Carol Dorman Higgins was sitting at her desk at work when she got the call from the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) that she was selected to receive a national award. She is being awarded a Badge of Honour for Meritorious Service to the health sector. Mrs. Dorman Higgins, an attorney-at-law who works at the National Housing Trust (NHT),...

Contract tracing continues to be one of the most effective tools employed by the Ministry of Health and Wellness in containing the spread of the coronavirus (COVID- 19). Simply put, it involves identifying and notifying persons, who may have come into contact with an infected individual, of potential exposure and then trying to control the outbreak of the disease by...

Nineteen-year-old Nevinne Blake of Anchovy High School, in St. James, has attained five distinctions in the 2020 sitting of the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), Unit 2, earning her the title of top-performing CAPE student at the institution. Nevinne received grade one in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Pure Mathematics and Caribbean Studies, paving the way for her pursue the dream of...

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...