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...

Trees are pivotal to sustaining life. They provide a home for many animals, stabilise the soil, store carbon dioxide and provide oxygen, which is vital for all life forms. It is against this background that the Forestry Department remains focused on maintaining trees in Jamaica’s forest reserves through, among other things, its ‘Adopt-a-Hillside’ Programme. The agency’s Manager for Strategic Corporate...

The six-year-old Jamaica Diaspora Education Taskforce (JDETF) is providing invaluable support in advancing education in Jamaica. The entity, made up of Jamaicans living overseas, is dedicated to the continued improvement of the country’s education system through the provision of resources and expertise. Over the years, hundreds of local teachers have benefitted from interventions to facilitate professional development. Since its inception...