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The Seventh staging of the St. Ann Kite Festival will be held on Easter Monday (April 5) at Richmond Estate, Priory, with the organizers promising that the event will be bigger and better this year. "This year it has been transformed into an International Festival which has been branded, 'The St. Ann International Kite Festival'," principal organizer, Darien Henry, told...

The Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA) is continuing to empower youths from inner-city communities through the use of technology to help them improve their skills and interpersonal relationships. This time it is through the use of the Autoskills computer software, the acquisition of which was funded through partnership with the Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS) Foundation. The JNBS Foundation purchased the...

The Spanish Foundation of Jamaica (SPFJ) will, on Saturday, March 27, launch the second phase of the Jamaica Heritage Trail Project. In 2008, the SPFJ launched the first phase of the project, in collaboration with the Jamaica National Heritage Trust and the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), which has seen the erection and unveiling of some 11 signboards across the...

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...