Due to the adverse effects of Hurricane Beryl, including significant disruption to utilities and infrastructure, the Ministry of Education and Youth has postponed the start of the National Summer Academy 2024. Originally scheduled to commence on July 8, the start date has been deferred until further notice. The summer academy aims to improve literacy and numeracy among students. In a...

Vegetable farmers impacted by Hurricane Beryl have commenced efforts to recover from losses sustained. The powerful cyclone, which passed just south of Jamaica as a category-four system on July 3, dealt a devastating blow to the agriculture sector, which racked up damage and losses totalling more than $1billion, based on preliminary estimates. Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS ) President, Lenworth Fulton,...

Amelia Brown will be donning St. Catherine High School’s sky-blue tunic in September, having aced her Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations. The overjoyed student, who is from the Kitson Town community and attended Kitson Town Primary School, told JIS News that St. Catherine High has been her dream school since she was a small child. She said that whenever she...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Hon. Marsha Smith, delivers the keynote address at the graduation exercise of the Marlie Mount Primary and Infant School. The ceremony, themed ‘Celebrating a Legacy of Excellence: Continuing on the Path of Greatness’, took place on July 2 at the institution in Old Harbour, St. Catherine.

The National Works Agency (NWA) is urging motorists to exercise extreme caution while using signalized intersections where the traffic lights are out of service. The agency is aware that several traffic signals across the island are out of commission following the passage of Hurricane Beryl last week. Manager of Communication and Customer Services at the NWA, Stephen Shaw, says that...

Residents in six Jamaican parishes are to get free screenings for heart disease, cancer, prostate disease, mental health issues, diabetes and sexually transmitted diseases, thanks to a volunteer corps of doctors and nurses from Help Jamaica Medical Mission. The New Jersey-based organisation will be coming to the island on its annual mission from September 4 to 16. During the visit,...

Tourism Minister and Member of Parliament for St. James East Rural, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the parish’s mobile Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) has been instrumental in addressing a range of issues brought on by Hurricane Beryl. “Reports of roads being blocked, electrical wires down, trees falling, and other potential dangers were reported in real time and were swiftly dealt with...