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Leave JC out of it!

Basil Jarrett wrote an article in The Gleaner on March 21, titled ‘No Champs for me this year’. On March 31, 2024, Lascelve Graham followed up with ‘Champs and its crippling effect on socialisation system’. Both these articles have sparked...

JAMAICA COLLEGE (JC) school board chairman Lance Hylton and acting headmaster Wayne Robinson say operations at the school remain normal, following Thursday's protest, and seeming discontent by some of the institution's old boys. No more than nine...

Acting principal hits back as JC old boys protest

KINGSTON, Jamaica —  Following Thursday morning’s protest by the Jamaica College Old Boys’ Association (JCOBA) demanding the resignation of Lance Hylton as chairman of the school board, the group has announced their intentions to resolve internal issues ‘openly and respectfully.’ In a release on Friday, the executive board of the JCOBA said as the institution continues to iron out their differences in a way that preserves the school’s best interest...

Disgruntled members of the Jamaica College (JC) community are set to stage a protest on April 4 at the Old Hope Road school, demanding the resignation of Board Chairman Lance Hylton and the entire JC board in the wake of what they describe as damning admissions made during a recent meeting of JC old boys. The Zoom meeting was held on Sunday, March 24. As tempers flare over the situation,...

One month after the Supreme Court dismissed the claim brought against him by Jamaica College (JC) acting Principal Wayne Robinson, former JC Old Boys’ Association (JCOBA) President Major Basil Jarrett is defending another lawsuit filed by Robinson...

Tips notifying the authorities of the activities of players in the lethal lottery scamming industry were close to 40 per cent of all crimes reported to Jamaica's first dedicated anti-corruptio...

Amid wide public outrage over a “significant” increase in Internet scams and millions of dollars in losses, Jamaican commercial banks are getting ready to implement “tough” and “more robust” measures for some transactions. The measures are still...

Merry Christmas to you all! Yes, it’s still Christmas! Today is only the fifth day of the 12 days of Christmas, and we still have seven days to go! I see that my colleague columnist Basil Jarrett from up the road has declared that “another...