Sixty-seven-year-old Devon Vassel fell in love with the teaching profession at the age of 17, while working as a pretrained teacher at the Bull Savannah All-Age School in St. Elizabeth, on leaving high school in 1972. “As my life went on teaching at Bull Savannah, I just fell in love with teaching, and I saw where students were gravitating towards...

Determination, proper time management, organisation and motivation were the cornerstones on which Joshell Allen of New Market in St. Elizabeth achieved major successes in her secondary-level external examinations. The 19-year-old graduate of Hampton School in Malvern, St. Elizabeth, gained a combined 10 subjects in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations in 2019 and 2020, while in Grades 10 and...

Retired educator, Carmen Louise Samuels, believes that faithful classroom teachers in Jamaica are capable of influencing the country’s children for good. Miss Samuels was among 80 educators who were awarded with the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for the 2021 and 2022 cohorts, at a ceremony held at Jamaica House on September 8. “Teachers can make the difference that Jamaica...

Approximately 150 men employed to the Pan Caribbean Sugar Factory in Frome, Westmoreland, participated in a free health fair hosted by the Westmoreland Health Department on Tuesday, September 27. The event, which was held on the grounds of the sugar factory, was hosted in collaboration with the National Health Fund (NHF), with support from the Diabetes Association of Jamaica, the...

Teacher/Facilitator at the Human Employment and Resource Training/National Service Training Agency (HEART/NSTA) Trust, Jasper Brown, has received the Prime Minister's Medal of Appreciation for Service to Education (PMMA), acknowledging his 47 years in the teaching profession. “The Prime Minister's Medal of Appreciation Award really means a lot to me. It goes to show that even on a national level, your...

With her stellar record of service, it was no surprise when Regional Director for the Ministry of Education and Youth’s Region Four, Dr. Michelle Pinnock, was announced as a recipient of the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for Service to Education. Dr. Pinnock was among approximately 80 educators who were awarded by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, during...

Fisherfolk who participated in the National Fisheries Authority’s (NFA) inaugural safety at sea training programme have high praises for the initiative, noting that it will aid in significantly improving their endeavours Twenty-one-year-old Daniel Singh of the Hunts Bay fishing village in Kingston expressed his appreciation for the knowledge he received and said he would “highly recommend” the training to other...

A teacher’s role in positively shaping and developing a knowledgeable society is not an easy undertaking. But retired educator, Radcliffe Knox Gordon, was more than up to the challenge, given his 39 years of sterling service to the esteemed profession. The 66-year-old former Principal of Keith Primary and Infant School in the district of Keith, St. Ann, where he also...

Digital transactions remain pivotal to driving financial inclusion across Jamaica. Against this background and following groundwork by the administrators of the digital wallet, Lynk, persons without bank accounts are among the individuals now able to conduct transactions at select automated banking machines (ABMs) using their cellphones. This is being facilitated through the new Lynk ABM Cash in-Cash out feature. Lynk...