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A Mother’s Love, a Hurricane’s Delay, and a Second Chance at Life: Jesse’s Story

For most 15-year-old boys, life revolves around football matches, preparing for CXC exams, and keeping up with the fast-paced rhythm of school at Herbert Morrison Technical High School. For Jesse Thompson, however, the last three years have followed a very different routine – the steady, clinical hum of a dialysis…

CHASE Fund Unveils Plaque to Commemorate Historic $139 Million Transformation of May Pen Infant School

The Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund highlighted its contribution to the transformation of the May Pen Infant School with the unveiling of a plaque at the school in Clarendon on February 10, 2026.  The renovation, expansion and furnishing of the institution, which was undertaken between 2019 and…

CHASE Fund Awards $41 Million in Scholarships to Current and Future Educators

The CHASE Fund has awarded 170 scholarships, valued at $41 million, to students enrolled in undergraduate programmes at teachers’ colleges for the 2025/26 academic year. Beneficiaries are drawn from Shortwood Teachers’ College, St. Joseph’s Teachers’ College, Mico University College, Church Teachers’ College, Moneague Teachers’ College, Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College, Bethlehem…