Mona Prep student wins JIS Child Month Essay Competition
Alison and Michael Brooks were filled with joy as their daughter, Ashleigh, was named winner of the inaugural Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Child Month Essay Competition, held recently at the JIS Television studio, Arnold Road, Kingston...
Wolmer's boys vow to keep running - Top achievers in fundraising lapathon say their feat was not the popular thing to do
Within the halls of Wolmer's Boys' School in Kingston are four remarkable boys: Jameel Campbell, 14; Dimitry Teape, 14; Jason Walter, 14, and Khalil Grant, 13. These boys, in their school's annual lapathon, managed to raise $163,000 of the school's total $900,000...
Hillel hosts college planning seminar
With the cost of a university education increasing rapidly, Pan Caribbean Financial Services, in collaboration with the Hillel Foundation, on Tuesday gave parents ideas on different strategies and investment vehicles to maximise college savings...
Journalists warned not to sacrifice standards
BONN, Germany: Journalists worldwide have been urged to uphold the highest standards of the profession, even as news-gathering and distribution become more dynamic through technological advances across the ever-widening media landscape...
Sexual harassment policy ready by next April
Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture, Olivia Grange, has indicated that Jamaica's draft National Sexual Harassment Policy should be passed within the 2009-2010 financial year. "People do not know how to report sexual harassment or where to seek redress.
CAFFE to keep close eye on June 16 by-election
The election watch-dog group Citizens Action For Free and Fair Elections (CAFFE) is to flood North East St Catherine with volunteers on June 16 when voters cast their votes in a by-election. CAFFE is targeting more than 100 volunteers...
Mottley to speak at First Global Vision Awards
Mia Mottley, leader of the opposition Barbados Labour Party, will serve as guest speaker for this year's First Global Vision Awards ceremony, to be held next Wednesday at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Mottley was elected to the Barbados...
A family man, a mentor, a stalwart
The Right Reverend Neville Sylvester Neil, bishop of the Moravian Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, passed away on Friday, May 22. He will be remembered not only for his 62 years of service to the ministry of the Moravian Church...
Pastor of Oracabessa Circuit of Churches dies
Reverend Henry Lawrence Mignott, pastor of the Oracabessa Circuit of Churches, has died.Mignott had been a minister of the Jamaica Baptist Union (JBU) for 24 years, during which he also served as pastor of the Mt Moriah Circuit of Churches....
Spencer urges CARICOM to invest in health care
WESTERN BUREAU: Minister of Health Rudyard Spencer has called for Caribbean Community (CARICOM) members to put health care at the forefront of development objectives, in light of the regions common vulnerabilities in finance...
Labour ministry calls for poverty-line review
PERMANENT SECRETARY in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Alvin McIntosh, wants the figures used in measuring the poverty line in Jamaica to be reviewed immediately.He acknowledged Wednesday, during a public administration and appropriations...
Murder trial aborted after witness makes prejudicial remarks
A murder trial had to be aborted yesterday because a prosecution witness, while being cross-examined, made prejudicial remarks about the accused.Supreme Court Judge Kay Beckford, after hearing the remarks which were made in the presence of the jury,...