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Scholarships valued at approximately $500,000 were awarded to three students of high schools in western Jamaica by the St. James 4-H Advisory Council, at a press conference at the Sunset Beach Resort, Spa and Water Park, Montego Bay on Tuesday (September 28). Recipients of the 4-H's 10th annual presentations of scholarships were: Vanessa Anglin, University of Technology (UTech), who received...

Jamaica's Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, the Hon Olivia Grange, has appealed to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to assist Latin America and the Caribbean to develop, promote and preserve their rich cultural heritage. Addressing the 2010 Seminar on Culture and Development, sponsored by IDB at its headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday (September 28), Miss Grange urged the...

Jazz aficionados in South Florida will enjoy the music of the late Jamaican tenor saxophonist, Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair, at the 14th Annual Miami Jazz Film Festival, on Saturday (October 2) at the WDNA Jazz Gallery in Miami. The tribute to Gaynair is one of several performances on the programme for the four-day Festival, which begins Thursday (September 30) and ends...

A technical centre developed by the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), was officially opened by International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) President, Joseph Sepp Blatter, at the Bowl of Excellence, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, St. Andrew, on (September 27). The technical centre is expected to boost the JFF's football development programme for all male and female age groups...

Minister of Water and Housing and Member of Parliament for North West St. James, Dr. Horace Chang, has commended the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) for restoring hope to youths in troubled communities. "The crime and associated problems and challenges faced in Jamaica, cannot be solved only by policing. The short and long term solution is to restore hope...

Persons submitting applications for the Prime Minister's Youth Awards 2010 must do so by October 1. The gala event, being organised by the National Centre for Youth Development (NCYD), youth arm of the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, will be held on Sunday, November 28. Youth Information Specialist at the NCYD, Rochelle Brooks, told JIS News that nomination forms...

Health Minister, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, has informed that the Ministry's children's portfolio, including the Child Development Agency (CDA) and the Office of the Children's Registry, is to be transferred to the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture. The Minister made the disclosure as he delivered the opening presentation of the Social Policy section of the 2010/11 Sectoral Debate, in the...

Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon Sir Patrick Allen, has exhorted youths who have achieved excellence in various fields not to use the awards for "bragging rights", but as a stepping stone to higher achievements. He was speaking on Tuesday (September 21), at the Kiwanis Club of Kingston's Youth in Excellence Awards ceremony, held at the Wyndham Kingston Hotel,...

Governor-General, His Excellency The Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen is urging the country's young people to believe in their ability to achieve excellence. He noted that too often "people settle for mediocrity, but in order for you to achieve your goals you have to believe in excellence". "No matter how high the goals seem to be, you can and must...

Some 30 counsellors and volunteers attached to the Victim Support Unit (VSU) islandwide commenced a two day training workshop aimed at equipping them to better assist child victims and witnesses who have to appear before the courts. The workshop, which is being held at the Knutsford Court Hotel from September 8th to 9th, forms part of the Children in Court...

Author and motivational speaker, Leevon Phillips, says young people should focus on career paths rather than settling for hype and slothful culture, or believing that the best thing after secondary education is to work and ignore further studies. Speaking Friday (September 3), at a National Youth Service (NYS) closing ceremony for 49 youth participants in their Business Administration programme at...

Kingston, September 2, 2010 - The Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, the Honourable Olivia Grange, MP has announced that the the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) have agreed to collaborate in the staging of an anti-doping seminar at the Mona Campus on September 18. The decision was made today (Thursday) at a...