Her visionary leadership and pioneering diplomatic and entrepreneurial accomplishments have earned Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, accolades from the Jamaican Organization of New Jersey (JON-J). The New Jersey Jamaican diaspora organisation conferred the Ambassador with its Distinguished Award of Excellence for Leadership and Diplomacy, hailing her for outstanding investment in Jamaica’s advancement, both nationally and...

Three schools in Westmoreland reported a smooth start to the 2023/2024 academic year, which commenced on Monday, September 4. At the Petersfield Infant and Primary School, staff morale and student turnout were high, and the atmosphere hopeful. Acting Principal at the school, Carleen Austin-Williams, told JIS News that the institution, which has an enrolment of 674, saw most of its...

Members of the public will be given an opportunity to provide feedback on the job descriptions for Members of Parliament (MP), through a series of town halls to be held across the island. This decision was taken during a Joint Parliamentary Select Committee meeting at the Jamaica Conference Centre on Tuesday (September 5). The group met to discuss Green Paper...

Greater emphasis will be placed on strengthening safety and security measures in schools. Addressing members of the media during a visit to the Windward Road Primary School in Kingston on September 4, for the start of the 2023/24 school year, Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, highlighted several of these measures that are to be implemented. Among these...

Fifty students in Dover, St. Catherine, have received educational supplies, including computer tablets, from the Dover Seventh-day Adventist Church. The supplies were presented to the students on Saturday (September 2), at the church, where awardees from the early-childhood, primary and tertiary levels received their gifts. Former Principal of the Spanish Town Primary School, Marva Guest, who spoke at the event,...

A 2019 National Family Planning Board (NFPB) study has found that 53 per cent of persons living with HIV report that their status makes them feel uncomfortable, consequent on stigma and discrimination that is meted out to this cohort. Speaking during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, NFPB Champions for Change Ambassador, Dr. Mario Evon Guthrie, highlighted some...

The Ministry of Education and Youth is reporting an increase in the number of students enrolled in the Sixth-Form Pathways Programme for the 2023/24 academic year. This was disclosed by Acting Chief Education Officer, Dr. Kasan Troupe, while speaking on ‘Ask the Minister’, aired on Nationwide News Network on Tuesday (September 5). “Last year’s data show a massive jump from...