S ome 11,000 pupils across the region who wrote the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Exam (formerly O’ levels) last May/June got no passes. So said Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Registrar Glenroy Cumberbatch at a function for the official release of results in Grenada on Saturday. The shocking figures came on the weekend when otherwise […]
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5000 students failed to pass a single subject at CXC in 2010
Almost 5,000 Jamaica public secondary-school students who sat the 2010 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations ended up without a single pass. However, this represents a continuing reduction in the number of students failing to pass even one subject. For the 2010 examinations, 14.2 per cent of the 33,888 students who faced the examiners for […]
Read MoreWill the Jamaica Tourist Board ever use Vybz Kartel to promote Jamaica’s tourism?
Bloggers have been wondering if the Jamaica Tourist Board will follow the example of St. Vincent and The Grenadines Tourism Authority (SVGTA) and use Vybz Kartel to promote the island’s top notch tourist product? The question emerged in the wake of a promotional video, produced by the SVGTA and the La Vue Hotel and Beach […]
Read MoreRygin King out on bail
Rygin King was arraigned and released from jail after being arrested on Monday and slapped with several charges related to possession of an illegal firearm. He appeared in the Queens Criminal Supreme Court in New York on Friday, July 12. He is reportedly out on a US$5,000 bond.
Read MoreCapleton scores big hit with ‘Gone Up’
Dancehall artiste Capleton is concerned that Jamaican consumers will be hit with higher prices for agricultural items within the next couple of weeks because of the devastating effects of Hurricane Breyl on farmers in the ravaged farmlands in the ‘bread basket parish, St. Elizabeth. “Food is the staff of life, we cannot do without food […]
Read MoreFootballer jumps in gully to retrieve ball but washed away by Hurricane Beryl
Residents of Trench Town are mourning the death of a 20-year-old man, known as Lala, who was washed away in the surging waters of a gully in Havana in Arnett Gardens, St Andrew, this afternoon during rains associated with Hurricane Beryl. The Corporate Communications Unit could not confirm the death,
Read MoreSkillibeng visits St. Thomas to put spell on stolen US$100,000 jewelry
Skillibeng, whose given name is Emwah Warmington, has made claims that someone snatched an expensive bit of jewelry from his travel bags. “The person weh tek out mi 100kusd wut a jewelry a NMIA before it guh pan di Airplane Dam me and save yuhself,” he wrote in a post on the social media site […]
Read MoreJamaicans can no longer seek asylum by crossing US-Mexico border
Read up Jamaicans! The ting change pon yu now! President Joe Biden has announced an executive action which will ban asylum seekers who cross the US-Mexico border illegally. The new executive action bars migrants who cross the border illegally from seeking asylum, once a daily threshold is met. The measure could be turned on and […]
Read MoreCerine Rage is back!!!!
Dancehall is known to be a male-dominated space with only a few female artistes surviving the test of time. However, dancehall sex bomb Cerine Rage thinks her music will set her apart from her peers. “I am bringing a different style to the industry being a little sexy, edgy and classy at the same time. […]
Read MoreWill cops charge Valiant with ‘reckless driving’? Fined for traffic tickets
Will Valiant be charged with reckless driving after accident with the Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. Christopher Tufton this morning. Dr. Tufton is recovering at the UHWI after an accident this morning when he took a fall from his bicycle. “Well this Sunday wasn’t planned! Took a fall this morning on my bicycle. Counting […]
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