The Ministry of Education, Youth, and Information (MoEYI) is reminding school administrators of the non-mandatory fee policy for infant, primary and secondary educational institutions. In a bulletin issued on Tuesday (July 3), the Ministry said that no child should be denied the right to an education if voluntary contributions are not made. Therefore, parents should not be forced to pay...

The National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) is imploring parents to reach out to the entity for support to improve their parenting skills. “We want parents to get in touch with us,” Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NPSC, Kaysia Kerr, told JIS News. “We're out in the community; we have a very sophisticated network at this point and we're doing...

The fifth cohort of the Youth Summer Employment Programme (YSEP) has been launched, with new areas of focus added for the approximately 6,000 youth who will participate this year. The programme will run from August 9 to September 3 and will give the participants an opportunity to earn and gain skills over the summer break. Minister of Local Government and...

  NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 115 53,543 SEX CLASSIFICATION     Females 71 29,989 Males 44 23,551 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 2 days to 90 years 1 day to 108 years PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES     Clarendon 4 2,816 Hanover 1 1,541 KSA 35 14,664 Manchester 13 3,293 Portland 4 1,617 St. Ann...

Over 150,000 Jamaicans are to benefit from a five-year Digital Skills Programme being undertaken by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information and Microsoft. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the partnership was signed on July 27, at the Ministry’s National Heroes Circle offices in Kingston. The objective is to equip persons will the digital skills needed to fill in-demand...

A study on front-of-package labeling (FOPL) in Jamaica has found that octagonal warning labels perform best in helping local consumers make healthier food choices. Octagonal warnings were the easiest to use and understand by persons choosing food and drink products at supermarkets across nine parishes throughout the country during the information gathering process. Consumers showed that the octagonal warning labels...

Director of Family Health Services in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Melody Ennis, is encouraging persons to report any adverse events from the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines. “We continue to collect information from the field, we do encourage persons to report adverse events. We do recommend that persons come in to us so that we can assess them, we...