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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...

The channels for youth advocacy, discussion and mainstreaming at the highest level on issues impacting them, have been further enhanced with the establishment of the National Youth Parliamentary Committee Watch (NYPW). An affiliate of the National Centre for Youth Development (NYCD), in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, the NYPW was established out of a recommendation by members of...

November 5, 2009 - Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Youth Sports and Culture, Senator Warren Newby, said that the launch of the National Youth Parliamentary Watch Committee will help put an end to the traditional notion that 'youth must be seen and not heard'. Speaking at the launch of the committee this afternoon (Thursday), Senator Newby said: "We recognise...

A press briefing to launch the 17th annual St. Elizabeth Homecoming Week celebration will be held on Wednesday, November 11, at the Medallion Hall Hotel, St. Andrew. Guest speaker at the press briefing will be the Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange. Other speakers include Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton and Chairman of...

The Jamaica Association of Young Professionals (JAYP), will be hosting its inaugural Leadership Conference this month, to provide training for young professionals who want to bring about significant change in their organisations. The conference, which is titled, 'Transformational Leadership: A Leadership Conference for Professionals', will be staged at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in Kingston, on November 18 and 19 from...