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Opposition MP Damion Crawford takes gov’t to Constitutional Court over access to education and school spaces

April 28, 2026 | News
Opposition Spokesman on Education, Damion Crawford, has filed a claim in the Constitutional Court seeking a declaration that the constitutional rights of Jamaican children to publicly funded tuition in public educational institutions at the pre-primary and primary levels have been breached. Crawford disclosed this during his contribution to the Sectoral Debate in Parliament on Tuesday afternoon.
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NaRRA bill clears House despite pushback from Opposition

The House of Representatives has approved the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA) Bill, clearing a key hurdle on the way to establishing a central agency to lead Jamaica’s post–Hurricane Melissa recovery. The legislation now moves to the Senate for further consideration. The vote came about 1:33 a.m. Wednesday after a lengthy debate and clause-by-clause consideration of the legislation.
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Three teams left in escape dogfight

With Spanish Town Police’s relegation from the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) confirmed over the weekend, Molynes United, Treasure Beach, and Harbour View’s fates still remain up in the air. Spanish Town stood with an outside chance of survival coming into last weekend’s fixtures, but they needed to win all of their remaining games to pull off an unlikely escape. However, their hopes were quickly dashed when they went down with a whimper in a 6-2 drubbing at the hands of Chapelton Maroons.
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‘I just love playing football’

When Monica Bosiljevac stepped away from football as a player over a decade ago, she did not foresee lacing up her boots to compete for Real Mona in their return to the Jamaica Women’s Premier League (JWPL) this season. Bosiljevac’s journey to being the heart of Real Mona’s midfield is a story of life’s twists and turns, her love for football, and her connection to a team that needed her experience in the squad.

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Opposition Spokesman on Education Damion Crawford.
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SCHOOL RIGHTS CHALLENGE

Arguing that Jamaica’s education system was gradually collapsing, Opposition Spokesman on Education Damion Crawford on Tuesday announced that he has taken the Government to court to defend the constitutional rights of children at the pre-primary and primary levels.

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Monica Bosiljevac of Real Mona FC (left) is embraced by her teammate Alexia Evans after scoring a goal during the Jamaica Women’s Premier League fixture against UWI women’s FC at UWI Mona Bowl on Saturday.
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‘I just love playing football’

When Monica Bosiljevac stepped away from football as a player over a decade ago, she did not foresee lacing up her boots to compete for Real Mona in their return to the Jamaica Women’s Premier League (JWPL) this season. Bosiljevac’s journey to being the heart of Real Mona’s midfield is a story of life’s twists and turns, her love for football, and her connection to a team that needed her experience in the squad.

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Stephen ‘Di Genius’ writes a new chapter with ‘Hill and Gully’ riddim

Multi-Grammy Award-winning producer, Stephen ‘Di Genius’ McGregor , is excited about his newest riddim, Hill and Gully, which is a spin-off of the original mento song and riddim of the same name. “I was just trying to tap into Jamaican culture on a deeper level, and I thought that no one really went into mento and that kind of thing. So, I wanted to see how I could merge that world with like the new people and kind of just reintroduce that part of the culture,” McGregor told The Gleaner.

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A view of the plant operated by Caribbean Cement Company Limited, a subsidiary of global building materials corporation Cemex, which recently spent US$42 million on the expansion to grow capacity at the Rockfort, Kingston-based complex. The debottleneck pr
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Caribbean Cement annual output fell to five-year low

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Chadde always knew that Cheve-Ann was the one, so it was only a matter of time before he asked her to be his wife.
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Island Wedding |Chadde and Cheve-Ann tie the knot in perfect timing

For years, Cheve-Ann Boucher and Chadde Bryan crossed paths at church and served together at Christian youth camps. But everything changed in 2019 when they returned from camp that summer and arranged a picnic date. Sparks flew, and nearly seven years later, the couple entered holy matrimony “I always thought that Cheve-Ann was graceful, classy, in a universe all by herself and far out of my reach, even when it came to friendship,” Chadde told Island Wedding.

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Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness (centre); Dr Carla Barnett (left), secretary general of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM); and Dr Amstrong Alexis, deputy secretary general of CARICOM, during a Plenary Business Session at the 49th Regular Meeting of the C
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