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There were massive celebrations in sections of St Thomas on Saturday, especially at the Princess Margaret Hospital where nine-year-old Phylisa Prussia was taken just moments after she was found in the parish.
Betty Ann Blaine Convenor of lobby group Hear The Children’s Cry, Betty-Ann Blaine is calling on Prime Minister Andrew Holness to reallocate some of the COVID-19 vaccine marketing campaign funds to education. According to Blaine, education will be in a crisis after the pandemic, which necessitates quick action to stem the problem facing the island’s children. “I just want to encourage the prime minister, as he is rethinking this, to take some of that money, even if it’s, I don’t know, five per cent, 10 per cent and put that towards education. “In other words, ensuring that every single Jamaican child of school age, particularly the primary and secondary school age, gets the devices they need and the connectivity they need,” Blaine said. ....