Three's not a crowd - Trio of STATHS teachers provide needy students with head start
They were employed to teach but Carol Jennings-Smith, Jacquelin Greenland and Curline Christie of St Andrew Technical High School (STATHS) have gone the extra mile. The teachers, among other educators, have established a school welfare committee....
Ex-army mom drills battalion of scholars - Home school grows by word of mouth
When Janice Lewis decided to pull her children out of the formal education system, even her husband might have thought she was going bonkers. But what started with her three biological children, aged three, five and seven, has grown to 26, catering for kindergarten...
Jamaica-born educator named US's top school superintendent
JIS:Jamaica-born educator Dr Beverly L.Hall, who is public-school superintendent for Atlanta, has been named National Superintendent of the Year by the American Association of School Administrators (AASA). The recognition, which came...
Cost cuts at American Airlines could hurt Jamaica
There is no word yet from American Airlines on the possible fallout which Jamaica could face from its decision to further reduce flights.But a reduction in the number of people flying has caused the airline to cut flights and force Jamaica...
Clarke begins legal battle with Scotiabank
Legal arguments began yesterday in an application brought by retired president and chief executive officer of Scotiabank William Bill Clarke to bar the bank from evicting him from the house to which he was assigned.Clarke wants to remain in the house...
House idle, MPs busy
THE COUNTRY'S legislators did not hold their weekly parliamentary sitting yesterday despite a raft of bills and private-members' motions to be debated.At the same time the parliamentary clock is ticking fast towards March 31...
Ganja raids increase in St Bess
Like firemen battling a fierce blaze, the narcotics police and members of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) worked feverishly yesterday to eradicate a multimillion-dollar ganja cultivation, discovered on swampland in St Elizabeth on Monday...
Student gets warning for weapons possession
A 15-year-old student of Donald Quarrie High School was yesterday sentenced to two years in custody when she appeared in the Corporate Area Family Court to answer charges of possession of offensive weapons. However, the magistrate suspended the sentences...
UWI group launches CSME essay competition
JIS:The University of the West Indies Students Today, Alumni Tomorrow (UWI STAT) group, has launched a regional essay competi-tion, targeted at high school and UWI students in territories which support the institution. The essay topics centre...