Whiz-kid on cloud nine - Jovia-Roy Jaganaught is an exam juggernaut
NINE ONES and a two! Glenmuir High's brainiac Jovia-Roy Jaganaught is basking in the afterglow of phenomenal success in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate examinations. Though soft-spoken and reserved, Jovia-Roy exemplifies the proverb...

William Knibb two nail CSEC subjects
FALMOUTH, Trelawny: As the world continues to heap praise on William Knibb Memorial High alumnus, Usain Bolt, waves are being created in academia as two of its students aced the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate examinations, both getting eight distinctions...

Jamalco awards 14 scholarships
Fourteen secondary-school students in Manchester and Clarendon have received scholarships and books valued at more than $420,000, from bauxite company, Jamalco.The students received $30,000 each.

'Humiliated' - 91-y-o Jamaican woman grilled for four hours by UK immigration - Family furious as frightened great-gran wets self after detention
LONDON, England: The family of a 91-year-old Jamaican woman is outraged after the great-grandmother was detained for four hours and subjected to "patronising" interrogation by immigration officers at Britain's Gatwick Airport in August...

Three-month amnesty for charities
Some charitable organisations that are delinquent in filing outstanding documents can now do so at reduced cost. The Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) has rolled out an initiative to allow companies limited by guarantee without a share capital...

LIME calls out to the YMCA
The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) has been boosted by a donation of $1 million from telecommunications firm LIME. The contribution will go towards YMCA's social outreach programme, which targets at-risk boys and young men.

NEWS BRIEFS
IMF visit cancelled - The Government has announced that a planned visit by, a team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) slated for this week, has been cancelled.Instead, a government technical team is slated to leave the island...

THURSDAY TALK
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