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Education Ministry seeks 11th hour conciliation as teachers’ protest action set to start
Even as teachers are set to take to the streets today the Ministry of Education last evening announced that it…
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Machine operator stabbed to death by teenagers
A 33-year-old man was Saturday night attacked by three teenage boys and fatally stabbed by one of them while on…
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Carifesta Road upgrade commences
The rehabilitation of Carifesta Avenue, which is being upgraded to three lanes, has commenced. The article Carifesta Road upgrade commences…
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Violence is traumatizing Haitian kids. Now the country’s breaking a taboo on mental health services
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Students often throw up or wet themselves when gunfire erupts outside their school in northern Port-au-Prince.…
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Thirty-eight coast guard ranks complete training
Thirty-eight Coast Guard ranks have completed rigorous training at the Coast Guard Training School. The article Thirty-eight coast guard ranks…
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Sandals Group delays J$6b in payouts to ‘Butch’ beneficiaries
(Jamaica Gleaner) More trouble is brewing involving the will of late business mogul Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, after the Sandals hotel…
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Exxon hit with US$725.5 million verdict over mechanic’s leukemia diagnosis
(Reuters) – A Pennsylvania jury ordered ExxonMobil to pay US$725.5 million to a former mechanic who claimed toxic chemicals in…
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Death toll from rains in Brazil’s south reaches 143, govt announces emergency spending
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state rose to…
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Bartica wins Region #7 Playoff in U-15 Girl’s Football
Bartica Secondary won the Region #7 playoff, defeating Three Miles Secondary 3-0 in a three-match series when the Blue Water…
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CDC says some Region Nine villages flooded
The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) yesterday said that some villages in Region Nine have been flooded as a result of…
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