Life has taught transitioning ward of the State, 18-year-old LeChelle Walker, to live with a heart of gratitude and always look for the silver lining in every situation. It is, therefore, no surprise that the teenager, despite not achieving eight distinctions in the 2020 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination, as she had hoped, is nonetheless still happy and thankful...

Indoor settings and close contact environments, such as workplaces, are among the areas where the coronavirus (COVID-19) can easily and quickly spread. However, if employers and employees follow established health safety guidelines, the risk of exposure can be greatly minimised. Now that Jamaica is in the throes of COVID-19 community spread, with almost 8,000 confirmed cases to date, health officials...

Becoming a statistician was never something that Amanda Lee had planned on doing. In fact, when the 27-year-old St. Hugh’s High School past student started the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, her career goal was to become an economist. “I did economics in sixth form, which I really enjoyed. Statistics, I kind of picked up along the way,”...

Director for the Mount Olivet Boys’ Home in Manchester, Patrick Newman’s passion for working with boys and young men, deemed at risk, as also children in State care is driven by his philosophy to “leave the world a better place than how I came and saw it”. Mr. Newman is among the hundreds of Jamaicans who will be recognized on...

Jamaica’s goal-scoring phenomenon, Reggae Girl - Khadija Shaw, who has created history by becoming the first national female football player to be honoured with a National Award, aspires towards achieving as much as she can for as long as is possible. At just age 23, the international footballer, who has already earned the unprecedented distinction of being Jamaica’s all-time leading...

Although former President and Distinguished Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica (ICAJ), Donald Reynolds, has earned a National Award for stellar work in the field of accounting and significant contribution to public and private sector development in Jamaica, it is his passion for working with the youth that brings him the greatest joy. The accomplished retired accountant...

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...