In its drive to boost domestic crop production, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries will be seeking to expand the ‘Mother Farm’ concept across the island. Speaking with journalists during a tour of Dencon Foods Jamaica Limited in Clarendon on March 5, Portfolio Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., said the Government will be moving to implement this model islandwide. “This...

Twenty students copped prizes at the Scientific Research Council’s (SRC) Essay Oratory, Poster and Preforming Arts competition (EOPP) awards ceremony on Friday (March 4). The event was held at the Sts. Peter and Paul Church Hall in Kingston. The awardees largely represented primary, secondary and tertiary educational institutions across Jamaica. One student was from the University of the West Indies...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, views the body of late veteran journalist, Winston Witter, at Perry’s Funeral Home in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, on Saturday (March 5). With her is the establishment’s Chief Executive Officer, Peter Perry.

Schools with established shift systems have an additional two weeks to streamline their operations to facilitate the full resumption of face-to-face classes. This was disclosed by Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Kasan Troupe. She said the timeline will enable the schools to “work through their challenges [and] communicate with [parents], so [they] can...

Technology will remain a permanent feature of instructional delivery in schools, says Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams. Her announcement comes as schools prepare for the full resumption of face-to-face classes on Monday, March 7. “We will still have all the technology that you’re used to. We will [also] have lessons on Television, because the Ministry has its...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the Ministry is adequately prepared to respond to any further eventuality that could arise as a result of COVID-19 and, as such, supports the full resumption of face-to-face classes. The Minister pointed out that nearly two years after Jamaica recorded its first COVID-19 case, “[it’s now] a much different...

Approximately 7,000 students, who are on the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH), are to benefit from transportation subsidies being provided by the Ministry of Education and Youth at a cost of $380 million. They are among 7,500 youngsters, largely residing in rural communities and enrolled primary and secondary schools and two special education institutions across 13 parishes,...