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Director for Environmental Management and Conservation at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Anthony McKenzie addresses a community meeting at Oswald’s restaurant, in Alligator Pond Manchester, where he urged property owners impacted by beach erosion to make contact with NEPA before erecting any personal solution.
Director for Environmental Management and Conservation at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Anthony McKenzie addresses a community meeting at Oswald’s restaurant, in Alligator Pond Manchester, where he urged property owners impacted by beach erosion to make contact with NEPA before erecting any personal solution.

Property Owners Affected By Beach Erosion Urged To Contact NEPA

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is urging property owners impacted by beach erosion to make contact with the authority before effecting any personal solution. This is in order to avoid being served with an enforcement notice. The caution...
Sherine Mullings Hughes (centre), is congratulated by Pastor of the Kitson Town Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Circuit of Churches, Wayne Smikle (2nd right), on her performance in the Caribbean Secondary Education Council (CSEC) tests. Looking on (from left) are: Vice Principals of the Kitson Town SDA Evening Institute, Granville Deleon and Errol Martin; Principal of Westmore College in St. Catherine, Leanora Taylor; and Chairman of the College, Dr. Horace Wright.
Sherine Mullings Hughes (centre), is congratulated by Pastor of the Kitson Town Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Circuit of Churches, Wayne Smikle (2nd right), on her performance in the Caribbean Secondary Education Council (CSEC) tests. Looking on (from left) are: Vice Principals of the Kitson Town SDA Evening Institute, Granville Deleon and Errol Martin; Principal of Westmore College in St. Catherine, Leanora Taylor; and Chairman of the College, Dr. Horace Wright.

Second Chance for High School Dropout
Attorney-at-law and business analyst, Dennis Richards, questions a group, comprising students, parents and volunteers at the August Town Community Centre, following his presentation during the empowerment segment of the Teach the Youth programme, now underway in that community.
Attorney-at-law and business analyst, Dennis Richards, questions a group, comprising students, parents and volunteers at the August Town Community Centre, following his presentation during the empowerment segment of the Teach the Youth programme, now underway in that community.

Youth Encouraged to Use Education to Combat Poverty
(From left): Principal, Austin Primary School, Joney Smith; School Board member, Ervin Belinfante; Education Officer, Leeladee Gayle; General Manager, Finance, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Orville Hill; and Chairman of the School Board, Basil Bennett; participate in the signing ceremony for improvement works at the school located in St. Elizabeth. Procurement Officer, JSIF, Stephan Sinclair, observes.
(From left): Principal, Austin Primary School, Joney Smith; School Board member, Ervin Belinfante; Education Officer, Leeladee Gayle; General Manager, Finance, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Orville Hill; and Chairman of the School Board, Basil Bennett; participate in the signing ceremony for improvement works at the school located in St. Elizabeth. Procurement Officer, JSIF, Stephan Sinclair, observes.

Two St. Elizabeth Schools to be Upgraded at Cost of $29 Million
Vice President, Community Service and Development, University of Technology (UTech), Professor Rosalea Hamilton, addresses the launch of the15th annual ‘Teach the Youth’ programme, at the University of Technology’s (UTech) Technology Innovation Centre on Friday, July 4.
Vice President, Community Service and Development, University of Technology (UTech), Professor Rosalea Hamilton, addresses the launch of the15th annual ‘Teach the Youth’ programme, at the University of Technology’s (UTech) Technology Innovation Centre on Friday, July 4.

800 Youth to Benefit from UTech Summer Programme

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New York Kiwanians To Host Children’s Wellness Project In St. Ann

Kiwanians from several clubs in New York will visit Jamaica from August 28 to 31, to conduct a Children’s Wellness Service Project in Runaway Bay, St. Ann. The Kiwanis will partner with the Discovery Bay Kiwanis club for a service project to provide children in the Runaway Bay area with back to school supplies, wellness education, and dental hygiene materials,...
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Cultural Centre Opens in Montego Bay

Montego Bay, the second city, now has a Cultural Centre, as the facility was officially opened in Sam Sharpe Square, on Friday, July 11. Formerly the Montego Bay Civic Centre, the facility has undergone major refurbishing, courtesy of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF).  The centre houses an art gallery, a museum, a space for the performing arts, a bistro, an...
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Students of the Clarence Brimm Basic School in Trelawny, perform a song during the contract signing ceremony for the upgrading of the institution, held on the school grounds on Friday, July 4. The $36 million project is being funded by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF).
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JSIF Signs $36 Million Contract for Upgrading of Trelawny Basic School

The Clarence Brimm Basic School, located in Troy, Southern Trelawny, is to be extensively refurbished at a cost of $36 million. The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and community representatives signed the contract to facilitate the works, at a ceremony held on the school grounds on Friday, July 4. The project, to be undertaken over a four-month period, includes construction...
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Chief Executive Officer, Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica, Dennis Chung, addresses a National Youth Service (NYS) Summer Programme orientation session held on Wednesday (July 2), at the Merl Grove High School in Kingston.
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4,900 Youth To Benefit From NYS Summer Programme

A total of 4,900 young people will benefit from valuable work experience during the months of July and August, under the National Youth Service (NYS) Summer Programme. The youngsters, ages 17 to 24 years, will be placed in various entities for a period of three weeks, where they will gain some of the necessary skills for the world of work....
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Chief Strategic Planner, Carrington Morgan (left), outlining details of Gas Products Limited’s (GASPRO) ‘Street Style Cook-Up’ Initiative. Listening keenly is Community Renewal Programme (CRP) Socio-economic Development Technical Specialist at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Charmaine Brimm.
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PIOJ Partners with GASPRO to Uplift Inner-City Communities

The overwhelming response to the first ‘Street Style Cook-Up’ initiative in Kingston earlier this year, sponsored by cooking gas company, Gas Products Limited (GASPRO), bodes well for other sections of the island being targeted over the next four years. This unique project, being implemented in partnership with the Community Renewal Programme (CRP) of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) and...
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Special Projects Officer at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Christine Ade-Gold, assists six year-old student of St. John’s Primary School, Zakiya Wilson to read one of the publications that were being distributed during Kitson Town All Age School’s Career Day on Friday, June 13. The event was held under the theme, “Preparing our Students for the 21st Century.”
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Kitson Town All Age Forging Partnerships for Development

The administrators, teachers, volunteers and stakeholders of Kitson Town All-Age School are forming useful partnerships aimed at further developing the institution. These partnerships involve infrastructure improvement and the establishment of support organisations. “Support is not all where we want it to be, but where we can partner we do that,” Principal of the St. Catherine-based school, Nerica Powell-Hay, told JIS...
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Development Programmes Being Rolled Out in North Trelawny

Attorney General, Hon. Patrick Atkinson, Q.C., says increased focus will be placed on agriculture, education, and sport in the constituency of North Trelawny. Mr. Atkinson, who is also Member of Parliament (MP) for that constituency, said the money will be taken from the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) to support these areas. He was making his contribution to the 2014/15 Sectoral...
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