Minister of Education, Youth and Culture, Maxine Henry-Wilson has emphasised that the education system has to be the driving force to move the country forward. "Many good things have happen...

The pilot phase of the High School Equivalency Programme (HISEP) has been getting positive feedback from its target population. Project Manager of HISEP, Elaine Ferguson says since the programme was...

Zion Mount Basic School in Eastern Hanover has been rehabilitated at a cost of $2.8 million.The improved facility, which can accommodate 50 students, was handed over to the community on...

Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), Rear Admiral Peter Brady has been elected to chair the International Maritime Organization (IMO) sub-committee on Standards of Training and Watchkeeping...

The St. Ann's Bay Post Office has planned a number of events to mark 'World Post Day' which will be observed globally on October 9. Eileen Laing, Postmaster, told JIS...

Cardella Baker, a first year student at the University of the West Indies (UWI) and past student of Glenmuir High School in Clarendon is the first recipient of the Helen...

Over 200 students, including teachers and clubbites from schools in St. Catherine, attended a Careers Day held on Friday (Sept. 26) at the Rose Hall 4-H Training Centre in Linstead,...

Thirty students from 11 Primary and All-age schools in North Clarendon who gained the highest marks from that region in the recent Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), have been awarded...

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) on Wednesday (Aug. 20) handed out ozone saving equipment valued at US$70,000 to 15 refrigerant technicians in Montego Bay. The technicians, representing several...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, Senator Floyd Morris, has said that some 168,000 children aged between zero and 17 years will benefit from the...

Work has commenced to address some of the social needs of the four inner-city communities that have been targeted for improvement under the Government's anti-crime initiative. Allister Cooke, Social Intervention...