Students with special needs or long-term medical conditions, who are slated to sit this year’s Grade Six Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations between February16 and April 27, will receive adequate support to do so from the Ministry of Education and Youth. This will be facilitated through the Ministry’s Special Needs Unit. Assistant Chief Education Officer in the Unit, Dionne Gayle,...

Having been sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic for the past two years, Career Day at the John Rollins Success Primary in St. James was a resounding success, according to Principal, Yvonne Miller-Wisdom. The event, which was held on February 10, saw students given the opportunity to wear the career uniform of their choice while being mentored by representatives from a...

Grange Hill High School in Westmoreland has received a donation of musical instruments and sports gear through the Ministry of National Security’s ‘Liv Gud’ Music, Sports and Technology (MST) initiative. Among the items provided are keyboards, trumpets, drums, along with netball and football gear. The programme, which aims to transform the lives of students through sports and music, started in...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), participates in the Sagicor Sigma Corporate Run today (February 12). The Sagicor Sigma Corporate Run is a unique road-running event designed to inspire fun, fitness and camaraderie among Jamaica’s business and fitness communities. Since the start of the charity road race in 1999, over $500 million has been donated to numerous beneficiaries...

Nine Jamaican students who excelled in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate [CSEC] and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations [CAPE] in 2022, were presented with awards during a ceremony held on February 9. Acting Chief Education Officer, Dr. Kasan Troupe, presented the students with their prizes, as they watched the virtual ceremony from the Ministry of Education and Youth’s offices in Kingston....

A total of 187 persons have been charged under the new Firearms (Prohibition, Restriction and Regulation) Act. This was disclosed by Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, during a press conference held recently. “Since the new Act came into effect, just about 348 charges have been laid against 187 persons for various offences. For January, 131 charges have been...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. is lauding the nation’s farmers for the resilience they have demonstrated, despite the challenges and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The record growth in agriculture we are now seeing is a result of the resilience and hard work of our farmers. It is important that we remember what we were going...