Breaking News - Student Kills Another In Machester

I received the following message allegedly sent by the principal of Holmwood Technical High School.

Good Evening, Members of the Board,

I wish to bring to your attention a very unfortunate and tragic incident that occurred this afternoon on the lower football field at Holmwood Technical High School.

During a football match between Cross Keys High School and Holmwood Technical High School, an altercation reportedly developed between two students of Knox Community College who were patrons attending the match. In the course of the altercation, one student allegedly used a knife to stab the other. The injured student was rushed to the hospital, where he was subsequently pronounced dead.

The police are currently on the school compound processing the scene and conducting their investigations.

I consider it important to bring this matter to the Board’s attention, particularly as this tragic incident occurred on our school property, notwithstanding that the individuals involved were not participants in the match but patrons attending the event.

We will continue to cooperate fully with the relevant authorities as they undertake their investigations.

Regards,

Hidran Mckulsky

Principal

Editor's Note 

Student or not, teenager or not, a murderer is a murderer. This murderer should be treated the same way an adult criminal is treated. We are now spending valuable taxpayers' funds on criminals in our schools.

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RAIN, NO WATER, PLUS 51% NWC HIKE?

By Michael Spence

Michael Spence

More rain, still no water in the pipes, and now NWC wants a 51% increase, backed by the minister. It should not be granted by the OUR.

BOJ inflation is about 7.5%. NWC wants seven times that. If granted, my water bill will be higher than my JPS light bill.

That would be disgracefully wicked for lower and middle-class Jamaicans already facing hardships. Water is more than fuel; it is like the blood supply for the national body.

NWC told Parliament it filed on October 16 for a 51% tariff over five years to move revenue from $40B to $60B. 

It admitted Non-Revenue Water (NRW), water lost to leaks and theft, is 70-73%, and it owes $21B in GCT. Customers must not be scammed into paying for water the NWC loses.

The real reason we have no water when it rains is silt. Dams should be desilted every 10-15 years. Depending on rainfall, siltation can be up to 30% in that period. Mona Dam was built in 1944 to hold 808 million gallons. It was desilted only once, in 1976. From 1976 to 2026 is 50 years. Today Mona has more silt/dirt than water, perhaps 75%. Even at full capacity, it may have no more than 200 million gallons of usable water. NWC reported Mona at only 33.9% last month. Paying for storage that does not exist is real scamming and deserves an arrest warrant.

The OUR must reject the 51%. Any increase must be at or below inflation, with a lifeline lowered concessionary for the poor, disabled, NIS pensioners and be made conditional on:

• A public audit of silt in Mona and Hermitage, and a desilting schedule,
• A binding targeted strategy to cut NRW from 70% to 50%,
• Audited accounts.
• The JPSCo, Toll Roads, et al. should be added to the foregoing recommendations. Congrats, JUTC is doing it.

Rain falls, dirt stays, pipes dry, bill goes up. That is not water security.

Michael Spence

Michael Spence is a graduate of Cornwall College and the University of the West Indies. He is a trained teacher, a sociologist, and a writer for Bark Di Trute.

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9 Die In Plane Crash In Florida

A private jet dropped 450 feet per second, nosedived into a Florida roadway, bursting into flames and killing all nine people on board.

The Learjet 60 was travelling from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas on Sunday. It left a massive crater near passing cars in Palm Beach County, Florida. 

Those who died in the crash have not been identified. and the cause of the crash is unknown. There were no injuries nor fatalities on the ground. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating.

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PNP Questions Timing and Demands Full Disclosure of Financial Secretary's Transfer

Press Release From The PNP - November 1, 2026

 

Kingston, Jamaica:. November 2, 2026 The People’s National Party demands transparency over Darlene Morrison’s reassignment from Financial Secretary in the Ministry of Finance to the newly created Ministry of Mining and Geology, effective November 2, 2026, as Lorris Jarrett is named to the post.

The Financial Secretary is the most senior civil servant below the Cabinet Secretary and leads budget preparation. This move comes during Budget Call, when stability and continuity are essential. The Cabinet Secretary and Financial Secretary sit at EMG 6; Permanent Secretaries sit at EMG 5. This is a demotion without charge or hearing.

