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Published:Monday | October 29, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:I am writing to explore the role and mandate of the National Education Inspectorate (NEI).We are already two months into the new school year and we look forward to the next round of NEI school inspections. I have full confidence in...

Published:Monday | October 29, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett/ Senior Staff Reporter

Jamaica's second-highest court has tossed out the appeal filed by a Manchester man against the 18-year prison sentence handed to him for throwing his female companion off a second-floor balcony, leaving her paralysed from the waist down.Oral Gammon...

Published:Monday | October 29, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:Please allow me to insert a little of my sweet bit into the bulla and bag juice matter in schools. Information gleaned from the Jamaica Information Service, coming out of the Ministry of Education, indicates that Minister of...

Published:Monday | October 29, 2018 | 12:00 AM

MUMBAI, India (CMC):Captain Jason Holder's unbeaten half-century spared the Windies embarrassment, but they still suffered a record 224-run drubbing, as India registered their largest-ever victory over a Test-playing nation in the fourth one-day...

Published:Monday | October 29, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:Having read Dr Christopher Tufton's and Glen Tucker's articles - and others - in our daily tabloids and on Twitter, I am yet to see (data notwithstanding) a set of cogent ideas supporting the need for abortion.For, whether they are...

Published:Monday | October 29, 2018 | 12:00 AM

When our Sunshine Girls left our shores to compete in the Fast5 Netball World Series in Melbourne, Australia, the head coach bemoaned the fact that our girls were a little short on fitness and practice.Having beaten England in a 'test' series 3-0...

Published:Monday | October 29, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Champion trainer Wayne DaCosta anticipates the toughest of challenges for the 2018 Burger King Super Stakes crown, from rivals and nemeses WILL IN CHARGE and 2016 winner BIGDADDYKOOL.The Robert Pearson-trained WILL IN CHARGE has beaten the reigning...

Published:Monday | October 29, 2018 | 12:00 AMRobert Bailey/ Gleaner Writer

The Majesty Gardens basketball courts will be buzzing with excitement tonight when hosts Majesty Legends battle Real Lions in Game Two of the best-of-three finals of the Howard McCarthy Southern Conference competition at 7 p.m.The Legends will enter...

Published:Monday | October 29, 2018 | 12:00 AM

The Caribbean could be a force to be reckoned with if its leaders would cooperate more, according to Kai Bridgewater, 2018 class valedictorian at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill.Bridgewater, a Jamaican student who received a...

Published:Monday | October 29, 2018 | 12:00 AM

MADRID (AP):In just months, Julen Lopetegui has lost two of the most high-profile coaching jobs in the world. Lopetegui was finally fired by Real Madrid yesterday, less than five months after he was sacked by Spain before the FIFA World Cup for not...

Published:Monday | October 29, 2018 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin/Gleaner Writer

Charles Buchanan, commu-nications manager at the National Water Commission (NWC), has reported that there has been moderate improvement in water levels across the island, specifically at the Hermitage Dam in St Andrew.Buchanan told The Gleaner...

Published:Monday | October 29, 2018 | 12:00 AMNickoy Wilson/Gleaner Writer

A fish vendor-turned-police informant testified yester-day that although he entered into an arrangement with the Clarendon Police Division to help them recover illegal firearms, it was murder accused police Constable Collis 'Chucky' Brown who...

Published:Monday | October 29, 2018 | 12:00 AMHubert Lawrence/ Gleaner Writer

National table tennis head coach, Satoshi Takashima says he sees a bright future for Jamaica, if its young players continue to train hard. Takashima returns to his homeland of Japan in January, after a two year stint in the island and said he is...

Published:Monday | October 29, 2018 | 12:00 AMKavarly Arnold/Gleaner Writer

Byjeon Thomas, coach of Lennon High School, is aware of what they will be up against when they visit group leaders Dinthill Technical High School in their quarter-final ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup encounter this afternoon.Lennon, on three points following...

Published:Monday | October 29, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

The semi-final places in this season's ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup will be decided with the final round of quarter-final matches, which begins at 3 p.m.In today's game, Kingston College go up against Camperdown at the Spanish Town Prison Oval and St...

Published:Thursday | October 11, 2018 | 12:00 AMJason Cross/Gleaner Writer

For its 146th anniversary as the capital of Jamaica, Kingston will receive a three-day tribute in March 2019, in the form of the Kingston City Marathon, which is poised to bring together thousands of locals and foreigners.The inaugural international...

Published:Monday | October 29, 2018 | 12:00 AM

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Published:Monday | October 29, 2018 | 12:00 AM
Published:Monday | October 29, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:Our intellectuals at or from the great University of the West Indies (UWI), who have had very little positive effect on the quality of life in our country, have once again come out in full force to create a new language out of our...

Published:Monday | October 29, 2018 | 12:00 AM

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