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Local Government Ministry allocates $60M to drought
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development is providing $60 million to truck water to communities affected by drought.
Teachers continue protest over new compensation scheme
The island‘s public teachers are to continue their protest action, to further register their rejection of the government‘s
Teachers reject latest compensation package offered by Gov’t during special vote today
Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) delegates rejected the latest compensation package offered by the Government during a vote at
Opposition suggests trained graduate teachers should be offered gross salary of no less than $291k per month
Opposition Spokesman on Education and Training, Damion Crawford has suggested that a trained graduate teacher should be offered a gross
Agriculture Minister urges farmers impacted by drought to reach out to RADA for assistance
Agriculture Minister Pearnel Charles Jr is urging farmers who are being impacted by the drought to reach out to the Rural Agricultural
UPDATE: Portland police working with Fire Brigade to determine cause of fire which destroyed four shops in Fairy Hill yesterday
The Portland police are working with the Jamaica Fire Brigade to determine the cause of a fire which destroyed four shops in Fairy Hill
Mechanic Robert Fowler pleads guilty to murder of 20-year-old Khanice Jackson
Fifty-one-year-old mechanic, Robert Fowler of Portmore, St Catherine today (March 8) pleaded guilty to the murder of 20-year-old
UWI Mona student found dead in dorm room at one of the University’s halls of residence
A male student of the University of the West Indies’ Mona campus was found dead in his dorm room, on one of the halls of