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Western Bureau: If Falmouth native, 16-year-old Jahmaree Reid, was killed by a shark, as has been widely suspected, it would be a particularly rare occurrence as based on the Florida Museum of National History and the American Elasmobranch Society...

Mason Hall, St Mary: Thousands of residents living in Mason, St Mary, are poised to receive potable water for the very first time in December, after pipe laying works undertaken by the National Water Commission (NWC) in partnership with Rural Water...

Concerned that more students are becoming attracted to and engaging in underage gambling, Richard Henry, programme manager at the RISE Life Management Services, has endorsed the proposal to make gambling prevention a mandatory part of school...

WESTERN BUREAU: A Trelawny family is now mourning the death of 16-year-old William Knibb Memorial High School student Jahmaree Reid, who perished at sea on Monday, the apparent victim of a shark attack off the coast of the seaside capital. Late...

With the new academic year set to commence next Monday, September 2, several schools in St Ann are still hunting for teachers and at least one school has had to scale back programmes because of inadequate classroom spaces. In a social media post on...

Jamaica’s finance minister, Dr Nigel Clarke, joining the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) senior management team is being hailed by leaders and economists across Latin America and the Caribbean as a signal moment. They expressed hope that his...

When Tessanne Chin surprised Sasha Gay Sutherland with a $500,000 scholarship for her Bachelor of Music in Performance degree on Saturday evening, the young woman was left utterly speechless. The presentation occurred on stage right after...

WESTERN BUREAU: Life will never be the same for the two children shared by Kayann Sterling and Horace Campbell after both parents died in separate incidents during the summer holiday. However, Molly Campbell, the children’s maternal grandmother,...

WESTERN BUREAU: As the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) prepares to answer a lawsuit brought against it by one of its own former presidents, there is uncertainty over whether the legal showdown may splinter the 60-year-old organisation or if it...

Like scores of Jamaican youth before him, Brandon Farquharson, 2024 Burger King Open Tertiary Scholarship recipient, has to bury the idea of becoming a medical doctor because he failed the self-financing programme required by the university of his...

They started their formal education with lockdowns and online schooling as COVID-19 pummelled the education system four years ago. Now, as they enter their final primary school years, they face another daunting setback in the wake of Hurricane...

They lit a bonfire last Friday evening, hoping its flame – if even symbolically – would burn the ghastly memories of two Sundays ago when their lives changed forever. Eighteen persons were shot, eight of them killed, among them fellow residents...