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Jamaica - Level 3: Reconsider Travel
Reconsider travel to Jamaica due to crime. Some areas have increased risk. Read the entire Travel Advisory.

Jamaica is a developing nation of over 2.6 million people. Facilities for tourists are widely available. International airports are located in Kingston and Montego Bay.

Education: Jamaica?s only hope
Even before the advent of the dreaded novel coronavirus pandemic, Jamaica?s educational system has been in perpetual crisis mode. Despite billions of dollars being spent in that area of ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 12 May 2022 22:05:00 GMT

Williams expresses \'deep sadness\' at deaths of five educators
The island?s education sector is still reeling from the passing of five educators over the six-day period from May 11 to 16, at least two of them suddenly. Minister of Education ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 17 May 2022 18:35:00 GMT

How a Jamaican teacher and 22 students started football in Ghana
With four Africa Cup of Nations titles, three World Cup appearances, a professional league that has spanned over two decades and a talent production line, Ghana rightfully prides itself as a football ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 13 May 2022 02:19:00 GMT

Advice for the Tenure Track in Speech Sciences
What advice do you have for students who are hoping to follow a similar career path?  Malcolm: I would say to make a plan and stick to it. Earning a Ph.D. is long, hard work, but it has been ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 16 May 2022 11:36:00 GMT

?All I Think About With That Dish Is My Mum.?
My parents didn?t make a conscious effort to teach me how to cook. They were just cooking all ... The tree, though, was something special: ackee. Jamaica?s national fruit. The poor thing rarely ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 17 May 2022 04:32:00 GMT

Serving up a taste of home, and a helping of English
Ammy and Michael Lowney created the healthy foods restaurant Juicygreens, which opened its third location this winter, to offer a taste of Colombia and a hand up for immigrant workers.
Publ.Date : Thu, 05 May 2022 08:25:00 GMT

Jamaica: CLA Projects Increase In Cannabis Exports
KINGSTON, Jamaica, (JIS) ? The Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) is projecting an increase in exports of cannabis for medicinal and therapeutic purposes during the current 2022/23 fiscal year ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 13 May 2022 13:28:00 GMT

SNA, local artists celebrate completion of murals on Extra Space Storage building
After a process lasting about a decade, the murals on the Extra Space Storage building on McBride Street are finally complete, and have been popular with the neighborhood so far.  The murals are part ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 16 May 2022 08:56:00 GMT

Athletics was McKenzie\'s vehicle to adjusting
McKenzie credits foreign language teacher Patricia Alonso with helping him to do that. ?She took him under her wing,? Norman said. They do speak a type of English in Jamaica but it is markedly ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 04 May 2022 12:17:00 GMT

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Though born and raised in Jamaica, Staceyann Chin has lived in ... Holmes Professor of English and Glenna Luschei Editor of Prairie Schooner at the University of Nebraska. Get local news delivered ...
Publ.Date : Sun, 15 May 2022 08:24:00 GMT

Jamaica Greets Record Number Of British Visitors
The Honourable Edmund Bartlett, Tourism Minister, Jamaica has become the first Caribbean tourism leader to be inducted into the prestigious Global Travel Hall of Fame. He was presented with the ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 02 May 2022 23:41:00 GMT