THE family whose home was destroyed in Gregory Park in late June is now worried that their children will not be able to go back to school next month due to their circumstances.
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Fire victims fear kids won’t return to school
THE family whose home was destroyed in Gregory Park in late June is now worried that their children will not be able to go back to school next month due to their circumstances.
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Fire victims fear kids won’t return to school
THE mother of murdered female constable Crystal Thomas has reacted with indifference to the death in hospital of one of the men suspected of gunning down her daughter while she was on her way home from work in July.
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Slain cop’s mom indifferent to death of suspect
THE 20th International Meeting of BirdsCaribbean opens in Kingston tomorrow at the Knutsford Court Hotel, with a focus on Jamaican birds and their importance to the economy, tourism, agriculture and national heritage.
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BirdsCaribbean int’l conference for Kingston tomorrow
THE drafting of new regulation governing funeral homes and services is way advanced and will be discussed with stakeholders during consultations as soon as they are ready, said Health Minister Fenton Ferguson.
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New regulations coming
for funeral homes, services
THE Minimum Wage Advisory Commission is in the process of reviewing the national minimum wage and the minimum wage for industrial security guards.
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Minimum wage under review
THE Supreme Court has denied Jamaica’s largest financial institution, the National Commercial Bank (NCB), leave to apply for a Judicial Review in the matter involving a former senior manager and the bank.
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Jennings beats NCB again
THE Ministry of Education yesterday has issued a ban against students playing ‘Charlie, Charlie Challenge’ in schools, ordering the close monitoring of students to ensure that they do not engage in what is widely viewed as a demonic game.
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Charlie, Charlie ban!
THE Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) and the Mavis Bank Coffee Factory Limited are partnering with Hi Pro Farm Store today to provide support for farmers who were affected by the fires in rural St Andrew.
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Labour Day help
THE Westmoreland Police on Friday charged a pastor with having sexual intercourse with a person under 16 as well as grievous sexual assault.
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Westmoreland pastor charged for sex with juvenile
THE Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) last night said it would probe allegations that criminals are breaking into graves at May Pen Cemetery and removing and burning humans remains then reselling caskets in what is believed to be a multimillion-dollar operation.
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KSAC to probe
grave allegations at May Pen Cemetery
THE road to Dave Hollingsworth’s farm in Pine Grove, Content Gap, is lined with depressing evidence of the fires that wreaked havoc in the St Andrew hills for almost two weeks earlier this month.
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‘I have never seen it like this’
THE Ministry of Education has urged schools to desist from barring students from entering school compounds as punishment for lateness and breaches of the dress code.
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Don’t lock out children as punishment, ministry tells schools
THE security forces were yesterday forced to increase their presence at the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) office in St Andrew after thousands of Jamaicans flooded the grounds in a bid to process passport applications before increased fees take effect next Tuesday.
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Rush on Kingston
passport office
THE 2014-15 school year has ended for those students at tertiary level institutions, and for those attending lower level schools, the curtains will soon be drawn.
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Tertiary students reflect on their many challenges
THE role of family doctors is to take centre stage on Tuesday when Jamaica, for the first time since it was first declared by the World Health Organization in 2010, celebrates World Family Doctor Day.
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World Family Doctor Day