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Jamaica's first National Youth Survey, which will provide insight into the needs of the country's young people, and their perspective on key issues, is to get underway soon. The $43 million survey, which will last for nine months, is being undertaken as part of the Inter-American Development Bank/Government of Jamaica Youth Development Programme and, according to Minister of Youth, Sports...

Jamaican-born publisher of the South Florida monthly newspaper, Caribbean Today, Mr. Peter Webley, is to be inducted into the Miami Dade College Alumni Hall of Fame, in the field of Journalism, in April. Described as one of the pioneers in Caribbean media in South Florida, Mr. Webley founded Caribbean Today in 1989. Mr. Webley told JIS News that he launched...

Portland's 4-H Clubs will be staging their annual Achievement Day function at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) on Wednesday, March 31. The day's activities will feature a number of competitive and sporting events, aimed at bringing the best performances out of the clubs and exciting the interest of patrons. Among the events will be speech making, budding...

The National Best Community Competition and Programme (NBCCP), organised through the Cabinet Office, is transforming communities, by providing them with cash incentives and technical support to undertake projects and programmes and uniting residents around the development of the areas in which they live. With a top prize of $2 million plus another $350,000 in sectional awards up for grabs, Chairperson...

As the Government moves to provide greater protection for the nation's children, a model is to be put in place to improve the way child sexual abuse cases are handled. Coming out of the 2008 Child Protection Audit, a more integrated approach to the investigation of child abuse cases will be undertaken to reduce the gap between the reporting of...

Judge of the St. James Family Court, Mrs. Sherna Reid-Cross, has called on parents and care givers to demonstrate higher levels of commitment to the upbringing of children, for them to achieve their greatest possibilities. Addressing a sensitisation workshop put on by the Office of the Children's Advocate at the Grandiosa Hotel, in Montego Bay, St. James, on March 17,...

February 13, 2002, started out like any other day for Tamara Denise Gordon, but it would end like no other. Born in Canada to Jamaican parents, the then 16-year-old high school senior and aspiring basketball player was on a skiing trip with her classmates when she had a devastating accident, with caused irreparable injury to her spinal cord. The accident...

Jamaica 4-H clubbities from early childhood institutions, primary and high schools in Manchester, showed off their skills in various areas of home economics and agriculture, as the Manchester 4-H Clubs recently staged another successful Parish Achievement Day. Under the theme: 'Youth Involvement in Local Food Production For Sustainability' the event, held at the Caribbean Christian Centre for the Deaf in...

The Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, the Honourable Olivia Grange, MP has said the induction of Jimmy Cliff into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a well deserved honour. Minister Grange said:"Jimmy Cliff is most deserving of this prestigious award. He has produced excellent music over the years and has been a fine representative of Jamaica, bringing...

It was year 2003 and 16-year old Paula Robinson had everything going for her. A promising student at the respected Excelsior High School in Kingston, the teen had risen above an unstable home life, which involved her living with various family members, to excel academically and socially. The popular, vivacious and outgoing fourth former, who had been elected Miss Excelsior,...

The old courthouse in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, will be refurbished and transformed into a thriving civic centre for residents of the community, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, has stated. Miss Grange said the hope is to convert the old site into a place of positive energy and reinforcement for the youths of the town. "A...

Government Senator, Mrs. Hyacinth Bennett, has called for the establishment of a meaningful and effective system of monitoring and reporting on the well-being of children in all state residential facilities, and that reports be made to Parliament on a timely basis. Senator Bennett made the call in a private member's motion, which was approved in the Senate on March 5....