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Long-standing volunteer of the Jamaican Association on Intellectual Disabilities (JAID), Sonia Jackson (left), along with the association's Executive Director, Marilyn McKoy, highlights the work of the organisation during a recent JIS Think Tank.
Long-standing volunteer of the Jamaican Association on Intellectual Disabilities (JAID), Sonia Jackson (left), along with the association's Executive Director, Marilyn McKoy, highlights the work of the organisation during a recent JIS Think Tank.
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Born Out Of Love, Intellectual Disabilities Association Reaching Thousand

March 29, 2026
Born out of the love of a father for his child, the Jamaican Association on Intellectual Disabilities (JAID) has evolved from a small initiative into a critical organisation that has empowered thousands through advocacy and education and training. Its journey began in 1955 when devoted father and founder Randolph Lopez, driven by the need to assist his daughter with Down’s syndrome, joined with friends to establish the Jamaican Association for Mentally Handicapped Children (JAMHC). Its mission was to provide support to improve the quality of...
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Jamaica’s  Ambassador to the United States and Permanent  Representative to  the Organization of American States (OAS), Major General (Ret'd) Antony Anderson delivers Jamaica’s statement at the OAS special session honouring the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade at its headquarters in Washington DC on  March 25.
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Jamaica Calls For Reparatory Justice At OAS Slavery Remembrance Commemoration

By: Derrick Scott, March 29, 2026
Members of the administrative staff at Wolmer's Schools  (from left) Tylo Palmer, Nickola Dennis, and  Kahepha Miller, show their support, during Friday's (March 27) penultimate day of the 2026 Inter-Secondary Schools Association (ISSA)/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Championships (Champs) at the National Stadium in Kingston.
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Students And Supporters Bring Energy, School Pride To Streets Of Kingston

By: Britney Stevens, March 28, 2026
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Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, joins volunteers in planting a tree at the Lowe River Forest Reserve in Trelawny, following the launch of the Reforestation, Ecological Enhancement and Landscape Framework (RE-LEAF) initiative on Wednesday (March 25). Looking on are State Minister in the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert (left), and Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Matthew Samuda (right).
Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, joins volunteers in planting a tree at the Lowe River Forest Reserve in Trelawny, following the launch of the Reforestation, Ecological Enhancement and Landscape Framework (RE-LEAF) initiative on Wednesday (March 25). Looking on are State Minister in the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert (left), and Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Matthew Samuda (right).

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Managing Partner and Operations Director of Jamaica Tower Farms, Kerrie-Anne Gray, carefully removes a seedling from an aeroponic tower at her commercial farm in Havendale, St. Andrew, to demonstrate the early stages of growth in the soilless cultivation system.
March 26, 2026
Special Envoy for Climate Change, Professor Dale Webber (left), looks at the exhibition of the various projects completed under the Government of Jamaica/Adaptation Fund Programme (GOJ/AFP), at the initiative’s close-out ceremony, held at the Summit in Kingston on Tuesday (March 24). He is joined by (from left) Programme Manager for the GOJ/AFP, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Shelia McDonald-Miller; Director General of the PIOJ, Dr. Wayne Henry and Member of the Programme’s Steering Committee, Eleanor Jones. The programme, which was implemented in 2013, has achieved or surpassed its various objectives associated with increasing climate resilience in Jamaica.
March 25, 2026
The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) participates in the St. Catherine High School's 14th annual health fair held on March 20 at the school's campus in Spanish Town. From left are Driver, Michael Samuels; Computer Services System Administrator (Acting), Jaleel Powell; Web Developer/Designer, Abbagay Richards; Special Projects Officer, Romona Geohaghan and Special Projects Manager, Paul Allen. The team provided information about the service offerings of the JIS and issued health-related brochures on various topics such as
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