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Coping after GSAT - Help children deal with disappointment - counsellors

As tears of joy and disappointment flowed after yesterday's release of the 2011 Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) results, counsellors urged parents and children to remember that success or failure in life is not determined in a day....

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Shannon's success - St George's Girls' student rebounds after bad start

After being plagued with bad grades, failures and disappointments during her grade six journey, Shannon Flemming of St George's Girls' Primary and Infant School cried tears of joy after hearing...

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Music made the difference - Top achieves in St James say piano lessons kept them focussed for GSAT

Western Bureau: When anxiety invaded their preparations for the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), and when they wanted to unwind and destress, two top performers in St James turned to music. Twelve-year-old Dominique Ramsingh and Allison Davis...

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Teachers, doctors, nurses yet to sign off on Government offer

AT LEAST three key negotiating groups in the public sector are yet to arrive at a final position on the Government's latest proposal to pay workers the seven per cent increase and outstanding retroactive sums due to them. In a joint statement yesterday...

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Prison won't help Fray, says attorney

The appeal of convicted hijacker Stephen Fray began yesterday with Queen's Counsel Jacqueline Samuels-Brown arguing that, based on the medical evidence, Fray should have been found guilty by reason of insanity....

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Motion censuring Phillips to be dropped

A CENSURE motion hanging over the head of senior opposition Member of Parliament, Dr Peter Phillips, is expected to be lifted today when members of the House of Representatives meet at Gordon House.A senior government source has informed The Gleaner...

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Judge irked by stalling of cases

Senior puisne judge Gloria Smith was hopping mad yesterday when the cases listed for trial in her court could not proceed for various reasons. Two of the cases have been before the Home Circuit Court since 2006."...