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Jamaica’s Ministry of Education lauds students for contributions to Emancipendence celebrations
Caribbean National Weekly
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August 12, 2025
Jamaica’s Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information is applauding students, teachers, and school leaders across Jamaica for their outstanding performances and participation in this year’s Emancipation and Independence celebrations. From...
Massia Bailey | Data-driven gap analysis for differentiating academic instruction: A special education best practice
The Gleaner
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August 13, 2025
EDUCATORS TODAY are navigating increasingly diverse classrooms where students’ academic, behavioural, and independent functioning abilities vary more widely than before. This is compounded by the fact that these variations often exist without...
PNP launches 10-pillar plan to transform Jamaica’s future
The Gleaner
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August 13, 2025
Opposition Leader Mark Golding says the People’s National Party’s (PNP) manifesto stands on 10 pillars that will build Jamaica. Golding was speaking last night at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston during the launch of the document titled...
Study Grants Available for Public Officers and Their Children
Jamaica Information Service
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August 13, 2025
Applications are now open for education grants for public officers and children of public-sector workers. The awards, offered by the Government of Jamaica, through the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, provide up to $150,000 for...
Sagicor Foundation Hailed for its Investment in Education
Jamaica Information Service
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August 12, 2025
The Sagicor Foundation has been hailed for its continued investment in the education of young Jamaicans. Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, underscored that philanthropy is in the DNA of...
Focus Hope's Head Start loses federal funding, leaves hundreds of children without services
WXYZ - Michigan
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August 13, 2025
DETROIT (WXYZ) — A crucial free service for hundreds of metro Detroit children is ending after Focus Hope's Head Start program was denied $6 million in federal funding. Watch Evan Sery's video report: Focus Hope's Head Start loses federal funding,...
Students inspired to build personal brands using cultural identity
Jamaica Observer
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August 12, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Shanoy Harris Coombs, communications strategist and branding expert, delivered an engaging presentation to over 70 young participants, aged 12 to 18 years old, of the JN Financial Academy Summer Camp, encouraging them to...
Ministry of Education adjusts school start dates for general elections
Jamaica Observer
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August 12, 2025
Education Minister Dana Morris Dixon on Friday addressing a media briefing where she revealed the performance in the PEP exams. (Photo: Naphtali Junior) KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information (MoESYI) has...
Comrades gather to launch manifesto, ‘Jamaica Love’
Jamaica Observer
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August 13, 2025
People's National Party President Mark Golding addresses the audience at the party's launch of its election manifesto, 'Jamaica Love', at the Jamaica Pegasus on Tuesday, August 12, 2025. (Photo: Naphtali Junior) August 12, 2025 The hierarchy of...
PNP launches 10-pillar 'Mission Jamaica Love' manifesto
The Gleaner
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August 13, 2025
Opposition Leader Mark Golding says the just-released People's National Party manifesto stands on 10 pillars that will build Jamaica. Golding, who was speaking at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston, during the launch of the document, titled...
Jamaica Paralympic Association leads regional push in Para Fencing and Powerlifting
Caribbean National Weekly
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August 12, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Paralympic Association (JPA), in collaboration with the Americas Paralympic Committee (AmPC), will this month embark on a groundbreaking initiative to strengthen the region’s capabilities in para fencing and para...
These are the top 50 countries Arizona’s immigrants come from
The Copper Courier - Arizona
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August 12, 2025
Over 14% of the United States population is composed of immigrants. But in reality, the vast majority of Americans today are here because of relatives who immigrated from other countries some time in the last several hundred years.And while the...
Immigration Corner | Did my petition die with my sister?
The Gleaner
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August 12, 2025
Dear Mrs Walker-Huntington, In November 2013 my sister filed an immigration petition for me to immigrate to the United States. I was informed that the process could take eight to 10 years. As such, since 2021, I have made repeated checks on the...
Immigration Corner | Study permit rejection and GCMS
The Gleaner
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August 12, 2025
Dear Miss Powell, I applied for a Canadian study permit, but my application was rejected. The letter I received didn’t explain much. A friend said I can request something called GCMS notes. What is that, and how can I apply from Jamaica? YT Dear...
Immigration Corner | Countersigning documents
The Gleaner
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August 12, 2025
Dear Mr Bassie, The British authorities have informed me that I need to have my passport documents countersigned. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. KT Dear KT, Persons should be aware that some paper passport applications and photos must be...
Black River Hospital Gets Donation from In-Service Education Department
Jamaica Information Service
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August 12, 2025
The In-service Education Department at the Black River Hospital has donated medical equipment and supplies valued at more than $1 million to the facility. The items, which were handed over during a special ceremony on August 5, comprised 12...
No gifts, just giving
The Gleaner
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August 13, 2025
On his birthday each year, Sheldon David Millington chooses not to receive gifts but to give one of the most powerful gifts he believes anyone can offer: education. “One of the pillars of House of SDM is education,” 43-year-old Millington told The...
Prodigy Cultural Arts celebrates 25 years of free youth classes for the University area
FOX 13 Tampa Bay - Florida
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The Prodigy Cultural Arts Program is celebrating 25 years of free youth classes. FOX 13 photojournalist Barry Wong has more. TAMPA - Nearly 21 years ago, Freddy Montes took a job as a guitar instructor for the University Area Community Development...
The ‘Mad Man” Label – When Mental Health Struggles In Jamaica Are Met With Stigma And Silence
News Americas Now
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August 12, 2025
By Nyan Reynolds, MPH News Americas, KINGSTON, Jamaica, Tues. Aug. 12, 2025: Growing up in inner city Kingston, Jamaica, I frequently witnessed people experiencing mental health episodes – talking aloud, agitated, erratic. In my community, they...
Who is Bryan Levell? All about athlete who ran 3rd-fastest Jamaican 200m behind Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake at Gyulai Istvan Memorial
Sportskeeda
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August 12, 2025
Bryan Levell is a Jamaican sprinter who recently clocked the third-fastest Jamaican run time in the 200m event at the Gyulai Istvan Memorial 2025. He clocked 19.69 seconds in the event to win the field by a convincing margin. Levell's run time saw...