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Faced with the sweltering summer heat water has become our new best friend. The only thing that can beat the heat and quench your thirst is a tall glass of ice-cold water. But have you ever stopped to consider how safe is your drinking water? Public Health Inspectors have been championing this cause as they stand as a line of...

24-year-old Dr. Rodean Sylvester, is one of many 2023 Governor-General’s Achievement Awardees, being recognized for academic excellence, leadership, and community service. She hails from the garden parish of St. Ann and is a proud alumna of York Castle High, where her outstanding academic performance and leadership qualities emerged.

We tell you more about how to volunteer to serve in the senior division of the Jamaica Combined Cadet Force.

It’s festival time again... and Jamaicans are celebrating music, dance, drama, poetry, traditions and not to mention our flavourful food. For every event staged, it’s a given that food vendors will line the streets with their authentic Jamaican dishes… from jerk chicken, roasted fish and yam, boiled corn …to sweet potato pudding, peanut cake and gizzada.

Minister of Education and Youth Fayval Williams spoke at a Post Cabinet Press Briefing at Jamaica house recently and gave an update on the newly amended Child Care and Protection Act (the CCPA). To learn more about the impact of this repeal, JIS Radio spoke with Nichole Chambers, Senior Legal Officer at the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA).

On today’s programme, we feature 17-year-old cadet, Morgan Foster.

On today’s programme, Jamaica Constabulary Force personnel receive domestic violence intervention training.

On today’s programme, an update on the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF’s) Station Records and Case Management Systems.

The Donald Sangster Auditorium at the University of Technology will comes alive July 27 to 29 with action from the Jamaica Basketball Showcase (JBS) hosted by Sports Innovators Group Limited (SIG). It seeks to provide young basketballers with a chance to compete against other athletes across the region and North America, as well as the opportunity to obtain professional contracts...

Four candidates have been selected for the 2023 GraceKennedy Jamaican Birthright Programme.

The Jamaica Sunshine Girls will be journeying to the 2023 Netball World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa from July 28 to August 6.  A total of 16 teams will compete over the course of 10 days in an effort to win one of the most important events in the sport of netball.  Ahead of their departure, the Sunshine Girls...

Last year Jamaica recorded 1498 murders, and up to July 8 this year 700 persons have lost their lives violently. In an environment where even minor conflicts often result in harm or death, the Government continues to sound the clarion call for members of the public to use Restorative Justice to settle disputes.