Farming, a profession not popularly known to attract youth in Jamaica, has proven to be a fulfilling passion for friends, Jevaughn Whyte and Terrique Goldson, who with their business partner, agriculturalist Patrick White, successfully operate OMG Farms. “OMG Farms is the number-one cultivator of pineapples in Jamaica, and we will be expanding into other produce. We started essentially because we...

As the 2020/21 academic year beckons, several parents and students would have applied for varying forms of financial assistance to help cushion the challenges associated with the purchasing of books and uniforms, and payment of tuition or fees. While all financial aid have their own set of eligibility requirements that must be met in order to be considered for the...

‘Breast cancer survivor’ is a label that the President of the Westmoreland-based MistyBlue Cancer Care Foundation, Dorothy Satchwell, proudly wears. After all, it is not often that one makes that dreaded trek to death’s door, as she has, and lives to tell the tale. Having been diagnosed with end-stage breast cancer and at one point was given just 24 hours...

The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service will, on August 31, commence accepting applications for the Marcus Garvey Public Sector Graduate Scholarship, which will be tenable at tertiary institutions in Jamaica and overseas, beginning in the 2021/22 academic year. Deputy Financial Secretary in charge of the Ministry’s Strategic Human Resource Management Division, Wayne Jones, says the application timeline will...

Students preparing for the annual Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations are slated to benefit from an online study and revision programme being undertaken by the Jamaica Middle East Diaspora (JMED). The initiative, dubbed ‘CSEC Studython,’ got under way this year with students from three high schools – Edwin Allen in Clarendon, Holland in Trelawny; and Newell in St. Elizabeth....

Forty-two-year-old Sylvia Graham of Miles Town District in Hanover became one of the latest indigent residents to benefit from a home-improvement project, spearheaded by the Hanover Poor Relief Department. The domestic worker, a mother of five children, had her living conditions improved when the Municipality recently handed over a 12x12 plywood structure valued at approximately $200,000 to the family. Her...

Jamaica will continue to get assistance from the European Union (EU), says outgoing Head of the EU Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska. “It’s too early to say what exactly that assistance will focus on, but this would depend very much on what the Government identifies as the most urgent need. It could be support for small and medium businesses,...

Several leaders in academia, business and the civil service have endorsed the Government’s establishment of the Marcus Garvey Public Sector Scholarship Programme. The human capital develop initiative, named in honour of Jamaica’s first National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, will see an initial 150 postgraduate scholarships being provided for public-sector officers over the next five years at a...

If you have ever stopped to admire the running lights on your dream car or seen the smart lights in a home that respond through motion detection, then you have glimpsed the world of optoelectronic technology. Optoelectronics (or optronics) is the study and application of electronic devices and systems that source, detect and control light. It is an expanding field...