Motorists who use Savage Pen Road, in St. Andrew, should expect delays on that roadway over the course of the next week. This as the activities have been ramped up and are now concentrated in the northern section of the thoroughfare which is narrow and does not allow for the passage of two vehicles. The roadway is the prospective alternative...

Global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices, Huawei Technologies Company Limited, has donated 500 tablets in support of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s ‘One Laptop or Tablet Per Child’ initiative. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, in her remarks at the handover ceremony held on Thursday (December 7) at the Ministry’s National Heroes Circle...

The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) presented Guy’s Hill High School, Ensom City Primary School and Eltham Park Primary School with a total of 95 Samsung tablets at a Handover Ceremony which was held at the JADCO office located at 1 Ballater Avenue in Kingston on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. Guy’s Hill High School was presented with 25 Samsung tablets for...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says no institution of the State should use or promote violence. “The Government has to be instrumental, deliberate and proactive in its message against violence. No institution of the State should use or promote violence and that is why I have given clear policy direction to our security forces that we must use...

*Appeals to parents to get students off streets and in classes Minister of Education, Youth and Information, the Honourable Fayval Williams, in underscoring that education is still compulsory, is appealing to parents and the wider community to get children off the streets and engaged in school work using the different modalities available for teaching and learning. In providing an update...

Sixteen tablet computers and a laptop have been presented to children living in the Salt Spring community of St. James, under the No Student Left Behind electronics campaign. The initiative is the brainchild of the Salt Spring Community Outreach Programme for Empowerment (SSCOPE) International Limited, which handed over the devices on Wednesday (December 30), at the Salt Spring Peace and...

The Jamaica 4-H Clubs has been providing technical assistance primarily to youth farmers to help them to overcome various challenges, while introducing them to proper farming techniques. In a recent interview with JIS News, Executive Director, Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Dr. Ronald Blake, said the technical assistance provided by his organisation would enhance the work of extension officers and the services...