Provisions will be made for students with special needs during the sitting of the new Primary Exit Profile (PEP), beginning on February 26. The students will be among the first cohort at the Grade-six level that will be sitting the Ability Test component in 1,104 centres across the island. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid,...

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says the “government will be there for Kemoy Campbell,” the Jamaican runner who collapsed during competition in the United States on the weekend. Campbell has been hospitalised since the incident on Saturday. Minister Grange says she has reached out to the athlete’s family and management and has been...

Member of Parliament for St. Andrew West Rural, Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (left), observes as Public Relations and Administration Manager of the CHASE Fund, Hilary Coulton (second left), assists a young girl to log on to a computer inside the Mt. James Resource Centre, at its official opening in Brandon Hill, St. Andrew, on February 8.

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (fourth left), assists The Gleaner’s Children Own 2018/19 National Spelling Bee Champion, Darian Douglas to cut a cake to celebrate his 12th birthday. Sharing the moment are Her Excellency, The Most Hon. Lady Allen (fourth right, background) and the Spelling Bee parish champions. Occasion was a reception for the parish champions...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, has reiterated plans for the establishment of a Micro Stock Exchange, which will enable micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) to obtain funds to support their growth and expansion. The exchange will target companies for capitalisation of between $5 million and $50 million. “It is an idea, I believe, whose...

Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) is inviting entities applying to participate in the Export Max III programme that have not submitted the necessary documents, to do so by Friday, February 15. Manager for JAMPRO’s Sales Support Unit, Ricardo Durrant, told JIS News that while the application deadline was January 31, entities are being given a two-week grace period to submit all...

The Government has spent approximately $533 million to build 69 classrooms and accompanying amenities in primary and secondary schools since 2016, to take students off the double shift system and ease overcrowding. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, made the disclosure during a press conference at the Ministry in Kingston on February 5. He said...