JAMAICA NOW: Literacy improves at Pembroke Hall | Mom chopped to death | J’can med students in Cuba
Feb 21st, 2026 | Category: Jamaica Now | 13:05#JamaicaGleaner #JamaicaNow FEBRUARY 21, 2026: Pembroke Hall High School reports a major literacy turnaround after last year’s national crisis… Jamaican medical students in Cuba plead for help as worsening shortages threaten their studies… Jamaica is renegotiating its medical cooperation programme with Cuba amid US pressure… Political tension erupts at a St Mary Health Centre opening… Shock and grief have gripped Marlin Way, Braeton, Portmore, after 63-year-old Sonia LaBeach Dillion was brutally chopped to death in her home Tuesday morning… Fresh controversy over the Morant Bay Urban Centre, as the Opposition demands answers over delays and utilities… Jamaica this week joined the world in mourning the loss of American Civil Rights Leader Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr., who passed away Tuesday at age
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