Students from two prominent St. James schools, Corinaldi Avenue Primary and the Montego Bay Infant School, were abuzz with excitement as both institutions reopened their doors for face-to-face classes on January 10. Principal (Acting) of Corinaldi Avenue Primary, Deon Stern-Anglin, told JIS News that of the 420 students expected to be in attendance for the first day back, some 376...

The Warsop Community Development Committee (CDC) in Trelawny and the Social Development Commission (SDC) have joined hands and heart to construct a house for an elderly woman in the community who has been living in less-than-ideal conditions. Seventy-one-year-old Violet Palmer is a widow and has no children. She has been depending on other relatives for shelter at a house that...

Born out of a passion to positively impact his country through youth development, founder and Managing Director of M&M Jamaica Limited, Donald Mullings, has transformed scores of young lives with investment in education. Over the past 10 years, the company has spent more than $35 million providing several scholarships through its CHANCE Fund programme, which has enabled students to pursue...

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is slated to undertake Jamaica’s 15th National Population and Housing Census in April. The national census is conducted every 10 years and was scheduled for 2021 but was postponed due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Speaking on JIS Television’s Get the Facts Programme, Director-General of STATIN Carol Coy, says data collected from citizens will...

Seprod Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Richard Pandohie, says consideration should be given to identifying highly trafficked locations to establish vaccination sites, such as supermarkets and market districts, as the Government looks to widen coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine access. He contends that this would be beneficial, especially in instances where persons desirous of getting vaccinated, remain hesitant in visiting sites they...

The Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, has said that the Ministry will continue to collaborate with international partners and agencies, while more research is conducted on the newest coronavirus (COVID-19) variant, Omicron. Dr. Tufton was speaking at a virtual COVID Conversations press briefing recently. There, he announced that a traveller from Jamaica to the United...

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) in 2022, will continue to inform, educate and empower consumers, so that they will be better able to protect themselves in the marketplace. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank, Chief Executive Officer of the CAC Dolsie Allen, says special focus will be placed on consumers and the producers. “In terms of consumer education, we are...

Retired Chairman of the Rio Tinto Alcan Legacy Scholarship Steering Committee, Rev. Lenworth Sterling, was recently honoured by his peers for unstinting service and outstanding contributions to agriculture and education through his leadership of that body. Member of the committee and stakeholder partner, the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, presented Rev. Sterling, a retired educator, with a citation and commemorative plaque during...

Stakeholders and participants in the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Information’s robotics workshop are hoping the new year will bring another staging of the programme, as they have deemed it a fulfilling and worthwhile project which teaches a valuable skill. The robotics initiative formed part of the Ministry’s Enrichment Programme which was designed to provide students who perform differently from...