The Scientific Research Council (SRC) is encouraging more schools to take advantage of the entity’s wastewater treatment project. Under the initiative, the SRC designs and implements environmentally friendly treatment plants to reduce the harmful effects of untreated effluent on the environment. Speaking with JIS News, Marketing and Corporate Communications Manager at the SRC, Carolyn Rose Miller, said that in order...

The MultiCare Youth Foundation (MYF) is actively working with the Department of Corrections (DCS) to provide reintegration opportunities for young persons, through the European Union (EU)-funded BRIDGE project. These young persons are individuals who are within the correctional system or have had trouble with the law. Executive Director of the MYF, Alicia Glasgow Gentles, told JIS News that the DCS...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, shakes hands with Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes, following the official unveiling of the Irish Pen Community Wi-Fi in St. Catherine on March 22.

Author, Dianne Plummer, displays her two children’s books on science, which she launched at the Courtleigh Hotel in New Kingtson on Saturday (March 23). The books are ‘A Girl’s Guide to STEM’ and ‘Science in the Sun’.

The Universal Service Fund (USF) has spent over $3 billion in the 2023/24 fiscal year on initiatives to boost digital inclusion, including increasing access to high-speed internet across the island. The entity’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Daniel Dawes, made the disclosure at the launch of  Community Wi-Fi in Siloah, St. Elizabeth on Wednesday (March 20). He said that the funds...

The Chantilly Primary and Infant School in Westmoreland has benefitted from a donation of technology devices and school supplies. The items, which include a laptop, multi-media projector, a television set, tables, chairs, among other things, were provided by businessman, Dexton ‘Cecil’ Sinclair, as part of an ongoing effort to support the development of the school and its students. In an...

The MultiCare Youth Foundation (MYF) is reaping success in transforming the lives of students at the Denham Town High School in Kingston. Through its cognitive behaviour therapy, mentorship and life skills training, the non-government organisation is changing the mindset of students and placing them on a path to success. Speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank, Director of Projects and...