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Peace Corps Jamaica held a ‘Language and Cross Culture Day’ recently at the Colin Powell Plaza in Manor Park for its most recent group of trainees who arrived in the island earlier this month.Training Director at the Peace Corps, Sandra Anderson McClymont, told JIS News how the idea of a Cross Culture Day came about. “We came up with the...

This year’s successful stagings of the Prime Minister’s Youth Awards for Excellence and Jamaican Youth in Concert event are being attributed to the hard, collaboration and dedication of the hundreds of talented young people, and other stakeholders, who were involved. Producer of the Awards, Gregory Simms, says he is satisfied with the opportunity afforded him to work with a number...

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, says the young Jamaicans selected for the Prime Minister’s Youth Awards represent the best of Jamaica. “What you are witnessing is the excellence of the next generation that will herald a new time for courage, passion, resilience and fortitude for Jamaica to remain the best cultural capital and country in the world,”...

The Office of the Children’s Advocate (OCA) has submitted a report to the Houses of Parliament outlining a list of recommendations on how to care for children, who are deemed “uncontrollable”. The report entitled: ‘Focusing on the Uncontrollable Child: Recommendations to the Houses of Parliament’, was tabled in the Senate on Friday, March 15. In its foreword, Children’s Advocate, Diahann...

A cheque valued at $407,000 was handed over to the Child Development Agency (CDA) on Tuesday, March 12, to assist with ongoing repair work being carried out at the Muirton Boys’ Home, in Portland. The money, which was collected at this year’s staging of the National Leadership Prayer Breakfast, was handed over by the Prayer Breakfast Committee, in partnership with...

MONTEGO BAY - Executive Director of the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ), Cordel Green, says children are important stakeholders and ought to be engaged and educated about the digital economy and how it impacts their lives. "We talk about children being the future and we say these things but we don't always live them.  The Broadcasting Commission understands that this...

Young persons are again being urged to get involved in agriculture, so they can significantly contribute to the country’s food security and continued economic growth. This call came from Government Senator, Floyd Morris, as he addressed the Kingston 4-H Club’s annual Parish Achievement Day, held recently at the Excelsior High School’s Mountain View Avenue location. He said that agriculture is...

Silver Musgrave Medallist, Emmanuel ‘Rico’ Rodriquez’ was among 19 United Kingdom based ‘Reggae Ambassadors’ honoured by the Jamaican High Commission in London, at a special ceremony to mark the end of Reggae Month on Thursday, February 28. Mr. Rodriquez was officially presented with the Silver Musgrave Medal awarded to him last October by the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ). The medalsare...

Brilliant displays of innovations in science and technology shared centre stage with cultural performances, at the first national Jamaica Day celebration held last Friday, February 22, in Trelawny. While the gala event unfolded on stage and on the stadium field, with vibrant presentations in song, dance and poetry, schools from the Ministry of Education’s six regions mounted exhibits, showcasing how...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Elaine Foster Allen, has charged Jamaica’s youth to use their creative talents to develop solutions to the country’s various challenges. “The opportunities are there for you to solve problems so as young people, I would want to challenge you to look at the gifts, the talents, the abilities you have to solve problems,...

Thousands of students from across Jamaica gathered at the Trelawny Multi-Purpose Stadium on Friday February 22 to celebrate Jamaica Day 2013, in a colourful display of dance, music, speech and song. It was the first national gathering to mark the day intended to foster a spirit of patriotism. The festivities, held under the theme ‘Celebrate Jamaica: We On It’, saw...

Residents of Hanover and surrounding parishes turned out on Sunday, February 24, for the remembrance service to commemorate the 129th anniversary of the birth of National Hero, Right Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante. The event, held at his birthplace in Blenheim, featured tributes in song and dance, while representatives of the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) and the National Workers Union...