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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...

The Episcopal Church of the Holy Family will present its second annual Concert series 'Encore and More' with two events next weekend (September 11 and 12) at its North Miami location. Under the distinguished patronage of the Jamaican Consul General, Sandra Grant Griffiths, the event will again showcase a high calibre of Jamaican talent including, opera singer, Rory Baugh and...

The Government is constantly seeking to ensure that Jamaica's athletes remain free of prohibited substances. To this end, the administration has passed the Anti-doping legislation and established the Jamaica Anti-doping Commission (JADCO), demonstrating the high level of importance it attaches to dealing with this matter. This was noted by Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, in an...

Two South Florida students have come out on top in the annual Jamaica Independence Essay Competition in Florida. They are 14 year-old, Diamond Cunningham, a student at Pembroke Pines Charter High School; and nine year old Deianeira Hoffenden, who attends St. Bartholomew Catholic School, both residents of South Florida. The winners were selected from a group of 25 entries, each...

Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks has called on Jamaicans in the Diaspora to use their talents and resources to help in the development of the country. "We cannot allow the challenges to our society to stea1 our will; rather we must seek out the opportunities afforded by global communities and show to the world that we...