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Principal of Manchester High School in Mandeville, Jasford Gabriel, is the new President Elect designate of the Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA). He secured an overwhelming majority of votes cast in elections held from June 12-21. The other two contestants are Lasonja Harrison who is the Interim Principal at St Faiths’ Primary in St Catherine, and Winston Smith who is the Principal at Golden Spring Primary in St Andrew. The JTA, in a media release last night, said the preliminary results of the contest are: Jasford Gabriel – 6500 votes Lasonja Harrison – 1582 votes Winston Smith – 3209 votes The JTA stated that Gabriel, beingRead More →

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Teachers at Point Hill Leased Primary and Junior High School in St Catherine removed students from classrooms this morning amid a looming health crisis, which results from the worsening termite infestation of virtually the entire school building. Teachers and students are falling ill purportedly as a result of the infestation. Representative of the Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA) at the school, Dietre Mckoy, said teachers will ‘take their action a notch up’ if the Ministry of Education remains nonchalant despite the numerous complaints it has received. “We came to school in good faith to do our job today (January 7), but the teachers are not comfortableRead More →