New entrant into the cocoa industry, Bennesa DeCambre-Hayden, graduated from a recent training programme on the Management of the Frosty Pod Rot Disease, at the Denbigh Showground in May Pen, Clarendon. Mrs. DeCambre-Hayden is not only a relatively new cocoa farmer but a symbol of the sector’s evolving future. Her journey into cocoa farming was not part of a grand,...

In classrooms where equations meet encouragement and technology unlocks new horizons, Dorette Rhoden-Henry has quietly shaped a legacy—one student, one success story at a time.   With 31 years in the education sector, the Mathematics and Information Technology teacher at deCarteret College in Manchester now proudly holds the title of LASCO/Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information/Jamaica Teaching Council 2025 Teacher of the Year.  Yet, for Mrs. Rhoden-Henry, the...

The recent donation of 28 Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enhanced computers to the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) in Portland by late Jamaican-born philanthropist, Denna Bogle, and her church family, represents only one of the many significant investments she made in the institution throughout her lifetime. On March 19, the institution celebrated this latest gift with the dedication and relaunch...

In classrooms where equations meet encouragement and technology unlocks new horizons, Dorette Rhoden-Henry has quietly shaped a legacy—one student, one success story at a time. With 31 years in the education sector, the Mathematics and Information Technology teacher at deCarteret College in Manchester now proudly holds the title of LASCO/Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information/Jamaica Teaching Council 2025 Teacher...

In classrooms where equations meet encouragement and technology unlocks new horizons, Dorette Rhoden-Henry has quietly shaped a legacy—one student, one success story at a time. With 31 years in the education sector, the Mathematics and Information Technology teacher at deCarteret College in Manchester now proudly holds the title of LASCO/Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information/Jamaica Teaching Council 2025 Teacher...

Jamaica is actively prioritising inclusivity within public-sector agencies, moving beyond mere physical accessibility, such as ramps and elevators, to comprehensive, people-centred approaches. “We have to challenge each other to now move beyond the visible markers of accessibility to confronting the deeper truth, which is that inclusion is not merely about the concrete or the walls, or the equipment; it is...

Innovator Jovan Evans, through his company, AquaFlow Products and Services Limited, is providing solutions for persons who do not have consistent access to running water, particularly in western parishes that have been severely impacted by Hurricane Melissa. His Pump-N-Spray product, for which he won a National Innovation Award in 2014, allows users to carry out water-dependent tasks in the absence...

As Jamaica’s coconut industry works to recover from the effects of Hurricane Melissa and other longstanding challenges, the Coconut Industry Board (CIB) is placing renewed emphasis on research and innovation as a key pillar of the sector’s recovery and long-term sustainability. Chief Executive Officer of the Board, Shaun Cameron, says scientific research remains central to efforts to rebuild the industry,...