More than 600 citizens from western Jamaica have been given the gift of hearing through the efforts of the United States-based Starkey Hearing Foundation. The residents, who hail from Westmoreland, Hanover, Trelawny, St. James and St. Ann, were fitted with free custom-made hearing aids, during a special mission by the charity at the Montego Bay Convention Centre from May 30...

Jamaican-born Global Swede Awardee for 2019, Sanjay Thompson, is hoping to use his background in criminology, to make an impact in reducing the levels of crime in the society. Mr. Thompson, who hails from the parish of St. Catherine, was awarded a scholarship to pursue a Master’s Degree in Criminology at Malmö University, Sweden, in 2017. He successfully completed his...

An intensive marketing and promotions campaign is under way to heighten public awareness about the Jamaica Social Stock Exchange (JSSE). The JSSE, which was launched in January by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is an initiative of the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE). It is intended to facilitate funding support, through public donations, for organisations involved in the implementation...

The Hopewell High School in Hanover has implemented an incentive-based learning framework to encourage improved student performance at the institution. The initiative, which started in 2016, has been reaping success in helping to produce well-rounded students, who are excelling academically and socially. In prior years, many students were deemed underachievers, having been enrolled with Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) scores...

St. Ann farmer Valerie Lewis says that agriculture has been a lifelong passion. “Actually, it’s the only thing that I know and I wouldn’t give it up for the world,” she tells JIS News. “There is hardly anything the male farmers can do that I have not been doing and I see a lot of my other female friends getting...

Jamaicans living with lupus are being encouraged to join support groups, such as the Lupus Foundation, in order to benefit from practical advice and tips to help them cope with the condition. Consultant Rheumatologist at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), Dr. Karel DeCeulaer, tells JIS News that lupus is a complex disease, with patients suffering pain and...

The Catherine Hall Primary, Infant and Special Education School in St. James, was a sea of blue and white on June 4, as scores of students, parents and members of staff celebrated the institution’s annual Open Day. An air rich in school spirit encompassed the multifaceted Westgreen-based school as students loudly sang school songs and cheered on schoolmates who performed...

Twenty hernia patients at the St. Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital have benefitted from well-needed surgeries, freeing them of constant pain, and enabling them to return to work and other activities. The surgeries were all performed on Labour Day on May 23, as part of an effort by the hospital to reduce waiting time for operations. Regional Director of the North...

At age 21, three-time quarterly winner in the Jamaica Stock Exchange/All Media Services’ Young Investors Stock Market Competition for 2018, David Rose, is doing what most college students are still dreaming of accomplishing. He is not only investing in the stock market and managing his own investment portfolio but also funding his way through the University of the West Indies...