Systematic Land Registration (SLR), utilised by many countries around the world to increase land tenure regularisation, is to be adopted in Jamaica. Senior Director of the National Land Agency’s (NLA) Adjudication Services Division (ASD), Shalise Porteous, tells JIS News that the process will enable the entity to achieve its mandate of issuing 20,000 certificates of title in three years. “Systematic...

Visually impaired visitors to the National Museum Jamaica can now appreciate the various artwork and artefacts through the touch of their hands. The museum is making this possible through a ‘Guided Touch Tour’ Educational Programme that allows patrons to learn and explore artefacts through touching. Located on East Street in downtown Kingston, the National Museum Jamaica, a division of the...

The Jamaica 4-H Clubs is celebrating 79 years of engaging young Jamaicans in the business of agriculture. Established in 1940, the organisation, which falls under the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, is mandated to provide skills training for young people aged five to 25. Areas of training include agriculture, home economics, leadership, social skills, entrepreneurship, healthy lifestyles, and...

The 2019 Mathematics Teacher of the Year, Karema Mundell-Thomas, is on a mission to transform the way teachers at the primary level communicate messages regarding the subject to students who are underperforming. In an interview with JIS News, Mrs. Mundell-Thomas says during her reign, she wants to impart to other teachers the non-traditional strategies and best practices she has been...

The rehabilitation programme at the St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre in Spanish Town is providing inmates with a second chance at life. Through academic and vocational training, recreational programmes and other interventions, the inmates are being equipped with viable skills and qualifications that they can apply, once they have completed their sentences, thereby enabling them to redirect their path and...

When you think of Martial Arts, I’m sure your mind immediately flashes to Old Kung-Fu movies from the late 1980’s and the early 1990’s.  Now try to reconcile that image with that of a slender 29-year old female Taekwondo fighter, with a noticeably impaired right arm. That female is Shauna-Kay Hines. In medical terms, Shauna-Kay Hines is classified as a...

The National Road Safety Council (NRSC) will be implementing recommendations from a gap analysis conducted by the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy (JHCIRP), in an effort to reduce road fatalities in Jamaica. The NRSC had submitted a request to the JHCIRP for a gap analysis to be conducted and recommendations made for programmes and policies to reduce...

When 22-year-old student and entrepreneur, Angelica Dempster, heard in 2018 that the Government would impose a ban on single-use plastic bags, straws and polystyrene, she was excited. Excited, not only because Jamaica would be taking a major step to help with the preservation of the environment but also because she saw an opportunity to start her own business, ‘The Likkle...

Tourism service excellence will be celebrated this weekend when industry stakeholders are rewarded for outstanding performances in 2018. Ten entities and nine individuals, representing Jamaica’s five resort regions, are vying for coveted prizes in the Tourism Service Excellence Awards (TSEAs). Included are airfare to multiple island destinations courtesy of Caribbean Airlines; high-level accommodation by Sandals; a cruise courtesy of Royal...