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CXC Registrar and Chief Executive Officer Dr Wayne Wesley
August 19, 2026 by Sashana Small

CXC FINDS MATHS FORMULA - Exam body to roll out more subjects as modular learning yields impressive results in pilot

Students preparing for next year’s Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) examinations will be able to take up to four subjects under the newest qualification, the Caribbean Targeted Education…
Christopher Tyme, principal of Mile Gully High.
August 18, 2026 by Sashana Small

Principals do the math as CXC releases results today

Principals across Jamaica are hopeful that the strategies employed to improve their students’ mathematics performance will pay off when this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC)…
Ivan Cruickshank, executive director of the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition.
August 14, 2026 by Sashana Small

CVC: Teach youth social media’s benefits, pitfalls

Ivan Cruickshank, executive director of the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC), is calling for a wide-ranging educational campaign on social media use targeting young people as the…
Bert Samuels.
August 12, 2026 by Sashana Small

Samuels enters plea for CCJ - Veteran attorney, heads of judiciaries defend integrity of regional court amid emails controversy

Lamenting that allegations surrounding the operations of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) have become “fodder” for those opposed to the regional court, veteran attorney Bert Samuels yesterday…
Mark Golding, president of the People's National Party.
August 11, 2026 by Sashana Small

CCJ leaks won’t sway PNP

The allegations that have emerged about the operations of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) have not affected the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) stance that it should replace the…
Justice Winston Anderson, president of the Caribbean Court of Justice.
August 10, 2026 by Sashana Small

CCJ under scrutiny - Regional court urged to move on allegations of division, ‘toxic’ environment

Allegations that have emerged about the operations of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) should be urgently addressed, a former senior regional diplomat has asserted. “It is not a trivial matter,…
Dr Horace Chang (second right), deputy prime minister and minister of national security and peace; Scott Renner (right), charge d’affairs at the United State Embassy in Kingston; and Charmaine Shand (left), assistant commissioner of police, Community Saf
August 1, 2026 by Sashana Small

GAME CHANGER - community renovation project to create safer spaces in inner-city

The basketball court in Majesty Gardens, St Andrew, was largely undeveloped when 31-year-old Andre Moore started playing the game there about two decades ago. However, he said the long hours he spent…
Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change, Matthew Samuda
July 31, 2026 by Sashana Small

WATER WATCH - Wasting prohibition looms as Jamaica battles prolonged drought

The Government is not ruling out implementing a prohibition order against water wasting to mitigate against drought conditions that are expected to continue into the next three months. Speaking at a…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness speaking at the signing of the contract for the Kingston Harbour Walk Project on July 22, 2026.
July 30, 2026 by Sashana Small

Dignity debate - Holness rejects PNP criticism of placement of plaques in homes of social housing beneficiaries

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has dismissed assertions that the practice of installing commemorative plaques on homes distributed under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) dehumanises…