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Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Lloyd B Smith, addressing the Young Professionals Forum, at the 36th Annual Convention of the National Association of Jamaican and Supportive Organizations (NAJASO) on Saturday July 20, at the Secrets Wild Orchid Hotel, in Montego Bay, St. James.
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Lloyd B Smith, addressing the Young Professionals Forum, at the 36th Annual Convention of the National Association of Jamaican and Supportive Organizations (NAJASO) on Saturday July 20, at the Secrets Wild Orchid Hotel, in Montego Bay, St. James.

Deputy Speaker Encourages Youth Entrepreneurship

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Lloyd B. Smith, is encouraging young people to strive to be entrepreneurs, noting that their future employment rests in that area. Mr. Smith said that increasing numbers of young professionals in both...
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot by the Taliban last year, and her father Ziauddin Yousafzai, view a variety of books and poems, letters and essays done for Malala by girls of Hampton High School in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica. Malala and her father, on Friday (July 19), visited the High Commission in London, where High Commissioner, Her Excellency, Aloun Ndombet-Assamba (right), made the presentation.
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot by the Taliban last year, and her father Ziauddin Yousafzai, view a variety of books and poems, letters and essays done for Malala by girls of Hampton High School in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica. Malala and her father, on Friday (July 19), visited the High Commission in London, where High Commissioner, Her Excellency, Aloun Ndombet-Assamba (right), made the presentation.

Shot Pakistani Schoolgirl Receives Books from Girls of Hampton
Director of Production at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Enthrose Campbell, interacts with students attending summer classes at the Sandy Park Basic School in St. Andrew on Thursday, July 18, during her presentation on the topic: ‘The Importance of Learning a Second Language’. The students are beneficiaries under the University of Technology’s (UTech) Students’ Union ‘Teach the Youth’ summer outreach programme.
Director of Production at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Enthrose Campbell, interacts with students attending summer classes at the Sandy Park Basic School in St. Andrew on Thursday, July 18, during her presentation on the topic: ‘The Importance of Learning a Second Language’. The students are beneficiaries under the University of Technology’s (UTech) Students’ Union ‘Teach the Youth’ summer outreach programme.

Students Urged to Learn a Second Language
Jamaica 4-H clubbites participate in cleaning up duties at the organisation’s annual camp held from July 5 to 12 in Rose Hall, St. Catherine.
Jamaica 4-H clubbites participate in cleaning up duties at the organisation’s annual camp held from July 5 to 12 in Rose Hall, St. Catherine.

4-H Clubbites Receive Entrepreneurial and Life Skills Training
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, listens as Executive Director, National Youth Service (NYS), Melvin Smith (right), addresses a press briefing held at the agency’s Collins Green Avenue offices in Kingston in April, to launch the NYS Summer Employment Programme. Chairman of the NYS Board, Maureen Webber, was also in attendance.
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, listens as Executive Director, National Youth Service (NYS), Melvin Smith (right), addresses a press briefing held at the agency’s Collins Green Avenue offices in Kingston in April, to launch the NYS Summer Employment Programme. Chairman of the NYS Board, Maureen Webber, was also in attendance.

NYS Introduces Work Experience Project for Tertiary Graduates

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CultureOffice of the Prime Minister

Gov’t Implementing Programmes to Improve Welfare of Children

The Government, through the Ministry of Youth and Culture, and the various child care and protection agencies, is undertaking a number of initiatives and programmes aimed at improving the welfare of the nation’s children. Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, outlined a number of these actions at Wednesday’s (July 17) Jamaica House press briefing, as she responded to...
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Culture

NYS Rebrands Summer Employment Programme

The National Youth Service (NYS) summer employment programme is being rebranded, as part of a major thrust by the NYS to reach and empower more young people with its development programmes. Executive Director of the NYS, Melvin Smith, told JIS News that the programme, which seeks to engender professional work and ethical standards in the youth, has been undergoing changes...
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CultureNational Security

Minister Bunting Commits to Deadline for Removal of Juveniles from Fort Augusta

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, has given the assurance that the Government will make good on its commitment to have all female juveniles removed from the Fort Augusta Correctional Centre by year-end. Speaking at on July 17 Jamaica House press briefing, Minister Bunting said that coming out of discussions with the Commissioner of Corrections, the relocation could be...
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Culture

Programmes of NYS to be More Responsive to Industry Needs

Executive Director of the National Youth Service (NYS), Melvin Smith, says the agency is in the process of examining all its programmes, with a view to making them more responsive to industry needs, and assisting young people with developing entrepreneurial skills. “There are not many jobs out there that they can have when they graduate from our programmes, even with...
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Culture

Youth Minister Expresses Concern Over JFJ’s Actions

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, has expressed strong concern over recent actions taken by civil society group, Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ), including the posting of a video online, which criticized the treatment of juveniles in detention. Miss Hanna stated that the information is “factually incorrect, intellectually dishonest and over-sensationalised”. She pointed out that it does not take...
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Former President of South Africa, Mr. Nelson Mandela (left), is welcomed to Jamaica by the late former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Michael Manley, when he arrived in the island in July, 1991. Mr. Mandela, who was imprisoned in South Africa for 26 years under the Apartheid regime, became the first black President of that country in 1994.
Culture

Jamaicans Encouraged to Focus on Children for Mandela Day

Jamaicans are being encouraged to join in the global call for humanitarian action by spending 67 minutes of their time serving others, specifically children, come Thursday, July 18 - Nelson Mandela International Day. The former President of South Africa gave 67 years of his life to fighting for the rights of humanity, and the day is dedicated to his life...
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