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Seventeen young people and one organisation were yesterday (December 6) honoured for outstanding achievement in various fields, at the 11th staging of the Prime Minister's Youth Awards for Excellence. Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, made the presentations at a ceremony held at Emancipation Park in Kingston. The youth awardees, who were selected from a total of 27 nominees are:...

Seventy participants in the National Youth Service (NYS) Teacher's Assistant Programme, graduated on December 4, in a ceremony held at the Ridgemount United Church Hall, in Mandeville, Manchester. Acting Executive Director of the NYS, Anthony Woodburn, said that the Teacher's Assistant Programme came about as a result of the need to provide help for teachers islandwide. "The Teacher's Assistant Programme...

The parish of St. Elizabeth has copped top place in the inaugural Social Development Commission (SDC) National Debating Competition with prizes of $30,000 and a trophy. The awards were held at the Fellowship Tabernacle in Mandeville Manchester on Wednesday, December 2. Member of the winning team, Jermaine Porter, told JIS News that he and his teammates had served as youth...

It will definitely be a family affair for the Prime Minister's Youth Awards on Sunday (December 6) at Emancipation Park in Kingston, as the show will feature, mother and daughter, brothers, and entire families performing. Among those confirmed to perform are reggae singer Alaine and her mother Myrna; gospel DJ Goddy Goddy and his brother Ryan Mark; as well as...

President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Glendon Harris, is urging citizens to actively support the 'Eat Jamaica' campaign by consuming more locally-produced food. "In the same breath, we also urge the farmers to increase production and offer high quality, value-added products, with attractive packaging," Mr. Harris said, as he addressed the 6th anniversary function of the 'Eat Jamaica' campaign...

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, has issued a statement following an emergency meeting with the management of the Possibility Programme. The meeting was convened following a newspaper report, which alleged that a boy, who lived on the street, had been denied entry to the programme. The boy is now in the care and protection of the...

Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, Senator Warren Newby, is advocating for a national recreation policy. He made the suggestion at the National Child Month Committee's (NCMC) Youth Forum 2009, at the St. Andrew Parish Church Hall in Kingston, Friday (November 27). Senator Newby said the recreation policy would "look at the spaces that are available...

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, has described the statue of the Hon. Herb McKenley, which was unveiled at the National Stadium in Kingston yesterday (November 25), as a symbol of "passion, dedication and determination". "Generations of Jamaicans will look up at this monument of Herb and be inspired. It will remind us of the glory of...

Citizens of Clarendon will get their chance to contribute to the national discussion on compensation for slavery, when the National Commission on Reparations holds sittings in the parish this Friday, November 27. A public meeting, slated for the St. Gabriel's Anglican Church Hall on Church Street in May Pen, beginning at 5:00 p.m., will follow a session for secondary level...

President elect of the Atlanta Jamaica Association (AJA), Mr. Errol Ritchie, has said that the organisation will be seeking to establish a centre for Jamaican culture, which will provide information, and counselling services to its members and the wider Jamaican community. The facility, he said, would also serve as the Association's headquarters and assist Jamaicans in the pursuit of their...

The Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Olivia Grange, has assured youth advocates who participated in Youth Parliament today (Monday Nov 9) that their concerns, deliberations and recommendations would not be ignored. Minister Grange told the seventh Youth Parliament that the Government was eager to hear the youth perspective on important national issues. Minister Grange said:"I want to make it...

Career opportunities in tourism available to young people, were highlighted by Director General in the Ministry of Tourism, Miss Carole Guntley, at a Tourism Youth Expo and Career Fair, held in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on November 5. Miss Guntley, who deputised for Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, told the young people that their support and co-operation with the tourist...