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Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (left) shares in conversation with the mother of a child who was severely injured after a boulder fell on her on Friday (September 11), while on her way to school in Breadnut Walk, St. Elizabeth. Senator Morris Dixon visited the child at the University Hospital of the West Indies on Saturday (September 12).
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (left) shares in conversation with the mother of a child who was severely injured after a boulder fell on her on Friday (September 11), while on her way to school in Breadnut Walk, St. Elizabeth. Senator Morris Dixon visited the child at the University Hospital of the West Indies on Saturday (September 12).
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Education Minister Visits Student Injured After Being Hit by Boulder in St. Elizabeth

By: AINSWORTH MORRIS, September 12, 2026
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon today (September 12) visited one of three children severely injured by a boulder in St Elizabeth, following her admission to the Intensive Care Unit at University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) in Kingston. Two schoolchildren ages nine and ten were badly injured and a third child was treated and released after a boulder fell on them while they were walking to the Merry Wood Primary School, along a train track...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left) Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Krystal Lee (second left) as well as other individuals, participate in the Caribbean Wellness Day 2026 – 3K Run/Walk & Wellness Extravaganza on Saturday, September 12 at Hope Gardens, St. Andrew.
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (third right), and Mayor of Westmoreland, Councillor Danree Delancy (third left) lead the unveiling of the George's Plain Temporary Holding Area sign in Westmoreland on Friday (September 11).
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Infrastructure Development with responsibility for Works, Hon. Robert Morgan (centre), is joined by Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Heroy Clarke (left), and Managing Director of the National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC), Stephen Edwards, during a tour of sections of the Montego Bay Bypass on Wednesday (September 9).
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Infrastructure Development with responsibility for Works, Hon. Robert Morgan (centre), is joined by Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Heroy Clarke (left), and Managing Director of the National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC), Stephen Edwards, during a tour of sections of the Montego Bay Bypass on Wednesday (September 9).

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Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (fourth right); Cabinet Secretary, Audrey Sewell (third right); and Chief Executive Officer of the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA), Ambassador Antony Anderson (left), share a photo opportunity with some members of the Jamaica Reconstruction and Resilience Oversight Committee (JAMRROC) during the launch ceremony at Jamaica House on Tuesday (September 8). The members (from left) are Dr. Christopher Burgess, Patrick Hylton, Chair Professor Peter Blair Henry, Pastor Glen Samuels, and Senator Keith Duncan.
September 9, 2026
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (fifth right), and Principal of Hydel Cumberland High School, Carlon Pitt (second left), unveil the sign to officially launch the newly established institution. The launch ceremony was held at the Cumberland campus in Portmore, St. Catherine, on Monday (September 7). The new institution was established through the strategic merger of Hydel High School and Cumberland High School in the parish.
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Executive Director of the National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC), Cassandra Morrison (right) and Chairman, Advisory Board, NCSC, Dr. Julian McKoy Davis (left), share a photo opportunity with the top three competitors in the 2026 National Senior Citizens’ Spelling Bee Competition held on Thursday (Sept. 3) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. They are (from second left) second place, Andrew Green representing St. Andrew; Champion, Veronica Richards Whittaker from St. Mary; and third place Jacqueline Mullings from Manchester.
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