The 2025 sitting of the Grade Six Primary Exit Profile exams is scheduled to commence on Thursday, February 20, with the administration of the Ability Test component. This test will measure the students’ ability to engage in verbal and quantitative reasoning. It will be followed by the Performance Task, which consists of two components – Language Arts and Mathematics –...

Jamaicans are being encouraged to extend love, protection and hope to the most vulnerable, particularly children, by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Laurette Adams-Thomas. Addressing the launch of National Foster Care Week 2025, held on February 9 at the Portmore Moravian Church in St. Catherine, she explained that the Week is dedicated...

Library Assistant at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Department of Library and Information Studies, Chevian Lewis (right), interacting with students from Charlie Smith High School during the Jamaica Library Service (JLS), HEART/NSTA Trust and Junior Achievement Jamaica, Career Week 2025 at the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Library on Monday (February 10).

Eating a healthy diet and exercising regularly must be a daily routine to prevent and manage chronic illnesses, says Jamaican nurse living in the United States (US), Jillianne McKay Burrell. She was speaking to JIS News about the importance of persons adopting and maintaining healthy lifestyle habits to promote longevity and personal well-being. Nurse McKay Burrell said that practising a...

Caribbean Venture Capital Fund (“CVCF”), a new VC fund inspired by the Development Bank of Jamaica, is pleased to announce that it has secured approval from its Investment Committee to acquire a stake in Doorstep Jamaica Limited (“Doorstep”). The Fund, managed by CMGP LLC, a subsidiary of Mscale LLC, focuses on early-stage scalable businesses. CVCF is a US$ 50 million...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), says Jamaica’s tsunami response protocol was triggered at the weekend. However, it said data supplied by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not indicate a threat that warranted the issuance of a tsunami watch or warning. The tsunami response protocol followed an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 at a depth...

Prime Minister of Barbados, Hon. Mia Mottley, has called on Caribbean artistes to follow the example of Robert “Bob” Marley, by using their voices to influence change in the society. She noted that the reggae icon is revered around the world not only because he made good music but because of the message in his songs. “So, I ask what...