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COVENANT CLASH Residents of a quiet Kingston 6 community are threatening court action to block Porter Centre for Knowledge from launching school operations on Tucker Avenue, citing traffic concerns, fears of commercialisation, and a change in the pace of life in the community. The pushback comes as founding principal Barbara Kerr-Thompson seeks to protect her $78-million investment at 21 Tucker Avenue, describing the venture as a low-impact prep school.
Drought drains 107 water systems With more than 100 water systems impacted by the ongoing drought, the National Water Commission (NWC) is making a renewed call for customers to conserve water. The appeal was made by Dr Phillippa Campbell-Francis, acting vice-president of operations at the NWC, during an Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) webinar on Jamaica’s water-sector challenges.
Church leaders challenge BOJ cheque phase-out Two church leaders are taking the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) to court, accusing the central bank of overstepping its legal authority and breaching Jamaicans’ constitutional right to equitable treatment in its push to phase out cheques. “The policy of the respondents to eliminate the use of cheques as outlined represents a direct assault on our right to effect transactions via the chequing system, which is integral to everyday life in Jamaica,” said Pastor Jeffrey Shuttleworth, one of the applicants.
Harrison: Stop normalising broken schools WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President La Sonja Harrison is urging the Government to fast-track the rehabilitation and restoration of schools that have still not been repaired almost one year after Hurricane Melissa struck the island last October. Harrison made the call yesterday while addressing a press conference at the SeaGarden Hotel in Montego Bay, St James, during the JTA’s campaign strategy retreat and central executive training meeting.
Aiken: No Jamaican man needs to die from prostate cancer One of the most dangerous things about prostate cancer is how quietly it can begin. A man can feel well, move through his days without alarm and have little reason to suspect that anything is wrong. Yet, according to Professor William Aiken, that quiet period is precisely when medicine may have its greatest advantage. By the time symptoms give him a reason to worry, that advantage may already be slipping away.