Ardenne High School has again copped the Marcus Garvey Award for Excellence in the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s (JCDC) performing arts competition. The St Andrew-based institution topped the 2021 edition after picking up awards and trophies in the parish and national competitions which generated enough points to propel them ahead of the only other contender, Painite Theatrical Academy. Ardenne, which...

When Gari Tomlinson and Christopher Gooding met and realised that their entrepreneurship dreams were aligned, they wasted no time in pooling their resources to make those dreams a reality through the establishment of the Aeronautical School of the West Indies (ASWI). Mr. Gooding, who is Director of Maintenance at ASWI, tells JIS News how the two young men from different...

“Protect your farms, protect your investment”.  That’s the call from the Veterinary Services Division (VSD) in light of the recent re-emergence of African Swine Fever in the Caribbean. Though African Swine Fever cannot be transferred from animals to humans, this highly contagious and deadly viral disease can quickly wipe out the swine population. Discovered in Kenya in 1921, the disease...

Students and staff at Pondside Primary and Infant School in Hanover will enjoy more modern and spacious surroundings when face-to face classes resume, following the completion of infrastructure upgrading of the Infant Department at a cost of $25,410,000. The construction project, undertaken through financing from the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund, included refurbishing and expansion works to...

Registered Nurse at the St. Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital, Kevin Morrison, is regularly mistaken for a doctor. He tells JIS News that he often has to advise patients as well as visitors that he is, in fact, a nurse. As one of just eight male nurses at the Type B hospital, Nurse Morrison is among a small group of men...

Travellers to Jamaica are being implored to adhere to quarantine measures to reduce the spread of new variants of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The urging comes as the Ministry of Health and Wellness has confirmed cases of the Mu variant of COVID-19 on the island. Addressing a virtual press conference on Thursday (Sept. 9), Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton...

The Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) is pushing opportunities in agribusiness as it looks to facilitate greater levels of investment flows to assist the country’s recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Manager for JAMPRO’s Sales and Promotions Division with a focus on Agribusiness, Marlene Porter, says that there are several business prospects “right across...

Workers in the Tourism industry are calling on Jamaicans to mobilise themselves and participate  in  the Government’s national coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination programme. Hundreds of tourism workers, their families and friends turned out at the Tourism Vaccination Task Force’s COVID-19 Vaccination Blitz, held at Moon Palace in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on September 3. The Ministry of Tourism, in partnership with the Jamaica Hotel...

Rosheika Grant knew she wanted to make an impact in the world of sports despite not being athletic.  Little did she know that in 2021 she would be given a platform to do so when she was awarded a Chevening Scholarship. Rosheika is one of 17 Jamaicans awarded a 2021/2022. Chevening Scholarship to enrol in a one-year master’s degree course...