Volunteers from the Logos Hope, the world’s largest floating book fair, will engage with local organisations across Jamaica throughout the ship’s visit. Speaking during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the agency’s Television Department in Kingston, Logos Hope, Project Coordinator, Briba Sumaila, said connecting with people in the countries visited is a vital part of the ship’s...

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) is alerting members of the public to a fraudulent video circulating online that deceptively uses Al-generated content featuring the agency’s branding, programme format, one of our presenter’s image and voice replica, to promote an investment scam. We wish to make it explicitly clear that the JIS is not affiliated with Markaz Trading or any related...

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, is calling for a national push to strengthen literacy at the earliest levels of the education system, as failure to do so could set up students for long-term struggle. “One of the most painful things for me is to see, especially a young man, in high...

More than 100 educators islandwide have this year been honoured with the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) Golden Torch Award for more than 35 years of service to the country’s education system. They were hailed by Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, during the recent awards ceremony at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in...

Assistant Chief Education Officer for the Special Needs Unit in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dionne Gayle (second left), assists Principal of the Earnest Institute for the Gifted, Hyperactive and Talented, Natasha Russell (second right), in cutting the ribbon to commission into service a solar energy system donated to the institution by Sun Plus Limited. Sharing the moment (from left)...

Education, Skills, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Dr. Dana Morris Dixon, has charged the St. Jago High School 2025 graduating class to leverage technologies to solve complex problems and create new products and services. She noted that the technological revolution is being driven by rapid advancements in fields such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and the Internet of...

Beginning this September, students in grades one to three across Jamaica will benefit from enhanced reading classes and newly printed storybooks as part of a comprehensive literacy initiative. Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, made the announcement during the graduation ceremony at the Louise Bennett-Coverley Primary School, on Thursday (June 26). The...