Special focus is on Jamaica’s senior citizens during the month of September. Several activities have been organised by the National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC) under the theme ‘Recovering with Resilience’. During a recent interview, Executive Director of the NCSC, Cassandra Morrison, told JIS News that the theme speaks to the character of our senior citizens. “We are encouraging senior...

Knowing the status of fertility, contraceptive use and the knowledge, attitude and practice of the population towards family planning and reproductive health is very important. For this reason, the 2021 Reproductive Health Survey (RHS) is being conducted by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) on behalf of the National Family Planning Board (NFPB). Principal Director, NFPB, Lovette Byfield, tells JIS...

Jamaica is reaping dividends from the investments that have been made in the development of the Kingston Container Terminal (KCT). These investments, in dredging and other expansion activities, have enhanced the terminal’s productivity and competitiveness and have attracted new transhipment volumes to Kingston, said President and Chief Executive Officer of the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ), Professor Gordon Shirley. “Not...

At first, Hortense Davis* was hesitant about taking the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. The Red Stripe employee told JIS News that she is not an antivaxxer, but she had heard so many stories disparaging the vaccines that she was scared to get the jab. “Everyone was saying, if you take it, yuh a go dead,” she said. However, when her employer...

Over 100 young adults benefited from a free webinar, titled ‘#SecureTheJobJA’, which offered consultations on how they could sharpen their skills to secure the job of their dreams. The virtual webinar was hosted by Educational Manager and Consultant, Jason Brown, on Tuesday, (September 14). Mr. Brown says the webinar was born out of his desire to help other young people...

The Culture, Health, Arts, Science and Education (CHASE) Fund has invested millions of dollars to help 100 early-childhood institutions (ECIs) attain certification to provide the best learning environment to simulate young minds. The certification initiative was implemented in partnership with the Early Childhood Commission (ECC) as part of a three-year engagement targeting 300 ECIs. Chief Executive Officer of the CHASE...

Ardenne High School has again copped the Marcus Garvey Award for Excellence in the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s (JCDC) performing arts competition. The St Andrew-based institution topped the 2021 edition after picking up awards and trophies in the parish and national competitions which generated enough points to propel them ahead of the only other contender, Painite Theatrical Academy. Ardenne, which...

When Gari Tomlinson and Christopher Gooding met and realised that their entrepreneurship dreams were aligned, they wasted no time in pooling their resources to make those dreams a reality through the establishment of the Aeronautical School of the West Indies (ASWI). Mr. Gooding, who is Director of Maintenance at ASWI, tells JIS News how the two young men from different...

“Protect your farms, protect your investment”.  That’s the call from the Veterinary Services Division (VSD) in light of the recent re-emergence of African Swine Fever in the Caribbean. Though African Swine Fever cannot be transferred from animals to humans, this highly contagious and deadly viral disease can quickly wipe out the swine population. Discovered in Kenya in 1921, the disease...