School weeps for drowned teens

WHAT WAS supposed to be an educational trip to St Mary Banana Plantation for a group of students of St Andrew College in Kingston ended in a tragic nightmare when two of the students drowned in neighbouring Portland.

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Former JLP councillor to run on PNP ticket

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Time for juniors to step up, says Anderson

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Dinthill High alumni take care of their own

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Digicel spends its fifth year with the YVAs

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Beating around the bush

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Make 'The Land of My Birth' Jamaica 50 song

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Let's Talk Life - Life's journey

I have been thinking about life and what I have been called to do. How do you view life?

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