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Jan 5th, 2023 | Category: The Gleaner Minute | 1:59#JamaicaGleaner #RobertChin #MikaelPhillips #MP #MemberOfParliament #Cocaine #NMIA #SteerTown #CXC #StAnn #MinistryOfEducation #RichardBernal #WaterhouseFC #Football #Soccer JANUARY 5, 2023: Fifty-five-year-old Robert Chin, brother of MP Mikael Phillips, has been charged over the seizure of cocaine worth US$600,000 dollars at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Monday… The principal of Steer Town Academy in St Ann Sharn Mongal and four teachers are expected to go on leave this month amid a probe into alleged breaches in last year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate exams sittings… The Ministry of Education is warning the public that it is not associated with an online advisory inviting persons to apply to get free laptops… Members of the diplomatic and academic communities have expressed shock at Wednesday
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