The Office of the Children’s Registry, OCR, is saddened at news confirming that twin brothers Brandon and Brayden Jones were found dead after being washed away in a gully in St. James yesterday. Reports from the media are that the boys were returning from school at the Green Pond Primary School yesterday afternoon when they fell into the North Gully...

Custos Rotulorum for the parish of Westmoreland, the Very Reverend Canon Hartley Perrin, is calling for a revolution in the way young men refer to each other, and view themselves in the context of national development. Speaking at the Little London High School recently, Custos Perrin said the constant reference by young men to each other as “dogs”, and other...

Jacks Hill Primary and Infant School will be one of many institutions that are playing an integral role in the lead up to Labour Day 2014, by sensitising students about the positive environmental theme for the day, and the benefits of this focus. Principal of Jacks Hill Primary and Infant School, Beverly Jones, told JIS News that teachers have been...

The Ministry of Education is partnering with the Voluntary Organisation for the Upliftment of Children (VOUCH) to provide diagnostic services for children with special needs in Kingston. Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites says VOUCH is to become a diagnostic, assessment, and treatment centre for children with special needs at the early childhood level, particularly from age two to...

With the advent of flexible work arrangements in Jamaica, businesses must examine how work is carried out in their operations in order to achieve greater efficiency and productivity. Chief Technical Director at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security,  Errol Miller made this observation while bringing greetings at the National Workers’ Week and Labour Day Thanksgiving Church Service held on...

Minister with responsibility for Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy says improving the living conditions of citizens, particularly in urban areas, remains a priority of the administration. He notes that over 50 per cent of Jamaica’s population live in urban centres, which are affected by infrastructural and other development challenges. This, he says poses a major concern that needs serious intervention....

Young persons in the parish of Clarendon now have a Youth Information Centre (YIC), which operates under the auspices of the National Centre for Youth Development (NCYD). The facility, located in May Pen, was constructed with funding provided by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and features several training resources and areas for counselling. The building is also shared by the...