The timing is troubling. It follows the Prime Minister’s recent claim that unnamed civil servants were sabotaging the Government, an allegation made without evidence. The removal risks suggesting a senior career officer is being punished or that the claim justifies a predetermined decision. The PNP demands that the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance say whether Ms Morrison was accused, whether any investigation occurred, and what evidence supports her reassignment.

Opposition Spokesperson on Finance Julian Robinson said: “Ms Morrison has served over 37 years at the Ministry of Finance, including 8 years as Financial Secretary, under successive administrations. She was at the Ministry’s head during the touted economic and fiscal improvements, so what then explains this reassignment? What are the real reasons for this demotion? Was there a breakdown with the Minister of Finance? Did she raise concerns about NARRA’s powers and a conflict with the Financial Administration and Audit Act? Was the new Ministry created to facilitate her transfer and avoid legal action like that brought by a former Permanent Secretary? Jamaicans deserve clarity, not concealment.” Why would the Government create a new Ministry with attendant costs while claiming to minimise expenditure?

The PNP says any move affecting the highest ranks of the public service requires public justification.

Editor's Note

The governing party should not victimize government workers, but it must have the right to work with senior civil servants who it feels comfortable working with. The government must maintain the right to move senior civil servants to areas where it feels these civil servants are better able to serve the state. 

Civil servants can frustrate the government if they want to. If the government feels that its workers are sabotaging it, then that is a serious matter, and this should attract serious sanctions after investigations.

The opposition party must be careful not to come across as defending senior civil servants, because Jamaicans might see them as protecting their party persons in the public sector.

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Alert - Weather

Statement From The Meteorological Office—November 1 

A broad Trough is expected to develop across Jamaica and the western Caribbean on Tuesday and will produce a large area of disorganised showers and thunderstorms across the region.

Consequently, unstable weather conditions are expected across island beginning Tuesday afternoon.

The forecast is for a gradual increase in cloudiness followed by intermittent showers and thunderstorms, which may be heavy at times, to affect most parishes through Saturday. 

Sea conditions will also deteriorate in the vicinity of showers and thunderstorms. Fishers and other marine interests, especially inshore and offshore the south coast, should therefore exercise caution.

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Solutions To Deal With The Carnage On Our Roads

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Drivers who keep driving carelessly on our roads and who make an early visit to their maker really don't care. The challenge is that they cause others to lose their lives.

The traffic ticketing system is not making a difference and is more about collecting revenue for the government or tipping off the officer. If the possibility of losing one's life in an accident has not made a difference, I don't see how issuing traffic tickets and increasing the fines will make a difference. 

We need to discuss these suggestions below and see which ones we can implement to deal with the challenge.

• Remove the traffic ticketing system from the judicial system, and allow penalties to accrue automatically. For example, if a ticket is not paid for, it would be linked to your NIDS, and you would not be able to renew your licenses. You would also not be able to engage in certain business with the government.
• Our first step should be to reduce the number of vehicles on our roads. More vehicles mean more accidents.
• Importation of second-hand cars should be prohibited.
• Suspend the issuing of licenses to persons under 25 years old.
• Enhance the system which allows other motorists to file reports on bad driving practices by other drivers.
• Introduce a system of issuing warning tickets to drivers for improper driving on our roads.
• Each driver should be allowed one warning ticket per year. 
• Emphasis should be placed on all forms of improving driving and not just on speeding.
• The aim of the ticketing system should be to withdraw the driver's license of some drivers permanently. These licenses can be reviewed within five years, when the driver would have to attend a registered driving school for at least three months. Their attitude and mental state would be assessed by a board.

These drastic decisions would help to remove many incompetent drivers who lack discipline from our roads.

The government would then have to look at resocializing the whole society. Our indisciplined drivers come from homes where children do as they please, they go to schools where there is no respect for order, and then they are let loose on our roads.

Let me have your ideas. These ideas will be sent to Dr Lucien Jones and also the Prime Minister. Add the ideas at the bottom of the blog in the comments section.

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