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Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has called on parents to rely less on violent and aggressive methods of discipline in executing their parental duties. "We still retain a cultural view that the use of aggression and violence is the most efficient way of 'bending the tree while it is young', and I think we need to relieve ourselves of...

Delegates representing every continent met at the Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay this week (May 16 to 18) for the third annual international conference on Information Resource Management. Approximately 100 academics, researchers and practitioners were involved in the series of lectures, panel discussions and workshops, as part of activities for the three-day conference, held under the theme,...

The Police are aware that entry points leading into Tivoli Gardens and Denham Town have been blocked. The Police have also observed that law abiding citizens are being prevented from leaving Tivoli Gardens and have had their cellular phones confiscated. The Police are appealing to all law abiding residents of the affected areas (mainly Tivoli Gardens and Denham Town) to...

For Morant Bay High School students, Shereese Graham and Kimmara Coombs, being in Canada was an experience they will cherish forever. The two students were part of a contingent of 10 high school students from Jamaica who were in Toronto, Canada, to take part in the Emerging Global Leaders Programme (EGLP), organised by York University. "It's really a great opportunity...

The Atlanta-based Integrity Children's Fund has launched its own brand of Jamaican flavoured coffee to raise funds to fight teenage illiteracy in Jamaica. To produce the new coffee brand, Integrity Children's Fund has joined forces with Aroma Ridge, a company specialising in the production of specialty coffees. In an interview with JIS News, Manager of Aroma Ridge, Nawal Shadeed said:...

Some 650 students of Hydel Junior Preparatory School, located at Ferry, in St. Catherine, were exposed to a wide range of career choices, at their school's Career Day, held on May 13. Several professionals spoke to the students, aged three to 12 years, about their professions and answered questions, while groups of students paraded in the uniforms of the different...

Eleven-year old Tanya English (not her real name) is a top student at Rousseau Primary School in St. Andrew. Not only did she achieve mastery of over 85 per cent in the 2009 Grade Four Literacy Test, but she is also on the school's honour roll, based on her excellent overall academic performance. One would hardly believe that up to...

The Ministry of Education is asking students sitting the Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) to report for their examinations on Tuesday, May 18. All examinations scheduled for Tuesday, May 18, are to take place. No examination has been postponed or cancelled.

Twelve persons from the bauxite/alumina company, Jamalco, and the Winston Jones High School, in Manchester, participated in the company's Mentorship Programme, by attending a recent workshop at its mining offices, in South Manchester. The Jamalco-sponsored workshop was designed to equip the participants with the necessary skills to guide and counsel teenagers who are identified by their schools as being at...

An online exhibition on the Sam Sharpe Rebellion of 1831 has been established by the National Library of Jamaica (NLJ) for Labour Day. The exhibit will open on Monday, May 17 at the NLJ's new website at www.nlj.gov.jm. Public Relations and Marketing Officer at the NLJ, Denise Walker, told JIS News that persons visiting the site will be able to...

Approximately 200 early childhood stakeholders are expected to converge at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston on Wednesday (May 19), to assess the progress of the National Strategic Plan (NSP) for Early Childhood Development at a mid term review. The Early Childhood Commission (ECC), established in 2003 to improve early childhood development in the country, will be hosting the event....

Students of the Cross Keys High School in Manchester showed off their reading and comprehension skills, while competing for attractive prizes, at the second annual reading fair held recently on the school grounds. The event, sponsored by Carlong Publishers, is part of a wider initiative being undertaken by the institution to improve literacy and encourage students to develop a love...