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Special Projects Officer at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Christine Ade-Gold (right), speaks to students about the agency’s Heritage Essay Competition 2013, which is open to children ages nine to 12. The occasion was the staging of the ‘Kingston 4 School and Health Fair’, at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus in Kingston, on August 22.The JIS, which mounted a booth at the event, was one of the partners in hosting the function, organised by the Introduction to Events Management course team (Cohort 14). The health fair was staged as part of Cohort 14’s practicum for the course.

Students Encouraged to Lead Healthy Lifestyles

Scores of students are now better informed about leading a healthy lifestyle, following their participation in a health fair, held at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus, in Kingston, on August 22. Staged by a group of...

Recipients of Tryall Fund Scholarships along with members of the Board, at the scholarship awards ceremony, held at the Tryall Great House in Sandy Bay, Hanover, on August 8. A sum of $4.2 million was disbursed to students from high schools, colleges and tertiary institutions for the upcoming school year.

36 Students Receive Tryall Scholarships

Participant in the Jamaica Business Development Corporation’s (JBDC), intermediate leather craft and business development skills training programme, Shanice Beckford (left) shows off her work to JBDC Trainer/Leather Craft Expert, Valentine McLean (centre); and Project Manager, Inner City Basic Services Project, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Dale Colquhoun, during the programme’s closing ceremony at the JBDC’s Incubator and Resource Centre on Marcus Garvey Drive, Kingston, on August 9.

Twenty Residents Complete JBDC Leather Craft Course

Community member John Whyte cuts the ribbon to signal the official opening of the Mt. Hannah Resource Centre in Hanover, which was established at a cost of approximately $10 million by the Mt. Hannah Primary School Past Student Association in collaboration with the Organization of International Development. Looking on (from left) are: Deputy Mayor of Lucea, Councillor Lloyd Hill; Member of Parliament, easter Hanover, Dr. D.K. Duncan; OID Head Dr. Roy Streete; Guest speaker and member of the Jamaica National Foundation, Virginia Turner and community member Nicola Brown.

$10 Million Resource Centre Opens in Eastern Hanover

Recipients of the 'Spirit of Independence Awards' from the parish of St. James display their awards at the Independence Civic Ceremony held on August 6 at the Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay. They are (from left) Madge Neil Burnett, Roy Graham, Clarice Grant, Beulah Graham, Janet Silvera, Leanora Morris, Matebel Edwards, Sylvia Brown and Oliver Townsend.

Nine Awarded for Outstanding Contribution to St. James

12 years ago Community

Rae Town Fishermen Certified Under City and Guilds

Fifteen fishermen from Rae Town in Kingston have received certification in motor vehicle and small boat repairs from internationally renowned United Kingdom vocational education organization,City and Guilds of London Institute (City & Guilds). Their training and certification was facilitated under the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) GOLA 5 Poverty Reduction Programme, funded by the European Union (EU). The participants received...

12 years ago Community

Young Cancer Patient to Benefit from Proceeds of Miss Nannyville Beauty Pageant

Thirteen-year-old cancer patient, Dillon Williams, is to benefit from the proceeds of the Mini Miss and Miss Nannyville Beauty Pageant, to be held at the Sir Howard Cooke Community Centre in Kingston, on Sunday, August 25, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Organised by the Nannyville Youth Uprising Action Club, the beauty pageant will be held under the theme: ‘Beauty with a Purpose’. Chairperson...

12 years ago CommunityEducation

ALPART Gives $2.6 Million to Assist Students

As part of its quest to support the development of children, Alumina Partners of Jamaica (Alpart), through its Community Council, has provided educational assistance to 625 students in South Manchester, and St. Elizabeth, valued at $2.6 million. Speaking at a back-to-school ceremony, held at the Alpart Sports Club, in Nain, St. Elizabeth, on August 15, Administrator of the Council, Camilla...

Member of Parliament for Eastern St. Andrew, Hon. Andre Hilton (right), assists Chief Executive Office at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Donna-Marie Rowe (left) in handing over a prize of JIS publications to nine year old Kyle Alridge of Highlight View, at the closing ceremony of the University of Technology’s Youth Summer Programme 2013 on July 26 . He was one of the top ten participants in the programme which saw the five communities of Kintyre, Tavern, Highlight View, August Town and Sandy Park benefitting. Special Projects Officer at the JIS, Christine Ade-Gold (background) looks on.

12 years ago CommunityInformation

MP Hails Positive Impact of UTECH Summer Programme

Member of Parliament for Eastern St. Andrew, Andre Hilton, has hailed the positive impact that the University of Technology’s (UTech) 2013 Summer Programme “Teach the Youth” has had on its young participants. The students were from the surrounding communities of Kintyre, Highlight View, Tavern, August Town and Sandy Park. Mr. Hylton, who was addressing the closing ceremony of the programme...

13 years ago CommunityGovernor General

Computers Donated To ‘I Believe’ Initiative

The I Believe Initiative (IBI) Villages/WIFI Centres in three rural communities have been boosted with the donation of 10 computers from the Chinese Government. The equipment were handed over to Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen by the Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Zheng Qingdian, during a ceremony at King’s House on August 2. The brand...

Wife of the Governor-General, Her Excellency the Most Hon. Lady Allen (left), officially opens the Spring Village ‘I Believe’ Medical Clinic in St. Catherine on July 30. Observing are: Chairman of the South-East Regional Health Authority (SEHRA), Mr. Littleton Shirley (second left); Rev. Norva Rodney (background), member of the Spring Village Ministers Fraternal; Ms. Norace Harris-Bolt and Ms. Jacqui Banton of the Spring Village Development Foundation’s United Kingdom Chapter; and Group Public Relations and Training Manager of Jamaica Broilers Group of Companies, Nicole Marshall-Walker (right).

13 years ago CommunityHealth & Wellness

Spring Village Development Foundation Commended

The Spring Village Development Foundation (SVDF), in St. Catherine, has been commended for its commitment to the residents in the community, and for its work in establishing a medical facility to serve more than 20,000 persons. Speaking at the official opening of Phase One of the Spring Village ‘I Believe’ medical clinic on July 30, wife of the Governor-General, Her...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell
(centre) flicks the switch to turn on lights in the communities of Wells Bottom and Goshen in St. Elizabeth. The Rural Electrification Programme
(REP) Limited provided the service to 26 houses at a cost of over $4 million. Others (from left) are: Deputy Chairman of the REP, Wesley Saulter; Member of Parliament, North East St. Elizabeth, Raymond Pryce; Councillor Donovan Pagon and Mayor of Black River, Everton Fisher.

13 years ago CommunityTechnology

Energy Minister Urges Electricity Stealers to Get Regularised

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, has urged all Jamaicans who have not already done so, to get their electricity connections regularised or prepare to face harsher penalties. “There is a significant amount of theft taking place in the country, amounting to some 15 per cent,” the Minister revealed. Mr. Paulwell was addressing residents at an...