Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says the Ministry will be moving forward with additional social intervention initiatives in St. James, aimed at curbing crime in the parish. Dr. Chang, who is also Deputy Prime Minister, was addressing a press briefing on November 20 at the Freeport Police Station in St. James, after touring the Coral Gardens, Mt....

A total of 7,050 persons have been successfully placed in employment through the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Labour Market Information System (LMIS), for the period 2008-2020. The LMIS is an interface job-matching system that permits increased access to the labour market intelligence. It has three major components – the electronic labour exchange (ELE), the labour market Intelligence (LMI)...

Food industry business stakeholders who implement the new ISO 22000:2018 Food Safety Management System (FSMS) Certification Standard in their operations stand to reap significant dividends over the long term. The Standard, which was launched recently by Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, is the latest product/service offering of the National Certification Body of Jamaica (NCBJ). It outlines food-safety...

With 18 subjects in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, 14 of them with distinction, it is no surprise that Wadada Dixon was named the top performer at this year’s staging of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC) youth forum and academic achievement awards. The 16-year-old Denbigh High School student is among 21 pupils from 16 non-traditional high schools...

Shantel Williams, an aspiring information and communications technology (ICT) teacher, is the first successful recipient of the inaugural Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) Tertiary ICT Scholarship. In an interview with JIS News, she expressed joy at getting the opportunity to realise her dream of furthering her education. The soft-spoken 19-year-old, after delaying college for two years owing...

The St. James Public Health Services’ staff complement has been boosted with the addition of 79 newly graduated community health aides (CHAs). The CHAs, who underwent nine weeks of training, are part of the 1,300 persons who were recruited islandwide by the Ministry of Health and Wellness, in keeping with the Government’s strategic undertaking to prepare the populace to live...

Life with diabetes can be a daily struggle. From following a strict diet and exercising, to taking medication, and constantly monitoring glucose levels, living with the disease can take a toll on the physical and emotional well-being of suffers, which can worsen their condition. It is for this reason that the Westmoreland Health Department has stepped in to establish a...

The Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (EMCVPA) is the sole tertiary institution in the English-speaking Caribbean offering specialized training in an array of programmes in the visual and performing Arts. The College’s School of Continuing Education and Allied Programmes (SCEAP), through its range of short courses, provides viable options for persons to upgrade their skills and...

The mother of Attorney-at-Law, Christal Parris-Campbell, had, for some time, harboured thoughts of her daughter becoming a part of the Jamaica House Fellowship Programme. “She had always encouraged me to apply. But, for whatever reason, I always felt like I wasn’t qualified enough or I didn’t have much years of [experience]; so I would delay in doing so,” Ms. Parris-Campbell...