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πŸ“° Daily Digest β€” Jamaica
- Students at St Elizabeth Technical High School are getting a fresh start, with the campus reopening alongside brand new classrooms. - The education ministry is once again pushing for violence-free schools, a renewed appeal as the school year gets underway. - Teachers are being urged to bring more STEM into their lessons, so students get earlier exposure to science, tech and math careers. - On the culture front, drummer Paul Kastick is blending reggae with rock on his new project, 'My Reggae Rocking Journey Vol 2'. - Football fans had something to celebrate too, as Erling Haaland scored twice to power Manchester City past Porto.

Amazon cargo plane sends up billowing cloud of smoke after overrunning runway at Miami airport

MIAMI (AP) β€” An Amazon cargo plane barreled off a runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday, striking multiple vehicles and bursting into flames in a crash that sent thick black smoke billowing into the sky and forced the closure of all runways at one of the nation’s busiest airports. More than 60 Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units responded to the crash, arriving to find the aircraft on fire as crews worked to extinguish the flames and assess patients. Officials had not yet released information on injuries or deaths.

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Government hits back at Opposition over falling visitor arrivals, high airfares

The Government has hit back at the Opposition following its call for measures to address the reduction in visitor arrivals and high airfares. Yesterday Opposition Spokesperson on Tourism and Linkages, Andrea Purkiss, urged Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett to detail plans to stem the decline in visitor arrivals as well as the soaring cost of air travel to Jamaica.

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