Some 250 students from 25 secondary schools across the island are expected to converge at the St. Andrew Parish Church Hall on Friday (November 6), for the National Child Month Committee’s (NCMC) annual Youth Forum. The event, set to get underway at 10:00 am, is the final activity on the NCMC’s calendar of events for 2015. Chairman of the NCMC...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson, said there has been a steady expansion of the country’s renewable energy sector. This, he said, is due to an increase in the utilisation of alternative power solutions, by individuals and entities. “This is a significant area of growth and we are finding that many...

The Government has agreed to further assist with the education and training of  nurses, though the provision of scholarships for tertiary studies. This was revealed by Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, during a ceremony to sign a Heads of Agreement with the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ), for the contract period 2015 to 2017, at Jamaica House, on...

Commuters who travel on the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) buses now have another cashless and convenient option to pay their fares. The new device dubbed, ‘Prepaid Smarter Card’, is intended to be an alternative to cash and the Smarter Cards will be sold in values of $300, $600, $900 and $1,800. The prepaid card will be distributed by Transaction...

The Mico University College Child Assessment and Research in Education (CARE) Centre was established in 1980 through collaboration with the Ministry of Education, to meet the needs of children in Jamaica and the English-speaking Caribbean who suffer from learning disabilities and require special interventions. Thirty-five years later, the institution continues to significantly impact the lives of children who struggle to...

The Government’s increased investment in education continues to bear fruit, as evidenced by the steady improvement in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) passes over the last three years. Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, reports that the average pass rate for students from public schools, who sat English in the CSEC examinations in 2012, has increased by 10 percentage...

Debate on the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Bills has been further delayed, due to the absence of Opposition members from today’s (October 30) sitting of the Upper Chamber. Leader of Government Business, Senator Hon. A.J. Nicholson, in a statement, said whether or not the Opposition members attend next week, "certain positions will be put forward by the Government, on...