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Editorial note was an act of suppression and an attempt not to acknowledge profound aspects of the Recount Order
In a letter by me in the Stabroek News dated 3rd June, 2020 and captioned `Recount is not about simple numbers but a more complex and complete evaluation,’ I  presented factual evidence  to buttress the claim as captured in the headline of said letter in response to the effrontery  of the European
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VM labours for learning
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Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has not ruled out using its subpoena powers to summon the new treasurer of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) to attend its sittings as it reviews the Auditor General’s report into allegations of malpractices at the scandal-hit
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Reparations debate: Diabetes, hypertension among colonial legacies | New York Carib News
Sir Hilary Beckles, speaking on the CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) virtual media engagement on Monday, said Britain and Europe walked away from the mess they created and left it to the leadership of Caribbean Governments and civil society. Among their legacies, he said, is a pandemic of
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Digicel Foundation launches major $42-million Operation SAFE effort New push to sanitise, advocate, feed
Digicel Foundation has announced a significant investment in Jamaica's response to the COVID-19 crisis with the launch of its $42-million islandwide humanitarian project dubbed Operation SAFE – focused on sanitising, advocating, feeding, and enabling Jamaicans in the fight against
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200, 000 tablets for students
The Government, through the Ministry of Education, has entered into contractual arrangements for the delivery of 200,000 tablet computers for schools. This was disclosed in Parliament yesterday by Education Minister Karl Samuda, who said that it is...
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Eternally grateful - GoFundMe campaigns give brilliant teens shot at dream universities
Upper-sixth-form students Michael Jovan Anthony ‘MJ’ Forbes and Yashieka Fearon are using GoFundMe to pursue their dreams of higher education, and with donations coming in, these aspirations now have the possibility of becoming
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Uncertain future for hundreds of Jamaican teachers in US
HUNDREDS of Jamaican educators in North Carolina, USA, on the J-1 Teacher Exchange Programme are in limbo over their ability to remain in the USA and work legally, due to delays they are experiencing in obtaining a no-objection statement from the Jamaica
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The publisher of the Barbados Advocate newspaper and owner of Barbados Broadcasting Service Ltd, Sir Anthony Bryan, died on Friday at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in the eastern Caribbean
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Mandeville schools ready for partial resumption of classes
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — School administrators at four secondary institutions in this south-central town say they are ready to facilitate the partial resumption of classes starting tomorrow for students preparing to sit secondary level exit examinations in
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McLean: Options on table to re-energise students
Permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education, Dr Grace McLean, says several options are being explored to help students who might have regressed because of the disruption to the teaching learning process since the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to close early in March, come the September
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JTA happy with PEP placement method
MONTEGO BAY, St James Owen Speid, president of the Jamaica Teachers' Association, says the organisation is satisfied with the methodology used by the Government for students' Primary Exit Profile (PEP) placements.We were pretty pleased with what they did, in terms of using those scores to compute
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A missed opportunity - JTA president chides Government for not introducing school bus system for CXC students
Owen Speid, president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), is accusing the Government of failing to capitalise on a clear chance to introduce a national school bus system when schools were reopened on June 8 for students taking Caribbean Examinations Council
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Jamaicans question ruling on dreadlocked student in Marley land | New York Carib News
The ruling that was handed down in the Supreme Court on Friday, that said Kensington Primary School did not breach the child’s constitutional rights when it denied her access in 2018 for having dreadlocks, is being met with widespread reaction from Jamaicans.
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CSEC students leery over exam changes, online testing and COVID-19
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Robinson calls for removal of taxes on tablets, computer devices ahead of schools reopening
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A missed opportunity - JTA president chides Government for not introducing school bus system for CXC students
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“Really?” That was the reaction from the seven-year-old Kensington Primary School student after learning that her constitutional rights were not breached when the school refused her access because of her dreadlocks, two years ago. The ruling was...
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Uganda: Cabinet Rejects Dead Year, Opts to Buy 10m Radio Sets
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