Seventeen-year-old Delaney Campbell plans to turn his childhood fascination with planes into a rewarding career as an airline pilot. Despite challenging circumstances, the youngster is keeping his eyes on the prize, as he is determined to create a better life for himself, his mother and little brother. The student at Newell High School in St. Elizabeth, has carved out a...

Twenty-four-year-old pig farmer Giovanni Morris dreams of establishing his own state-of-the-art-facility, which will integrate technology in the animal-rearing process. Currently, the Portland resident shares a farm in Boston Bay with mentor and business partner Seymour Duncan, which he says, needs improvement. “Whenever I reach a level where I can acquire the [farm] that I want, I want it to be...

A good educator is one who seeks to improve the lives of future generations through deliberate actions in their daily work. This can be said of nation-builder and 2022 Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for Service to Education awardee, Raymon Treasure, who was among 80 recipients honoured in September.   The decorated Principal of York Castle High School in St....

Nothing could stop former St. James High School student Abigayle McGrowder from acing her external examinations this year. Not even the financial constraints that made it difficult for her parents to afford to purchase a new pair of shoes for her to wear to school. With her mother laid off because of the COVID-19 pandemic and her stepfather’s salary slashed,...

Determination, proper time management, organisation and motivation were the cornerstones on which Joshell Allen of New Market in St. Elizabeth achieved major successes in her secondary-level external examinations. The 19-year-old graduate of Hampton School in Malvern, St. Elizabeth, gained a combined 10 subjects in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations in 2019 and 2020, while in Grades 10 and...

Teacher/Facilitator at the Human Employment and Resource Training/National Service Training Agency (HEART/NSTA) Trust, Jasper Brown, has received the Prime Minister's Medal of Appreciation for Service to Education (PMMA), acknowledging his 47 years in the teaching profession. “The Prime Minister's Medal of Appreciation Award really means a lot to me. It goes to show that even on a national level, your...

Community development necessitates a multifaceted approach to advance the society, and its individual members alike. This international best practice is not lost on the Social Development Commission (SDC), as they target the 7-17 years age group through their wholistic community summer camps. During the months of July and August, youth from approximately 170 districts in 40 communities islandwide were engaged...

When 21-year-old Peter Haynes, a two-time National Reading Competition champion isn’t diving into a good book, he enjoys holding a good conversation in one of the seven languages he speaks. “Apart from English, I am proficient in Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian (and) Japanese,” Peter, who hails from Portland, tells JIS News. In August, he was awarded the 15-20 National...

The Road Safety Education in Schools Programme aims to promote and foster safe use of Jamaica’s roadways by the nation’s children. Undertaken by the Road Safety Unit in the Ministry of Transport and Mining, the programme targets youngsters at the primary and secondary levels. In 2021, some 24 children were lost through accidents on the roads, and one of the...