Thousands yet to cash $20,000 laptop-tablet vouchers

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Thousands yet to cash $20,000 laptop-tablet vouchers

Just over half of the vouchers the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information had issued to help with the purchase of tablets and laptops have been redeemed. This was revealed by portfolio minister Fayval Williams, as she gave an update on the...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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Deliberations on return of bauxite levy under way

THE Economy and Production Committee of the House of Representatives yesterday started deliberations on a resolution put forward by Manchester Southern Member of Parliament (MP) Michael Stewart calling for the restoration of the levy on bauxite mining

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MoBay call centre sends home staff after worker's mom tests positive for COVID

Conduent, one of the leading call centre operations in Montego Bay, St James has sent home its staff as a precaution after the mother of an employee tested positive for the

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Retired Immaculate Principal Sister Angella Harris dies

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M & M Jamaica aids in COVID-19 relief efforts

Construction giant M & M Jamaica Ltd has donated much-needed masks to front-line healthcare workers at the Black River Hospital as well as care packages to approximately 500 households in Kingston and St Elizabeth to aid in COVID-19 relief

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Hellshire vendors plead for beaches to stay open

Restaurant operator and member of the Half Moon Bay Association, Donna Nation, said that beachgoers have generally adhered to state-ordered six-foot distancing rules, with the exception of Father’s Day, which saw hordes of leisure seekers swarming the

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PARENTS of grade six students are fuming as a result of incorrect information disseminated by the Ministry of Education regarding the portal on which they should have registered on Wednesday in order to access the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) placement results at 4:00 pm

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Why Daryl Vaz wanted Holywell lands

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Samuda explains sudden CXC exam date shift

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I missed chance to be a dad - George Williams reflects on lost moments, five-decade incarceration

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Mentally ill man facing extradition - Gov’t yet to make decision on two-decade-old request

AN EXTRADITION request by United States (US) authorities for a mentally ill Jamaican man wanted for murder in the state of New York was lodged at the Ministry of Justice for over a decade with no action, officials have

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PAC may subpoena CMU treasurer as it probes Auditor General’s report

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