As the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP) and other major road works across the island progress, members of the public are being urged to be especially cautious while traversing through the areas under construction. The SCHIP is being executed in sections of St. Thomas and Portland, and from May Pen to Williamsfield. This is being done by contractors, China...

Like the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ), the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund is concerned about the high number of Jamaicans who are ailing from cardiovascular disease. Each year, thousands of citizens become incapacitated by the malady and some even die, largely because of late diagnosis. Hence, both organisations are working endlessly to give those who are...

Although agriculture was never in the script for aspiring actress, Toni-Ann Lalor, the youth advocate, pageant queen and ambassador extraordinaire has been enjoying her greatest role yet as a farmer. In 2022, Ms. Lalor was crowned Miss United Nations World and, prior to that, had entered a number of major pageants.   Earlier this year, she was tapped as one...

With approximately 40 per cent of land parcels in Jamaica unregistered, the National Land Agency (NLA), through the Systematic Land Registration (SLR) process, is looking to reduce that number and extend property rights to more citizens. Developed to assist persons who have been in open, undisturbed and undisputed possession of their land for 12 years or more, SLR aims to...

This year, for the second time, Africa Day will be celebrated in Jamaica on May 25. Schools are expected to plan activities with a focus on Jamaica’s African culture, under the theme ‘Celebrating Africa: Sankofa, Return to the Root’. Senior Education Officer in the Core Curriculum Unit of the Ministry of Education and Youth and Chair of the Africa Day...

Seventeen-year-old Khimali Johnson was surprised but elated when his name was announced as the winner of the beekeeping competition at the 2023 Jamaica 4-H Clubs’ National Achievement Exposition held recently at the Denbigh Showground in Clarendon. He tells JIS News that during the judging “there were confident participants and it kind of lowered my confidence,” but he kept his composure....

Career development officer at the Human Employment and Resource Training Trust/National Training Agency (HEART NSTA/Trust), Dr. Howard Harvey, says the agency is playing a key role in improving the life chances of young people. “As a practitioner in the HEART/NSTA Trust for over 27 years, I have seen literal change, transformation in young people. Where I am at the LEAP...

Students of Bob Marley Primary and Junior High School in St. Ann will, on Saturday, May 27, be in the spotlight of a major charity event being headlined by American superstar crooner and songwriter Michael Bolton. The event, dubbed ‘An Evening with Michael Bolton: For the Children Charity Concert’, to be held at the Couples San Souci Resort in St....

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) says there has been a general reduction in inflation – that is, the rate of price increases – between April 2022, when headline or year-over-year inflation peaked at 11.8 per cent, and March this year when the out-turn fell to 6.2 per cent. The term ‘inflation’ is sometimes loosely used to refer to any increase...