A deep-seated need to aid rural education prompted the Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Maggotty, St. Elizabeth, to launch the Holy Spirit Education Programme that has been a cornerstone of support for the academically vulnerable and underprivileged students in the parish. The initiative is more than 20 years old and has assisted more than 1,000 students at the primary, secondary...

Jamaica’s impending Digital Switchover (DSO) will see significant advancements in the capacity of the country’s public broadcasting infrastructure. DSO refers to the transition from analogue television broadcasting to digital television broadcasting. It will involve a phased transition from the outdated analogue technology to the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0, also referred to as Next Generation (NextGen) TV. ATSC 3.0...

A library has been established at the Jamaica China Goodwill (JCG) Infant School in the St. Andrew community of Olympic Gardens, at a cost of $9 million, to encourage children to read and to boost literacy at the institution. The recently opened library, a gift from the charity group Reading Owl International (ROI), will also serve two primary schools, also...

Two retired Educators who jointly served for more than 60 years in the sector were acknowledged as ‘Builders’ of the Kitson Town community in St. Catherine and celebrated for their decades of service. They are 71-year-old Beverley Robinson, who served as a Teacher at the Kitson Town Basic School for 41 years and 83-year-old Yvonne Francis, who worked at the...

The newly completed three-bedroom structure on a large expanse of land in Haughton District, St. Elizabeth, is a stark contrast to the makeshift tarpaulin hut in which Lacovia High School student, Tanoya Williams, and her family lived for six years. The house, handed over to the family recently, was constructed by the Lacovia High School Past Students’ Association over a...

Persons, particularly the elderly, who have never received a birth certificate can still request one from the Registrar General's Department (RGD), through its Late Registration process. While every birth that occurs in Jamaica must be registered with the RGD, there was a period in which children were being registered, but not named at the time of birth. For those children...

David Salmon’s vision, just over seven years ago, of becoming a Rhodes Scholar is, today, a reality. He topped the field of 11 Jamaican candidates – seven males and four females – vying for the globally acclaimed Rhodes Scholarship for 2023. The past student of Wolmer’s Boys’ School in Kingston has an undergraduate degree in Public Policy and Management with...

The Jamaica Youth Chorale (JYC) is enjoying an exciting concert season with financial support of a J$3-million grant from the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund. An elated Principal Director and Founder of the JYC, Gregory Simms, says the donated money is being used to cover the group’s winter tour that goes up to February 2023. Just weeks...

At age 34, University of the West Indies (UWI) Chemistry Lecturer, Dr. Peter Nelson, is creating waves in the field of science and technology.  His life’s work has focused on inventing diagnostic and analytical tools (sensors) from systems and compounds, with applications for both the health and productive sectors.   These earned him the Scientific Research Council’s (SRC) 2022 Young Scientist/Technologist...