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A youth advisory council is to be set up, with the appointed members to meet with Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange on a quarterly basis, to review priority policies and programme geared at youth development. Minister Grange, who made the announcement during her contribution to the 2010/11 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives yesterday (February...

Archival materials belonging to Jamaica’s late Ambassador of Culture, Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley (Miss Lou), will be turned over to McMaster University, located in Hamilton, Canada. The presentation will take place on Sunday, February 13, during an event dubbed, ‘Walk Good: A Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Miss Lou', which will be held at McMaster University’s DeGroote School of...

Jamaica's High Commissioner to Canada, Her Excellency Sheila Sealy Monteith, has called on Jamaicans in Canada to start planning events to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Jamaica's Independence in 2012. Speaking recently with Jamaicans living in Montreal, the High Commissioner urged them to put in place an organising committee to lead the planning and implementation of the activities “to mark...

The internationally acclaimed National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica (NDTC) returns to South Florida on February 13 for a special one night performance at the Coral Springs Center for the Performing Arts. The performance, in observance of Black History Month in February, will pay tribute to late Vice Chancellor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Rex...

The fourth annual Louise Bennett-Coverley Reading Festival, which takes place next Tuesday (February 1), will mark the beginning of activities observing February as Black History Month, at the South Regional Broward College Library in Pembroke Pines. Under the patronage of Jamaica’s Consul General, Sandra Grant Griffiths, the festival will feature a panel discussion titled “Mi Fren’ Miss Lou – Then...

Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, Senator Warren Newby, has said that Government’s injection of $20 million into the Jamaica Youth Business Trust for on lending to youth businesses, signals its support for youth development. “We have revamped the youth entrepreneurship programme, through the capitalization of the Jamaica Youth Business Trust to the tune of $20...

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Olivia Grange, said that the Government is committed to putting systems and programmes in place to foster the advancement of the country’s youth as a key part of the national development process. She said that the focus on youth development remains a top priority despite severe financial constraints.  “The Government has been honest with...

Thirty-two outstanding young people from across the island were recognised for achievements in various fields at the Prime Minister’s Youth Awards for Excellence held last evening January 23 on the lawns of Jamaica House. The awards ceremony rebranded: ‘Celebrating Youth and the Prime Minister’s Youth Awards,’ was organised by the National Centre for Youth Development (NCYD) in the Ministry of...

Nicola Gaye Maxwell and Tyrone Wilson are two outstanding young people, who have been nominated for the coveted and prestigious Prime Minister’s Youth Awards. Both have hailed the awards as an excellent medium to highlight the work of young people and motivate them to achieve their best. “The PM’s youth award is a very good medium to highlight that there...

Acting Commissioner of Corrections, Lieutenant Colonel Shawn Prendergast, says construction of the Metcalfe Street Juvenile Remand Facility for boys, should be completed as early as February. Reporting to a meeting of Parliament’s Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) on Wednesday (January 19) at Gordon House, Lt. Col. Prendergast said, on completion, the facility can house more than 200 inmates. "So...

The world watched in bewilderment and disbelief as a series of unfortunate events descended on Haiti in 2010, topped by the devastating earthquake of January 12. But, a group of professionals, organized by the Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College Past Students Association and led by chairperson of its central executive branch, Carol Grant-Gordon, were not satisfied being mere onlookers. Plans were...

Jamaicans, who plan to leave their children behind to seek opportunities abroad, are being urged to prepare their children for the event. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative, Robert Fuderich, said that parents have a responsibility to prepare children for the effects of migration, as well as to protect them as best as possible from the negative effects. Mr. Fuderich...