This year’s National Heritage Week will be celebrated under the theme, “My Expressions, My Traditions, My Jamaica”, which will run from October 12 to 20, 2014. The celebrations will kickstart with a National Thanksgiving Church Service organized by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), an agency of the Ministry of Youth and Culture on Sunday, October 12. The Service will...

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, is encouraging parents to instill good oral health practices in their children from the earliest age possible. She contended that if proper oral care is encouraged at an early stage, it is likely that this will be practised throughout a person’s adult life. Minister Hanna, who was speaking at the launch of...

Kemar Rose is a happy and grateful young man today. The final year student at the University of the West Indies (UWI) is looking towards an exciting future in events and production management, thanks to the valuable training and work experience being gained at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC). He is among a group of 50 youngsters, ages 17...

South Africans and Jamaicans were treated to a symbolic and historic event on September 6 in Pretoria, as Poet Laureates of Jamaica and South Africa, Professor Mervyn Morris and Professor Keorapetse Kgositsile respectively, shared the stage at the National Library, at a Poetry Reading. This was held to commemorate the 20th anniversary of South Africa’s democracy as well as the...

Fifty students from the Brown’s Town Community College are to benefit from $5 million in scholarships under the Government’s Access to Higher Education Partnership (AHEP) programme. Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna and officials from the St. Ann-based institution, on September 11 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate the awards, during a launching ceremony held on...

Residents of the Goodwin Park Boys Hostel, operated under the Possibility Programme, are now benefitting from a reading room, outfitted with over 800 books. The reading room, which was established by the National Youth Service (NYS) in collaboration with the Rotary Club of St. Andrew, was unveiled on Monday, September 8, at the hostel’s premises on South Camp Road, Kingston....

The National Secondary Students Council (NSSC) has extended the nomination period for positions on its executive body to Tuesday, September 30, 2014. The NSSC is the Umbrella Organization for Students’ Councils across Jamaica and represents over 300,000 students in all public secondary institutions. The NSSC is a student advocacy movement which seeks to promote student interests and rights, while encouraging...