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Custos of St. Catherine, Hon. Inylin Golding

St Catherine Custos launches counselling programme

Residents of St. Catherine are set to benefit from a counselling and mentorship programme instituted by Custos of the parish, Hon. Inylin Golding, and facilitated by Justices of the Peace (JPs). The community support programme will be held every Thursday...

Guidance Counsellor with the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Kadean Flemings-Gordon (right), shows children something interesting on her laptop computer during a trauma counselling session at the Bath Methodist Chapel in Bath, St. Thomas on Friday (October 22).
As part of its response mechanism, the CPFSA is conducting a series of trauma counselling sessions for the children impacted by the recent abductions and violent incidents in Bath, St. Thomas.
The sessions are geared at alleviating the high levels of stress, anxiety and fear currently being experienced by the children in the area. — Guidance Counsellor with the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Kadean Flemings-Gordon (right), shows children something interesting on her laptop computer during a trauma counselling session at the Bath Methodist Chapel in Bath, St. Thomas on Friday (October 22). As part of its response mechanism, the CPFSA is conducting a series of trauma counselling sessions for the children impacted by the recent abductions and violent incidents in Bath, St. Thomas. The sessions are geared at alleviating the high levels of stress, anxiety and fear currently being experienced by the children in the area.

PHOTOS: CPFSA Conducts Grief Counselling In St. Thomas

Monitoring Officer in the Southern Region of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Julia Wesley Wyndham.

Training for Managers Assigned to Residential Childcare Facilities

State Minister, Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Homer Davis, converses with Minister of State for Health and Wellness and Member of Parliament, St. Andrew West Rural, Juliet Cuthbert- Flynn, during a tour of the Lawrence Tavern Division, recently. Lawrence Tavern is one of five communities selected for upgrading under the $650-Million Rural Development Programme.

PHOTOS: Homer Davis Tours Lawrence Tavern Division

Member of Parliament for the St. Andrew West Rural and Minister of State for Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn.

Mount Ogle to Lawrence Tavern Roadway to be Rehabilitated

Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness and Member of Parliament for St. Andrew West Rural, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (right), assists young Melissa Samuels in putting on her mask during a recent tour of communities in the constituency.

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Golden Valley to Get Community Park

Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness and Member of Parliament for St. Andrew West Rural, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, says a community park is to be established in Golden Valley in her constituency. Mrs. Cuthbert-Flynn, who was making her contribution to the State of the Constituency Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (October 5), informed...

5 years ago CommunityDevelopment

MP Welcomes Plans To Upgrade Lawrence Tavern

Member of Parliament for St. Andrew West Rural, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, is welcoming the infrastructural improvements to be undertaken in Lawrence Tavern under the Government’s rural development programme. She noted that the town centre has outgrown its space. “The square is congested and is badly in need of reconfiguring, so I look forward to what’s to come for the people...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses the virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (October 6).

5 years ago CabinetCommunityDevelopmentEnvironment

Cabinet Approves Greater Bernard Lodge Privatisation Transaction Strategy

Cabinet has given approval for the Transaction Strategy and Implementation Phase for the privatisation of the Greater Bernard Lodge (GBL) Development Project Lands. The objective of the privatisation is to attract private-sector investment to build out the GBL Development. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, made the disclosure while addressing Wednesday’s (October 6) virtual post-Cabinet press briefing....

State Minister in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne (left) presents 103-year-old James Fagan (seated right) of Wild Cane District, St. Ann with a gift basket on Friday (October 1) in recognition of International Day of Older Persons. Sharing in the moment is Mr. Fagan

5 years ago Community

NCSC Honours 103-Year-Old James Fagan

The National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC) on Friday (October 1) paid homage to 103-year-old James Fagan of Wild Cane District, Mount Moriah, St. Ann, as the country marked International Day of Older Persons. International Day of Older Persons, which falls during the celebration of Senior Citizens’ Week from September 26 to October 1, 2021, in Jamaica, was observed under...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams.

5 years ago Community

Rae Town And Surrounding Communities Get Children’s Park

The Kiwanis Club of Downtown Kingston Children’s Park was officially opened on Thursday (September 30), during a ceremony held virtually. The park, which is located next to the Machado Complex on Lower South Camp Road, was recently refurbished to facilitate recreational activities in a beautiful green space created for the children of Rae Town and surrounding communities. It boasts a...

Head, Special Projects Unit, Surveys Division, Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Philone Mantock

5 years ago Community

STATIN interviewers trained to handle hesitancy

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) says its interviewers are trained to deal with hesitancy when conducting surveys. The comment was made by Head of the Special Projects Unit, Surveys Division at STATIN, Philone Mantock at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ in Kingston where the 2021 Reproductive Health Survey (RHS) was being discussed. “In terms of hesitancy,...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), Kaysia Kerr.

5 years ago CommunityYouth

Npsc Provides Support for Parents to Monitor Children

The National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) is providing guidance to parents for monitoring children’s activities in remote learning. For the 2021/2022 academic year, which began September 6, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information announced that remote learning would be undertaken due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. To facilitate this, students have been furnished with online or computer-aided learning, audiovisual...