Shantel Williams, an aspiring information and communications technology (ICT) teacher, is the first successful recipient of the inaugural Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) Tertiary ICT Scholarship. In an interview with JIS News, she expressed joy at getting the opportunity to realise her dream of furthering her education. The soft-spoken 19-year-old, after delaying college for two years owing...

Life has taught transitioning ward of the State, 18-year-old LeChelle Walker, to live with a heart of gratitude and always look for the silver lining in every situation. It is, therefore, no surprise that the teenager, despite not achieving eight distinctions in the 2020 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination, as she had hoped, is nonetheless still happy and thankful...

Becoming a statistician was never something that Amanda Lee had planned on doing. In fact, when the 27-year-old St. Hugh’s High School past student started the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, her career goal was to become an economist. “I did economics in sixth form, which I really enjoyed. Statistics, I kind of picked up along the way,”...

Director for the Mount Olivet Boys’ Home in Manchester, Patrick Newman’s passion for working with boys and young men, deemed at risk, as also children in State care is driven by his philosophy to “leave the world a better place than how I came and saw it”. Mr. Newman is among the hundreds of Jamaicans who will be recognized on...

Eighteen-year-old Trishana Martin is a go-getter. The multitalented teen, who has used her skills in sewing to start a pillow and cushion-making business, wants to convert her passion for cooking into a career as a chef. With seven passes in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, including four distinctions, she is on the path to achieving her goal. She...

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic did not stop the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) team from putting smiles on the faces of the 48 wards of the Mount Olivet Boys’ Home, through a back-to-school visit and virtual career day. The boys were happy to see the small team from the agency, which had journeyed to the home located in Walderston, Manchester, to...

As the nation continues to grapple with the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, two teens have creatively highlighted the safety messages of the Government by composing a catchy song that has been making the rounds on social media. Siblings Rhordann and Rhaveen Kildare, while at their home in Clarendon, became alarmed by the spike in local COVID-19 cases and...

Fifteen-year-old Sammoya Banton of Hampton School has assisted students in St. Elizabeth through her ‘Bring a Smile’ Foundation. The Foundation was launched in August 2020 to assist and support families of children who have lost a parent, and cushion the challenges associated with the purchasing of books and other supplies for back-to-school. The teen, through the support of family and...

The Ministry of National Security says its recently held ‘Liv Gud’ Music, Sports and Technology (MST) Summer School programme is testament of the Ministry’s continued vision to engage youth to facilitate their holistic development. More than 400 students from six primary schools in communities in the St. Andrew South Division and Mount Salem and Flanker in St. James participated in...