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FORMER PERMANENT secretary in the Ministry of Education, Elaine Foster Allen, said a combination of shift system, distant learning and alliances with local organisations will need to be considered in preparation for the new school term. Foster...

Black smoke billowed from cars set on fire and debris blocked the intersection of Waltham Park and Hagley Park roads in Kingston as residents of Cockburn Gardens protested the fatal shooting of 32-year-old Jermaine ‘Shawn‘ Ferguson yesterday...

Veteran educator and Franciscan Sister Angella Harris was yesterday hailed as a woman steeped in grace and humility as family, friends, and colleagues and several persons whose lives she touched joined in a memorial service to salute her. Harris,...

Walking into Andrew Nelson’s yard in Simon, Clarendon, the first sight to pull in wandering eyes is a wheelchair hoisted in a tree. It belongs to the 42-year-old who, although born without legs, climbs trees, does some farming and landscaping, and...

Investigators up to press time were still at the scene of a double murder on Rosalee Avenue, off Waltham Park Road in St Andrew yesterday. The Gleaner understands that two men were shot and killed by unknown assailants shortly after 5 p.m. One of...

WESTERN BUREAU: Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says the loss of direct tourism revenue to the Government owing to COVID-19 for April 2020 to March 2021 has been estimated at 38.4 billion, a severe blow to the island’s economy. According to...

Dining during the COVID-19 pandemic should take into consideration the six-feet physical-distance recommendations by health authorities to reduce the risk of spreading the coronavirus. The following tips can help you keep safe while serving, buying...

Opposition Senator Wensworth Skeffery is urging the Ministry of Education to make the most of the suspension of physical classes and the summer holidays to have schools ready to reopen in September within a new normal ushered in by the COVID-19...

IN NORMAL times, Zavia Cunningham guides her students through the structured Spanish curriculum with face-to-face encouragement. But since March 13, the Wolmer’s Boys’ School teacher has had to find innovative ways to execute effective remote...

Awakened by explosions and screams in August Town on Wednesday morning, Hyacinth Brown’s* memories rolled back to the 2018 death of her grandson and she wondered if gunmen had made good on their promise to return for blood. When the shooting...