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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...

A book about one of Jamaica's National Heroes was recently launched in Toronto, Canada. 'Daddy Sharpe', written by Jamaican-born educator, Mr. Fred Kennedy, and published in 2008, is a "narrative of the life and adventures of Samuel Sharpe, a West Indian slave, written by himself." Mr. Kennedy, who was a teacher in Toronto for many years and then returned to...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator the Hon. Arthur Williams, has appealed to service clubs to redouble their efforts to save Jamaica's youths. Senator Williams made the call while speaking on Saturday (October 31) at The Optimist Club of Christiana's Awards and Installation Banquet, at the Holmwood Technical High School, Christiana in Manchester....

Activities marking Youth Month this year are being celebrated in November and December, under the theme: 'Jamaican Youth, Embracing Support". The activities, organised by the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, through the National Centre for Youth Development (NCYD), got underway on Sunday (November 1) with a Youth Explosion service at the Emmanuel Apostolic Church, Portmore, St. Catherine. They will...

"This is the greatest political leader this country has ever produced," veteran journalist and author, Ken Jones, described the subject of his new book, "Notes, Quotes and Anecdotes (of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante)", at its launch last night at King's House. Mr. Jones told a large audience, which filled out the seats in the King's House...