The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) has extended the deadline for the submission of entries for its annual Heritage Competition to Sunday, November 6 at midnight. Students at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels are being encouraged to take advantage of the opportunity to express their views on Jamaica‘s most outstanding achievements since gaining Independence, through essay and visual arts. Primary-level...

Government Senator, Charles Sinclair, is calling for the revision and strengthening of the country’s antiquated public order legislation. “It is my view that over the decades, legislation, particularly those which address public order issues, have not been adequately reviewed, enhanced and enforced. Our public order legislation, for whatever reason, have been left behind and we need to review them, enhance...

The Jamaica Pig Farmers’ Association (JPFA) has awarded $1.2 million to a student studying livestock management at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) in Portland. President of the Association, Hanif Brown, told JIS News that the scholarship will last for four years, and that the JPFA is looking to collaborate with the college to help farmers pursue smaller...

Some 150 persons, including several government officials, were commissioned as Justices of the Peace (JPs), during a ceremony held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston on Sunday (October 30). They have now joined the cadre of Jamaicans who have been trained to assist with the provision of justice services at the community level. Among the officials are State Minister...

Jamaicans can expect the process of becoming a Republic to take some time in Parliament. This is the word from Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, who says constitutionally, there has to be a delay of three months between the introduction of the Bill and the first and second readings. “After the debate is concluded, between...

While breast cancer is most often found in women, local health officials are warning that men are also susceptible to the disease. Health officials say even though the illness is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women, where it has alarmingly worsened from 56.8 to 66.9 per 100,000 women over the years, men, too, need to be cognisant of...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., has called on Jamaican schools to engage their student population in the Ministry’s ‘Grow Smart, Eat Smart’ campaign. Speaking at a ‘World Food Day’ event at Vere Technical High School in Clarendon, on October 20, the Minister suggested that administrators and teachers can put together various competitions that promote the tenets...