Trishani Weller Crowned Miss UTech Jamaica 2021
From a field of eleven contestants, Trishani Weller of the Faculty of Engineering and Computing, copped the title of Miss UTech Jamaica 2021 last Saturday, April 10. Her runners-up were…
Ardenne High School Retains Schools Challenge Quiz Title
By David Fuller Ardenne High School successfully defended their Schools Challenge Quiz title last Thursday night with a narrow 28-26 victory over Wolmer’s High School for Boys at the Television…
University Students face Mental Health Epidemic
By Chrisancia Robinson A mental health crisis is affecting university students in Jamaica due to the restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Measures such as lockdowns, curfews, social distancing and…
Breaking Ganja’s Glass Ceiling
The contribution of women to Jamaica’s cannabis industry was the focus of the most recent forum organised by the National Council on Drug Abuse and hosted by the University of…
Guidance Counsellor Tackles Digital Divide
By Mike Wright “When the school call me, me never go because it no make no sense cause me nuh have no tablet and no internet fi the pickney dem…
Time to Come out of the Wilderness: Wolmer’s Boys look to capture School Challenge Quiz Title
By David Fuller In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic that has ravished Jamaica and the world, one programme – TVJ’s School’s Challenge Quiz – has stood firm and has found…
Slavery’s Legacy Still Exists in Jamaica
Despite the abolition of slavery years ago, this has not brought an end to the suffering of its descendants. This is according to Bert Samuels, Deputy Chairman of Jamaica’s National…
Demystifying COVID-19 Vaccine Myths
Dr. Adella Campbell, Head of the Caribbean School of Nursing at the University of Technology, Jamaica took time to refute the myths circulating which may prevent persons from being vaccinated…
Event Goers Justify Breach of COVID-19 Protocols
By Breanna Lewin Young people in Jamaica have been disregarding the current protocols instituted by the Government of Jamaica to protect its citizens from being infected by the COVID-19 virus…
Poet Laureate to Use Poetry to Connect Jamaicans to Culture
“Poetry is democratic and the most readily available form of art, readily accessible and available to most but yet this is often the most neglected or overlooked form of art”.…