The Rotary Club of New Kingston will stage a vaccination blitz on Saturday (November 20) at the Constant Spring Primary and Junior High School in St. Andrew. The event, which will start at 9:30 a.m. and run until 4:00 p.m., is being done in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Wellness. It is targeting the vaccination of some 250...

Students from four schools in Westmoreland have benefited from a donation of 120 tablet computers by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, through his Positive Jamaica Foundation. The institutions are Peggy Barry Primary and Infant, Vision Plus Early Childhood Institution, Enfield Primary and Infant, and Petersfield High School, which each received 30 tablets. Prime Minister Holness handed over the devices...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the full rollout of the MyHR+ digital data system in schools will bring greater efficiency and improved customer service experience for stakeholders in the sector. During her virtual presentation at the 21st annual Caribbean Bursars’ Conference on November 18, she said implementation of the system is currently being undertaken at...

Students of the Pembroke Hall High School in St. Andrew now have access to a state-of-the-art Huawei Idea Hub Interactive Classroom System to support online/remote learning. The Idea Hub which was donated by international Information Communication Technology (ICT) firm Huawei Jamaica to the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, facilitates intelligent collaboration and other features such as intelligent writing, high-definition...

The Consumer Protection Tribunal has issued a ruling in favour of a consumer who sought redress through the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC). The amount of $7,587,000.00 was awarded to the consumer after it was found that section 23 (damaged goods sold to consumer), section 24 (return of defective goods) and section 30 (false or misleading representation) of the Consumer Protection...

Tonia Williams is the 2022 Rhodes Scholar for Jamaica. The announcement was made on Thursday (November 18) from King’s House after a full day of interviews of the 11 candidates, who vied for the scholarship. A former student of Immaculate Conception High School in St. Andrew, Ms. Williams studied Psychology at Vassar University in the United States (US) and is...

Young people in Trelawny are being urged to take advantage of opportunities under the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Special Employment Programme (SEP) and the Education and Entrepreneurship Grants Programme. Coordinator for the Ministry’s Education and Entrepreneurship Grants Programme, Sylvester Anderson, made the call during the monthly meeting of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation held recently, where he made a...