The Norman Manley Law School (NMLS), Mona, Kingston, named after Jamaica’s first and only Premier, lawyer, Rhodes Scholar and National Hero, The Right Excellent Norman Washington Manley, is celebrating 50 years. The famed institution opened its doors to its first students in September 1973. Like the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad and Tobago, which was also established in 1973,...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right), converses with Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, and founder of the Money Mission Community, Kalilah Reynolds, at the official launch of the initiative on October 9 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Money Mission was established to facilitate the exchange of strategies and approaches for...

Newly elected President of the Women in Maritime Association Caribbean (WiMAC), Dr. Evette Smith Johnson, believes in creating a safe environment for women in the maritime industry where they can share, air their concerns and be given room to grow. This, she tells JIS News, should be done in tandem with the umbrella vision that the International Maritime Organization (IMO)...

Inspired by her mother’s gentle care of injured animals, Christine Wilson, from a tender age, set her mind on becoming a nurse. The Former Director of Nursing at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) has enjoyed the reward of serving patients while growing professionally and personally. For 41 years of service to UHWI, Mrs. Wilson will be conferred...

There has been a significant improvement in living conditions in State-run infirmaries across the island. Infirmaries, which are essential facilities offering shelter and support services to the elderly, destitute, and mentally ill individuals who have no other means of care, have been given priority treatment by the Government, through the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, and are being...

Turn a different corner in life and the hospitality sector might not have benefited from the outstanding contribution of former President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Clifton Reader. The 39-year tourism stalwart had applied to enter medical school before fate intervened and brought him face to face with what clearly was his real calling in life. “I...

The Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) has emerged as a vital platform for promoting the island’s tourism industry and fostering economic growth. An annual event organised by the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), JAPEX brings together wholesalers, tour operators, and travel agents with Jamaica’s leading tourism suppliers to conduct business. The event is regarded as the single most important business...

With almost 50 years in television broadcasting, Seaton Richards is a stalwart in the profession. As Senior Production Coordinator at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), he is responsible for all technical matters relating to television production at the State news agency. From Royal and State visits to State funerals and national ceremonies, Mr. Richards has brought some of the most...

Following the success of scores of its recent Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examination candidates, the administration of Chapelton Primary School in Clarendon is looking to ensure that student learning challenges wrought by COVID-19 remain a distant memory. Principal, Christine Monroe Walters, tells JIS News that the pandemic had a near-devastating effect on the school, noting that more than half of...