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WESTERN BUREAU: RICHARD TROUPE, director of safety and security in the Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY), says April has been the most difficult month with regard to violence in schools. Troupe, who was part of the education and youth ministry...

WESTERN BUREAU: PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Leighton Johnson, is calling on school administrators to play their part in curbing violence in schools across the island. Johnson, who was speaking during the regular monthly...

WESTERN BUREAU The mother of schoolboy Jahmiel Richardson has been taken into police custody after the eight-year-old perished in a fire at his Top Lincoln home in Grange Hill, Westmoreland, on the weekend. Sherone McDonald is expected to remain...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Opposition Spokesperson for Education, Senator Damion Crawford has accused the Government of failing to effectively respond to the escala...

The police have charged the 14-year-old Irwin High School student for the fatal stabbing of his 15-year-old schoolmate Raniel Plummer during an altercation. His court date is being finalised. The police report that Plummer and a schoolmate had...

The 14-year-old Irwin High schoolboy charged with the murder of his schoolmate was today granted bail in the St James Family Court. The accused his being represented by attorney Maurice McCurdy. McCurdy told The Gleaner that his client is...

Next July, my childhood idol Iron ‘Mike’ Tyson comes out of retirement for a second time, this time to beat some guy named Jake Paul. This is Mike’s second fight since he and Roy Jones embarrassed themselves in 2020. But given how desperate we were...

Minister of Education and Youth Fayval Williams has renewed the call for Jamaicans to use non-violent ways to resolve conflicts. She also urged parents and guardians to teach their children to settle conflicts without resorting to violence....

Education Minister Fayval Williams is hoping Jamaican children will learn how to solve conflicts without resorting to violence. Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, in the aftermath of the stabbing death of a 15-year-old student at Irwin High School...