When Jo-Ann Morris completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in Architecture at the University Of Technology (UTech) and secured a job in her field of study, she was unaware that just a few years later she would be embarking on a completely different career path. It was her mother’s search for a solution to an apparent allergic reaction to regular...

After almost every course of study he pursued in Jamaica or overseas, Dr. Vincent Riley returned to his first love, the parish of his birth, St. Ann. Dr. Riley, who recently demitted office as Head of the Department of Medicine and Cardiology, Consultant Internist and Consultant Cardiologist at the St. Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital (SABRH), says his path to a...

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), has been playing its part by vigorously protecting Jamaica’s wildlife in many ways. A significant one is through the Wildlife Protection Act, 2000, which protects hundreds of species that make up the rich biodiversity in Jamaica’s wildlife from exploitation and danger. While the Act states what is protected, it also lists animals and...

Thirty-year-old Krishendale Panton says her experience in foster care was very pleasant, as she was loved by her foster mother. “I was treated no differently from her birth children. As a matter of fact, my foster mother was more protective of me than her own,” she tells JIS News. At three years old, young Krishendale became a ward of the...

Several business leaders are expressing confidence in the economy and outlook for Jamaica’s future. Their optimism and heightened expectations are based on Jamaica’s extraordinary economic turnaround, grounded in the successful implementation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)-endorsed Economic Reform Programme (ERP), resulting in the national debt falling from nearly 150 per cent to 93 per cent of gross domestic product...

With a singing and recording career spanning over five decades, Eric Donaldson, affectionately called ‘Mr. Festival’, continues to be a major force in the reggae industry. Mr. Donaldson, who won the popular Jamaica Festival Song Contest for an unmatched seven times, will launch his new album, I Am In Love, in April and will also enter the Festival Contest later...

The much anticipated smart mathematics laboratory, the first of its kind in a Jamaican high school, is now operational at the Tarrant High School in St. Andrew. The lab, which was completed last month and will be officially opened in March, is the brainchild of Principal Paul Hall, who felt that the lab would be a creative way of engaging...

Less than two weeks after welcoming his greatest pride and joy into the world, his daughter, in January 2012, Richie Mothersill was hauled behind bars and ended up spending seven years in prison. But fast-forward to today, the 27-year-old ex-gang member, who has turned his back on a life of crime, is now a proud graduate with a level II...

Jamaicans and overseas visitors to Fort Charles in the historic town of Port Royal, Kingston, which boasts over 500 years of history, will get a new experience. Thanks to the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) and other Government agencies, Fort Charles will be opened to the public on Monday, February 24. The PAJ is planning a media tour on the...