Several schools across the island are set to benefit from clean up and renovation activities, as NWC staff will be volunteering their services this Labour Day 2022. As part of the company's contribution to community development, the schools were selected based on their present need and assistance required. Staff members will be lending their expertise in activities that will include...

Donor of 586 tablets to students from schools in St. Thomas and St. Catherine, Melvin McDonald (second right), presents one of the items to student from Marlie Hill Primary and Infant School, Jayeshawn Douglas (second left), during a handover ceremony. Looking on are (from left) Region Six Director, Sophia Forbes Hall and Region Two Director, Yashieka Blackwood-Grant. The ceremony was...

Ground was broken for the rehabilitation of the Salt Spring Primary and Infant School in St. James by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) on May 12. Renovation of the facility will be funded by the Government of Jamaica at a cost of more than $34 million. The project, which is being done under JSIF’s Integrated Community Development Project II...

The Universal Service Fund (USF) has engaged more than 1,500 students across Jamaica under its Technology Advancement Programme (TAP), over the past three years. The initiative, which was launched in 2017, caters to each cohort of students for 12 months, and supports Jamaica’s aim of becoming a knowledge-based society. It equips “unattached youth” with the requisite skills and experience to...

The National Museum Jamaica (NMJ), a division of the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), has launched a programme to teach students about the preservation of Jamaica’s endemic plants and animals. About 60 students and their teachers from three primary schools, as well as members of the downtown community, Kingston, will participate in a presentation on the preservation of iguanas on Tuesday,...

Another 100 schools are to be connected to the Government's wide area network by August 2022 under the National Broadband Initiative which will see Jamaica achieving universal Internet access. The schools are located in the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA) and the parishes of St. Catherine, Clarendon and Manchester. Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz, who made the disclosure...

There is an increase in the number of sexually involved youth, pregnancies and related ills, and more actions are needed to reduce these incidents. So said Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, who was delivering the keynote address at the National Family Planning Board (NFPB) Yute Expression Official Launch and Awards Ceremony, held...