Fix GSAT soon! - Education minister says GSAT causes two-Jamaica syndrome
Education Minister Andrew Holness yesterday dubbed the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) a meritocracy, which has not been a good placement mechanism for the island's children, and has hinted at a major change in the examination...
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What a spectacle! - Junior Jackson remembers the 1962 CAC Games
It was the ninth Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games and Jamaica, fresh from having gained independence just nine days earlier, hosted the athletics section of the games at the National Stadium, August 15 to 28, 1962. A total of 1,559 athletes representing...
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Think tank says ...No to fixed exchange rate - Debate misguided, says King
If Jamaica were to move to a fixed exchange rate regime, it would exacerbate conditions and create an even more unstable foreign exchange market than already exists, a Jamaican think tank said this week. "Until Jamaica is able to achieve and maintain greater fiscal discipline...
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Easy for Bolt
ONTARIO, Canada (CMC): Jamaican world record holder Usain Bolt easily won the men's 100 metres at the Festival of Excellence track and field meeting last night.The 22-year-old Bolt accelerated away from his rivals over the second half ...
EDITORIAL - The Tesha Miller case
The recent decision by the Privy Council in the Janice Allen case would probably serve to underpin the legal appropriateness of the action this week of Crown prosecutors to prematurely close their case against Tesha Miller, the reputed leader of Spanish Town's notorious...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Holness is quite right
The Editor, Sir: Please publish the attached, as an open letter to Minister of Education Andrew Holness. Dear Minister Holness,Thank you, thank you, thank you! Finally, a minister who sees the whole picture and is not afraid to place the responsibility...
Back to basics
The Jamaica Basic Schools Foundation (United Kingdom), in association with the Hilton Kingston Jamaica hotel, held a gala charity dinner and ball at the popular New Kingston hotel on Saturday, June 6.
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TRINIDAD - Hit the road: Panday blasts UNC dissidents
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): The leader of the main opposition United National Congress (UNC), Basdeo Panday, has accused a dissident faction of being on a mission to destroy the party ahead of upcoming local...
Swine flu pandemic has begun, 1st in 41 years
GENEVA (AP): The World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday told its member nations it was declaring a swine flu pandemic, the first global flu epidemic in 41 years, as infections climbed in the United States, Europe, Australia, South America and...