Local artist, Lennox Coke, strongly believes that Jamaica, with its rich pool of creative talent, can further strengthen its stake in the billion dollar global art industry, given the allure of top quality Brand Jamaica products. “Jamaican art can also bring in money to the country, just like Jamaican music and Jamaican sport, because we have an authentic brand and...

High achiever, Geri-Ann Miller, has made her school and family proud, having secured 13 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) subjects, including 12 Grade Ones, in the 2019 Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Examination. The 17-year-old Manning’s School top achiever, who hails from Savanna-la-Mar in the parish, obtained grade one in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Additional Mathematics, English A, Human and Social...

For the past four years, Alrick Powell, a student of Dinthill High School in St. Catherine, has had to live with the fact of his father, with whom he shared a very close relationship, being in a vegetative state. This resulted from the elder Powell developing complications after undergoing surgery at a hospital in Kingston, where he has remained for...

Described as a gentle soul with a calming personality, the late former Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Kenneth Baugh, leaves a legacy of honesty, integrity and sincerity, in both his professional and political life. Dr. Baugh, who passed away on Sunday (September 1) at the age of 78, was highly revered by his colleagues, and all who interacted with him in...

Local and international participants in the just-concluded Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) are hailing the tourism trade show as a success, with several important business contacts made that could result in increased visitor arrivals to the island. President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Omar Robinson, tells JIS News that from every indication, JAPEX 2019 “truly delivered” for Jamaica...

Tarrant High School in St. Andrew is on a mission to become one of the nation’s secondary institutions of choice. The non-traditional institution, which has faced some disciplinary challenges but has been on a path of transformation and image rebuilding in recent years, is set to become the first high school in Jamaica to have a smart mathematics laboratory. The...

Jamaicans at home and abroad are being encouraged to attend the events in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dr. the Hon. Louise Bennett Coverley, popularly called ‘Miss Lou’. Special events have been organised in Jamaica and the diaspora over a period of 100 days, September 1 to December 10, to celebrate the Jamaican cultural icon. The...

The14-year-old Petrojam scholarship programme, which provides financial and mentoring support to high-achieving students for the duration of their high-school life, is being lauded as a motivator for learners to excel. Since 2006 with the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) and now the Primary Exit Profile (PEP), the programme has supported 41 top-performing male and female students from the Greenwich All-Age...

Emerging as the top performer in the 2019 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination at Tarrant High School in Kingston, has been a thrilling experience for Feona Cameron. The achievement has been even more significant, as Feona’s other four siblings did not finish high school. Feona tells JIS News that she was determined to be the first one in her...