Student attendance is back to pre-pandemic levels, says Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams. At the end of the 2021/22 school year on July 1, the daily absentee rate was at 20 to 25 per cent, which was the case before the onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Mrs. Williams said that efforts to find students who are still...

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., has announced a sum of $50 million to be put towards strengthening the collaboration between local producers of organic fertilisers and the Ministry. Speaking at the inaugural ‘Farming as a Business’ conference, staged by the Jamaica Organic Agriculture Movement (JOAM), at the University of Technology in Kingston on July 7, Mr. Charles...

Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, is appealing to Jamaicans, particularly partygoers, to adhere to the protocols that have been established to minimise the spread of infectious diseases such as coronavirus (COVID-19) and monkeypox. She made the appeal at an online emergency press conference on Wednesday (July 6), to announce a positive case of monkeypox in the island. “So, for...

Rehabilitation work is expected to begin on the Maverley Park in St. Andrew in August. The park, located at the intersection of Molynes Road and Washington Boulevard, is one of several facilities being upgraded by the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC). Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, told JIS News that Phase One will begin in August....

The development of Success Beach in St. James will be discussed at a Town Hall meeting on Saturday, July 9. The meeting will be held at the John Rollins Success Primary School, beginning at 2:00 p.m., and residents of the parish are being invited to participate in discussions on the facility. Success Beach is among 10 being developed across Jamaica...

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Advancement of the education sector is under way, following the official launch of the Education Transformation Oversight Committee (ETOC). Launched during a ceremony at Jamaica House, in Kingston, on July 6, ETOC is currently finalising its implementation plan for recommendations in the 2022 Jamaica Education Transformation Commission (JETC) report. Approval of the plan and finalisation of its budget are slated...