Students and teachers are hailing the staging of the annual Minard Livestock Show and Beef Festival in educating the public about the importance of agriculture to national development in a fun and exciting way. Approximately 5,000 students from institutions islandwide attended the 20th staging of the event held earlier this month in Brown’s Town, St. Ann, under the theme ‘Empowering...

Holland Primary School in St. Elizabeth has been proactive at improving and protecting the natural environment by embracing an ecological approach and instilling a sense of responsibility in Jamaica’s future generation. The institution, which currently has more than 260 students enrolled, has garnered several prestigious national environmental achievements over the past five years. The school’s latest honour came via the...

Jamaica continues to boast some of the finest attractions in the Caribbean, which tourism stakeholders say have been acting as major pull factors in attracting cruise and stopover visitors. This, they also note, has been contributing to businesses all around, where tourism interests – craft traders, transport operators, restaurant owners and hoteliers – are benefiting. “The cruise lines will tell...

Attorney-at-law, Samuel Bailey, is Jamaica's 2020 Rhodes Scholar. The 23-year old,  who was runner-up for the 2019 scholarship, was declared the winner of the prestigious award at the end of a rigorous all day interview process at King’s House on Thursday (Nov. 21). A delighted Bailey, who spoke to JIS News after the announcement by Governor General, His Excellency, the...

Students and teachers at Mount Olivet Primary School in Manchester were in a jubilant mood when the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Heritage team, along with several past members of the Mount Olivet United Church Youth Fellowship (MOUCYF), visited the institution recently. The JIS was on the final leg of its annual Heritage School tour, while the Youth Fellowship past members,...

Several key stakeholders from Montego Bay and its environs attended the St. James Public Health Services Vector Control Symposium, which was held at the RIU Montego Bay Resort recently. The event was coordinated in partnership with the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF). Executive Director of the TEF, Dr. Carey Wallace, told stakeholders that the organisation has had a long-standing partnership with...

Celebrated Jamaican poet, performer, writer, educator, folklorist and activist, Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley, remains a prominent figure in local culture. Affectionately known as ‘Miss Lou’, she is credited as being a champion of the Jamaican dialect (patois) and way of life. Her work, which comprises poems, songs and stories, is based on her analysis and commentary of the Jamaican way of...

Twenty-one-year-old windscreen wiper, Carlton Williams, could hardly contain his joy and pride as he gathered with his peers for his very first graduation ceremony. “A first me a graduate from me know myself. Mi nuh know myself a graduate not even from basic school. Mi feel boasy,” he beams to JIS News. “A first mi look so nice,” he adds...

Allasandra Chung, affectionately called “Sandy” is a stalwart in tourism and community development. For more than 27 years, she has worked on projects aimed at improving the local tourism product while providing opportunities for citizens to earn, and raising funds to support national Labour Day projects. On National Heroes Day, October 21, Ms. Chung was awarded the Order of Distinction...