The Ministry of Education is advising parents and guardians to ensure that their children are registered in time for the start of the new school year in September. Chief Education Officer, Grace McLean, said children entering early childhood and primary level institutions for the first time, should be registered in May or June each year, while those entering secondary schools...

They have refused to be stereotyped and boxed in a corner, choosing instead to defy the odds, and in the process, break down the social construct that seeks to define them and determine their destiny. Orlando Powell, Dwayne Haynes and Shallene Oliver have proven that children who have been put in the care of the State are not destined for...

A public education campaign, aimed at sensitizing Jamaicans about the importance of productivity to national development, is among measures to be undertaken by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, as it seeks to boost the levels of output in the public and private sectors. According to portfolio Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier, there is a lack of contribution and commitment...

Member of Parliament for North West St. Ann, Dr. Dayton Campbell, has recommended that the Government increase the number of teaching hospitals across the island. This, he said, is critical, as the country aims to attain first world health status and provide holistic care for nationals. “Hospitals (that can) be targeted include Spanish Town, Mandeville Regional Hospital, St. Ann’s Bay...

A trade delegation from Atlanta is to visit Montego Bay in October, as part of efforts to deepen the trading relationship between the sister cities. The team, to be led by Mayor of Atlanta, Kasim Reid, will comprise 12 top business executives from the capital of the American state of Georgia. Mayor Reid gave the commitment for the visit during...

Despite pre-dawn rain, scores of volunteers turned out on Labour Day, May 23, to participate in the national project - the St. Mary Infirmary - which received a major facelift. The turnout was reflective of the theme for this year’s Labour Day activities: ‘Lend a Hand…Build our Land’. Youth and Culture Minister, Hon. Lisa Hanna; State Minister, Ministry of Local...

Community members of TyDixon, in North West St. Catherine, came out in their numbers to lend a hand in the refurbishing of the Basic School on Labour Day (May 23). Principal, Mrs. Marcia Campbell, was extremely elated at the work done by Rural Water Supplies Limited, which has adopted the school. "Rural Water has really brightened up my day, we...