Twenty-four years ago, Deon Hemmings McCatty, etched her name in the annals of track and field history when she became the first Jamaican and Caribbean woman to cop an Olympic Gold Medal, after winning the 400 Metres women’s hurdles final at the 1996 Atlanta Games. For this and other outstanding feats on the track as well as her overall contribution...

The overwhelming sense of satisfaction that trade unionist Clifton Grant gets from helping aggrieved workers and advocating for their rights is what keeps him motivated. “My involvement in the trade union movement… puts me in a position to help someone else. When somebody comes to you in trying times and you can help that person through that process and allow...

Retired Vice Principal of Tivoli Gardens High School in Kingston, Paul Alphanso Napier, has been recognised for 40 years of dedicated service to the education sector. The Government has honoured him with the national award, Order of Distinction (OD), in the Rank of Officer, Mr. Napier, who lost his 92-year-old mother last year, tells JIS News that his mother would...

Retired Anglican Bishop of Kingston, the Rt. Rev. Robert McLean Thompson, is grateful to be honoured for almost a half century of service to church and community. He will receive the Order of Distinction in the rank of Commander (CD) at the National Honours and Awards ceremony on Monday (October 19). Bishop Thompson is one of 126 persons, excluding the...

Responding to a newspaper ad for emergency medical technicians (EMT) at the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) has led Winsome Grant of Hanover on a career path that spans over 25 years, during which she has given outstanding service in saving lives and protecting properties. On September 4, 2020, Senior Deputy Superintendent Grant celebrated her sterling anniversary in the JFB. She...

Eighteen-year-old Trishana Martin is a go-getter. The multitalented teen, who has used her skills in sewing to start a pillow and cushion-making business, wants to convert her passion for cooking into a career as a chef. With seven passes in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, including four distinctions, she is on the path to achieving her goal. She...

Storytelling, one of the world’s oldest art forms and a rich part of Jamaica’s diverse culture, remains largely an untapped and underused resource in the country. It has enjoyed moments of highlight, especially during the country’s Emancipation and Independence celebrations, when the spotlight is thrown on the different aspects of the island’s fascinating culture. However, it is the view of...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says praedial larceny continues to be a growing concern, and that there will be a zero-tolerance approach going forward and that offenders can expect to face the full brunt of the law. The Minister, in pointing to a number of high-profile arrests in recent weeks involving the theft and recovery of livestock,...

Carol Dorman Higgins was sitting at her desk at work when she got the call from the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) that she was selected to receive a national award. She is being awarded a Badge of Honour for Meritorious Service to the health sector. Mrs. Dorman Higgins, an attorney-at-law who works at the National Housing Trust (NHT),...