With his mother, a registered nurse, on the front line of the coronavirus (COVID-19) fight, Davion Reid was sent to stay with his father while he prepared for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations. The 16-year-old Campion Collage student, who lives with his mother full-time, tells JIS News that the adjustment was not as bad as he anticipated, as...

Sixteen-year-old Brittany Wright, who wants to become an engineer, has taken the first step towards achieving that dream by earning an impressive 10 grade ones in the recent Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations. The Immaculate Conception High student scored top marks in Mathematics, Additional Mathematics, English Language, English Literature, Geography, Physics, Chemistry, Spanish, Biology and Information Technology (IT). Despite...

An Octogenarian couple with diabetes and other serious health issues are counting their blessings, having contracted the coronavirus (COVID-19) and survived. The Manchester couple, who tested positive for the virus after returning to the island from the United States in March, are crediting their recovery to the health protocols that were implemented by the authorities, coupled with the fact that...

Seventeen-year-old student at Campion College, Matthew Sinclair, was not surprised by his recent success in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations. He attained nine grade ones in Additional Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, French, Spanish, Information Technology, English A and English B. Overall, Mathew has 11 CSEC subjects, all with grade one, having done Mathematics and Principles of Accounts in...

For 17-year-old Gabrielle Clarke, achieving nine distinctions in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) was the culmination of five years of hard work and dedication. The Immaculate Conception High School student scored grade ones in Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Additional Mathematics, Information Technology, Spanish, English Language and English B. “To be honest, I didn’t have a choice. I really wanted...

When school plants closed in March due to the threat of the coronavirus (COVID-19), Paije Powell was a bit worried. The 17-year-old Immaculate Conception High School graduate was in the middle of preparations for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and there were some subject syllabuses that were not complete. She knew that she would have to do a lot...

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic did not stop the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) team from putting smiles on the faces of the 48 wards of the Mount Olivet Boys’ Home, through a back-to-school visit and virtual career day. The boys were happy to see the small team from the agency, which had journeyed to the home located in Walderston, Manchester, to...

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Warren Clarke, says the Ministry of National Security’s Project Rebuild, Overhaul and Construct (Project ROC) is providing a well-needed boost to the work of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). Speaking with JIS News, ACP Clarke says that the undertaking, aimed at creating more modern, efficient, and functional police stations, will better enable the members of...

In 2012, Shauna-Gay Case and her husband made the decision to homeschool their children. Seven years later, in September 2019, the two older children, at ages 11 and 13, were re-enrolled in the formal school system, while the youngest, at five years old, continued to be tutored at home. As fate would have it, in March 2020, schools were ordered...