x100 metres, 4x400m double following competition on yesterday’s opening day of the 128th staging of the Penn Relays at the Franklin Field Stadium at the...
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Master plan for the aviation sector Premium
Jamaica’s aviation regulator wants to develop a master plan that addresses expected passenger growth, the dearth of local operators, and the impact of aircraft such as drones, the technology around which is still emergent. The plan, to span 25...
CommentsNCB taps bond market for over $50b for debt refinancing Premium
Jamaica’s largest banking and financial conglomerate NCB Financial Group Limited has offered more than $53 billion worth of bonds to the market since March to refinance existing debt. One of the bonds currently on the market seeks to raise $6...
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‘Last fête of the season’ heads downtown
The carnival festivities continue as Main Event Entertainment Group, Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) and Red Stripe Flavours partner with Kingston Creative to host the “last fête of the season”–Carnival Lyme– on Sunday, April...
Comments5 Questions with Alaine
In the early 2000s, only a handful of entertainers could confidently say they had the music industry wrapped around their fingers. And, standing above them all with mic in hand and a soulful tune on her lips was Alaine Laughton. Alaine first rose...
CommentsLetter of the Day | Implement violence-prevention programmes in schools
THE EDITOR, Madam: As I accompanied my sons to school on April 24, the morning news blared with reports of the escalating violence among students from various corporate schools. However, what shook me to the core was the phrase “love triangle”...
CommentsAppoint school resource officers
THE EDITOR, Madam: How many more children should be injured due to the inadequate amount of security? How many more parents must be at work and continuously worry about their children’s security? In October 2023, I had written a letter to editor...
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Hamas says it will lay down arms if independent Palestinian state is established
ISTANBUL (AP): A top Hamas political official told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a truce of five years or more with Israel and that it would lay down its weapons and convert into a political party if an...
CommentsNew transitional government sworn in
PORT AU PRINCE, (CMC): A new provisional government was sworn in on Thursday in this French-speaking CARICOM member state, nearly two months after a criminal insurrection plunged the capital into chaos. The nine-person “transitional council” was...
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Something Extra | Friday
Brian ‘Ribbi’ Chung marked his birthday with a celebration befitting a King of Nightclubs at the Ribbiz Ultra Lounge located at Ardenne Emirates on Tuesday evening. Guests turned out for the gathering including several entertainers and well-wishers...
Yoma Craft is not your mother’s crochet
In recent years, due to both sheer market saturation and the success and innovation of designers like Rachel Scott of Diotima, crotchet has made a big splash in the world of fashion. Capitalising on this prevalence, Jhenell Stewart decided to...
Editorial | Recognising Palestine
Peter Espeut | Half-measures not enough