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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe, provides an update on back-to-school preparations for the 2025/26 academic year during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe, provides an update on back-to-school preparations for the 2025/26 academic year during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’.

Ministry Unveils Strategic Initiatives to Transform Education and Strengthen Student Support

By: Judana Murphy, August 19, 2025
The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information has unveiled a series of strategic initiatives designed to transform the educational landscape and ensure that all students receive high-quality instruction and...
Founder of the Karing Hearts Foundation, Kayann Wallace (left), with Anna Maria Dawkins Johnson of the Office of the Children's Advocate, during a Health Fair and Back-to-School Treat on Friday (August 15) in Font Hill, St. Thomas.

Students in Font Hill Receive School Supplies from Karing Hearts Foundation

By: Mickella Anderson-Gordon, August 19, 2025
Custos of St. Catherine, Hon. Icylin M. Golding, emphasises a point while addressing yesterday’s (August 17) Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) Annual Church Service, held at the Phillippo Baptist Church in Spanish Town, St. Catherine.

Custos Calls for Support for Parents

By: Garfield L. Angus, August 18, 2025

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Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (left) speaks with Councillor of the Myersville Division, Layton Smith (centre) and Chief Executive Officer at the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation , Errol Lebert. Occasion was the reopening of the municipal corporation’s animal pound in Myersville in the parish on Friday (Aug. 15).
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Cattle Farmers Urged to Secure Animals

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, is imploring farmers to take greater responsibility for securing their cattle to prevent them from roaming the streets.  He made the...
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By: SERENA GRANT, August 17, 2025