Sashana Small/Staff Reporter

Acting principal Beverley Feare and Haniff Nembhard, mathematics teacher at Maud McLeod High School, with their awards at the Tactical Approach Awards 2025 for excellence, in recognition of being among the top 20 teachers from high schools with the highest
December 9, 2025 by Sashana Small

From zero to 35 per cent

An integration of mathematics in other subject areas, as well as concerted efforts to address the school’s high rate of exam absenteeism, has proved very fruitful for Maud McLeod High School in…
Rudy Campbell stands beside the trunk of the guinep tree that fell on his Castleton, St Mary home of more than 20 years, completely destroying two rooms and damaging the others.
December 9, 2025 by Sashana Small

Elderly farmer pleads for help to rebuild home destroyed by heavy rains

Rudy Campbell, from Castleton, St Mary, is living in a precarious condition. Just over a week ago, heavy rains and winds from a freak storm uprooted a guinep tree that landed on his four-bedroom…
Residents of Gallery Apartments on Oxford Road in New Kingston looking at the burnt section of the complex, where 70-year-old Bill Barnes lost his life in an early morning fire on Thursday.
December 9, 2025 by Sashana Small

70-y-o dies in fire at apartment complex

An early morning fire at Gallery Apartments on Oxford Road in New Kingston on Thursday claimed the life of a 70-year-old resident, leaving the community shaken and mourning the loss. The charred…
Damion Gordon
December 9, 2025 by Sashana Small

Jamaica expected to face hurdles in joining CARICOM free movement

Although Jamaica could benefit from joining the four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries that have recently implemented free movement of their nationals among themselves, Damion Gordon, lecturer…
The area behind the home, where 13-year-old Shantina Sergeant’s burnt remains were found in the district of Riverside Drive in Bailleston, Clarendon, on Tuesday.
December 9, 2025 by Sashana Small

‘A WICKED ACT’

Residents of the usually quiet community of Riverside Drive in Bailleston, Clarendon, are reeling from shock and grief after the burnt and partially decomposed body of 13-year-old Shantina Sergeant…
Richard Mullings, president of the Incorporated Masterbuilders Association of Jamaica.
December 9, 2025 by Sashana Small

Masterbuilders raise red flag over Government’s failure to spend

The Incorporated Masterbuilders Association of Jamaica (IMAJ) is raising an alarm over what it describes as the persistent underspending of the national capital budget, even as many of its members…
Clyde Williams, attorney-at-law and political commentator.
December 9, 2025 by Sashana Small

‘Send Jess’

Political commentator Clyde Williams is advising Opposition Leader Mark Golding to send Zuleika Jess, the People’s National Party’s (PNP) justice spokesperson, to meet with Minister of Justice Delroy…
Lynton Weir, principal of Old Harbour High School, assists Antoine Richards to plant a star apple tree in the school garden during a tree planting exercise recently.
December 9, 2025 by Sashana Small

GROWING A LEGACY

A group of students hurried to take shelter under a lone tree from the blazing mid-morning sun after a physical education class at the Old Harbour High School in St Catherine, recently. Watching from…
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December 9, 2025 by Sashana Small

Gov’t urged to hire Cuban workers directly to prevent forced labour

The Jamaican Government is being urged to hire Cuban workers directly and utilise hiring practices that are in line with domestic and international law to prevent forced labour among Cuban workers in…