Resident of Majesty Gardens in Kingston, Emerson Benjamin, is now embarking on a new path of empowering youths within his community to stay away from crime and violence. After overcoming the lowest point in his life in 2022, Mr. Benjamin, along with his business partner, Nigel Francis, is now mentoring 13 youths, through his Positive Impact Foundation. “I try to...

Students at Harbour View Primary School in St. Andrew are on their way to becoming champions of the digital world. This, according to Chair of the Digicel Foundation, Jean Lowrie-Chin, who led the handover of a state-of-the-art Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Smart Room at the school, on Tuesday (April 4). The room, which was constructed and outfitted by the...

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) in the Ministry of Education and Youth, continues to provide support to early-childhood institutions (ECIs) in meeting the requirements for certification. Approximately 200 early-childhood practitioners and operators in the Ministry’s Region Two benefited from the staging of the Commission’s certification fair held at the St. Mary Parish Church in Port Maria on March 30. The...

The transformational former principal of Edith Dalton James High School, Ray Howell, has been honoured by the institution that he led for 10 years. During a building-naming ceremony at the school’s campus at 40 Herrick Avenue, Kingston 20 on Friday (March 31), the grade-11 complex was officially named the Ray Howell Building, in recognition of his invaluable contribution to the...

The National Road Safety Council (NRSC) is to receive financial assistance from international partners to advance road-safety activities across the island. In a recent interview with JIS News, Vice Chairman, National Road Safety Council (NRSC), Dr. Lucien Jones, informed that the money would come from the Global Road Safety Fund and another international partner that would be announced at a...

As part of its campaign to improve the teaching and learning of Mathematics across the country’s school system, the Ministry of Education and Youth introduced several interventive strategies focusing on changing the culture of Jamaicans towards the subject. In March 2013, a ‘Maths Count’ campaign was launched during National Maths Week, which was being observed for the first time, and...

Thirteen-year-old Adrianna Laing, the sole survivor of a fire that claimed the lives of her three brothers in Springfield, Westmoreland, in September last year, is now happily home after successful treatment in the United States (US). The teenager, who suffered third-degree burns and lost one of her legs, received a rousing welcome on arrival at the Norman Manley International Airport...

A senior educator is encouraging more Jamaican youth to join and embrace the local 4-H Clubs’ network, citing the myriad benefits to be derived through membership. Morant Bay Primary School’s Jody Brown, who was recently crowned the 2022/23 LASCO/Ministry of Education and Youth/Jamaica Teaching Council Teacher of the Year, says his passion for the 4-H Clubs movement dates back to...

With the possibility of an earthquake happening at any given time, Jamaicans are being encouraged to always be prepared. Speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank, Scientific Officer in the Earthquake Unit at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Karleen Black, says there is no specific season for earthquakes, neither are they impacted by the weather. “In terms...