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Two hundred and seventy-five young persons, drawn from several parishes, have completed a four-week training programme in emergency management and mitigation at the National Youth Service (NYS) training site, Chestervale Campus, St. Andrew. Packages and awards were presented to the graduates at a closing ceremony held Wednesday June 17 at the training site. Guest speaker was His Worship the Mayor...

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, has said that the Government is working to make the country's justice system more efficient and fairer to women and girls. "The Bureau of Women's Affairs has made a submission to the Jamaican Justice System Reform Task Force on a number of ways to provide women and girls equal protection under...

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Desmond McKenzie, has added to the call for compulsory national youth service for out-of-school young people. Speaking at the closing ceremony for the Emergency Response Training programme on June 17 at the National Youth Service (NYS) training site in Chestervale, St. Andrew, Mayor McKenzie said the high unemployment rate among young people, underachievement at school, and...

The National Youth Service (NYS) is implementing a pilot project, aimed at empowering out-of-school young people and providing them with skills through training programmes. "This pilot will begin this year and by next year we will be able to, on account of the lessons from the pilot, make a more deliberate and dispassionate determination about how we go forward in...

The relationship between environmental preservation and the nation's obligation to its children, was the main focus of an information fair and mini exhibition, sponsored by the National Task Force on Child Abuse Prevention, at the Port Maria Primary School, St. Mary on Wednesday (June 10). The fair was held in response to several letters sent to Prime Minister the Hon....

A month-long programme of activities, to celebrate the culture and heritage of Caribbean-Americans in Brooklyn U.S.A, was launched earlier this week at the Borough's municipal building in New York. Members of the Caribbean Consular Corps and political representatives in New York attended the event, which is in observance of June as Caribbean American Heritage Month across the United States (US)....

Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Sheila Campbell-Forrester, has said that the Ministry is placing increased focus on pre-adolescent and adolescent health, to ensure that the country's youth are healthy and are able to achieve their full potential. "Life is a continuum and our childhood experiences impact on adolescence and carry through into adulthood," she stated as...

The Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) Joan Gordon-Webley, has said that the agency is committed to improving National Heroes Park as a place of national pride and safe relaxation for all. "Heroes Park is coming under some special treatment. Very soon I am going to invite all the Ministries in and around National Heroes Park...

The Louise Bennett-Coverley All-Age School in East Rural St. Andrew, formerly Gordon Town All-Age, was officially reopened and renamed on Thursday(June 4). Nestled in the foothills of the Blue Mountains, along the Mavis Bank main road, the school has an enrollment of 695 students, with 21 teachers on staff. It provides quality primary education for children of Gordon Town, Middleton,...

Jamaica's heritage, culture and food are on display at Royal Mail's 'One World Week' event, being held to celebrate multi-culturalism and diversity in the United Kingdom (UK) postal service. The activity is being staged at Phoenix Centre, Mount Pleasant, in London, England. The Jamaica Information Service (JIS), the Jamaican High Commission, Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) and Jamaica Trade and Invest...

Three members of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), who are currently in London doing their postgraduate diplomas in Events Management & Public Relations, called on Jamaica's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Burchell Whiteman, on May 22. High Commissioner Whiteman, who was responsible for the cultural agency when he was Minister of Education and Culture, commended them on the...

Gold Musgrave medals have been awarded to four cultural groups, which represent the "richness, vibrancy and dynamism" of Jamaican culture, by the Institute of Jamaica. The groups, the Rastafari Movement, the Accompong Maroons, St. Elizabeth; the Watt Town Revival Group, St. Ann; and the Port Morant Kumina Group, St. Thomas, were recognised for their accomplishments and sterling contributions to cultural...