Thirty outstanding young Jamaicans, who have excelled in various fields, will be presented with the Prime Minister’s National Youth Award for Excellence (PMNYAE), during a made-for-television ceremony to be broadcast on Sunday (December 13), starting at 5:00 p,m. During a recent interview with JIS News, Chairman of the Selection Committee for the PMNYAE, Warren Newby, said that more than 200...

Kemtek Development and Construction Limited (KDC) has donated 100 tablets valued at approximately $1.5 million to five schools, in support of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s ‘One Laptop or Tablet per Child Initiative’. Beneficiaries are Steer Town Primary and Junior High, Annotto Bay Primary, York Town Primary, Seaward Primary and Junior High and Seaforth Primary. Each school will...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the Government will continue to reopen more schools on a phased basis. A total of 39 schools are now participating in face-to-face classes, comprising the 17 that were a part of the two-week pilot programme in November, as well as an additional 22 institutions that reopened on December 7. “We...

Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, says the backlog in garbage collection due to the recent inclement weather is almost cleared. “Coming out of the rainy season, we did accumulate quite a bit of backlog, especially in Kingston, St. Catherine, St. Andrew and parts of St. Thomas. We had some real challenges. My Operations...

Eighty-three fishers operating at four fishing beaches in St. Catherine have received vouchers valued at $30,000 each to purchase gear and equipment. The beaches are Hellshire, Hunts Bay, Port Henderson, and Old Harbour Bay. The fishers are the first recipients under the coronavirus (COVID-19) incentive programme, which will benefit stakeholders in the sector who have been negatively impacted by the...

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, Thursday (December 10) officially launched the Southern Plains Agricultural Development (SPAD) Project, which seeks to increase productivity and access to markets for farmers in St. Catherine and Clarendon. In his address at the virtual ceremony, Prime Minister Holness said the SPAD Project is a direct response to the need to repurpose lands previously...

Epidemiologist at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Dr. Maung Aung, says the Government’s six-point strategic plan to reduce cancer morbidity and mortality rate by 25 per cent by 2025 would also reduce the burden and cost to treat the disease, which is the second leading cause of death in the country. Addressing the final in a series of Mistyblue...