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Roswell: JAAA apology not enough
Distraught national 100 metres hurdles champion Demisha Roswell is insisting that the Jamaica Administrative Athletics Association's (JAAA) apology for omitting her from the Jamaica's squad to compete at the Commonwealth Games does not make up for months

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News

72 rounds of ammunition found at premises in St Andrew

The police have launched an investigation following the discovery of a large cache of ammunition at a premises in Coopers Hill, Red Hills, St Andrew, on Sunday.

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Sports

Roswell: JAAA apology not enough

Distraught national 100 metres hurdles champion Demisha Roswell is insisting that the Jamaica Administrative Athletics Association's (JAAA) apology for omitting her from the Jamaica's squad to compete at the Commonwealth Games does not make up for months

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Entertainment

Education Ministry chides Ascot Primary over graduation blunder
The management of Ascot Primary School in Portmore, St Catherine has come under fire from the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information following reports that students who were not ‘proficient in the 2026 Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examina

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Commentary

Ronald Thwaites | Self delusion is slow suicide

At more than one of the high schools I observe carefully, the a number of the entering students are scored as “Proficient” in Language Arts in their Primary Exit Profile results. But when they are tested on entry to Grade 7, on average, they are read

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Letters

Nuclear energy: Jamaica's future or a dangerous mirage?
THE EDITOR, Madam: The islandwide blackout of June 5 has re-ignited an important national conversation about the countrys energy future and whether nuclear power should form part of Jamaicas long-term energy strategy.

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World News

Five people killed in a shooting in northern Germany

BERLIN (AP) – Five people were killed in a shooting on Monday at a youth welfare facility in the northern German town of Stade, police said. Two people were arrested, including the suspected shooter.

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