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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second left), along with (from left) Acting Director, Safety and Security in Schools Unit, Ministry of Education Youth and Information, Richard Troupe; Tacius Golding High School student, Christopher Wallace; Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Hiromasa Yamazaki; School Principal, Lena Russell; Board Chairman, Rev. Futtremann White; and student at the institution, Kevin Foster, display a symbolic cheque for grant funds totalling US$135,223 (J$15 million) to purchase two buses for the school. The grant-signing ceremony was held at the Japanese Ambassador’s residence in Kingston, on Wednesday (November 27). The institution is situated in West Central St. Catherine, for which Dr. Tufton is the Member of Parliament.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second left), along with (from left) Acting Director, Safety and Security in Schools Unit, Ministry of Education Youth and Information, Richard Troupe; Tacius Golding High School student, Christopher Wallace; Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Hiromasa Yamazaki; School Principal, Lena Russell; Board Chairman, Rev. Futtremann White; and student at the institution, Kevin Foster, display a symbolic cheque for grant funds totalling US$135,223 (J$15 million) to purchase two buses for the school. The grant-signing ceremony was held at the Japanese Ambassador’s residence in Kingston, on Wednesday (November 27). The institution is situated in West Central St. Catherine, for which Dr. Tufton is the Member of Parliament.

Gov’t Of Japan Funding Purchase Of Two Buses For Tacius Golding High School

The Government of Japan has earmarked grant funding totalling J$15 million (US$135,223) to purchase two school buses for Tacius Golding High School in St. Catherine. The allocation has been provided under the Japanese Government’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security...
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean, speaking during Wednesday’s (November 27) signing of a 10-year memorandum of understanding between the Government and City & Guilds Group at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean, speaking during Wednesday’s (November 27) signing of a 10-year memorandum of understanding between the Government and City & Guilds Group at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew.

Gov’t And City & Guilds Group Sign 10-Year Skills Development Agreement
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), applauds after unveiling the plaque commemorating the official renaming of the Spalding High School, Alphansus Davis High. At left is the former principal in whose honour the institution has been renamed. The ceremony was held at the school grounds in Clarendon on November 19.  
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), applauds after unveiling the plaque commemorating the official renaming of the Spalding High School, Alphansus Davis High. At left is the former principal in whose honour the institution has been renamed. The ceremony was held at the school grounds in Clarendon on November 19.  

PM Hails Alphansus Davis for 31 Years of Service to Education
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), shares a light moment with (from second left) Chairperson, NCB Foundation, Thalia Lyn; College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) students Jovan Thompson and Chenille Humes; and Chairman of the Economic Growth Council (EGC), Michael Lee-Chin. Occasion was a media briefing at the Ministry’s St. Lucia Avenue office in New Kingston on Wednesday (November 20), to provide details about an 11-month agricultural training programme in Israel for 15 students of CASE.
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), shares a light moment with (from second left) Chairperson, NCB Foundation, Thalia Lyn; College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) students Jovan Thompson and Chenille Humes; and Chairman of the Economic Growth Council (EGC), Michael Lee-Chin. Occasion was a media briefing at the Ministry’s St. Lucia Avenue office in New Kingston on Wednesday (November 20), to provide details about an 11-month agricultural training programme in Israel for 15 students of CASE.

15 Case Students To Study Agriculture In Israel
The Rural Water Supply Limited yesterday (November 20) commissioned a rainwater harvesting system at the Lawrence Tavern Primary School.
The Rural Water Supply Limited yesterday (November 20) commissioned a rainwater harvesting system at the Lawrence Tavern Primary School.

Golden Hill, Two West Rural St. Andrew Schools benefit from Water Systems

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Social Anthropologist at the University of the West Indies, Dr. Herbert Gayle, speaks at the Lucea United Church Family Life Ministries Public Lecture, held at the Bioprist in Lucea, Hanover, on Tuesday, November 19. The session addressed the topic of Good Parenting.
CommunityEducation

Residents Of Hanover Attend Session On Good Parenting

Scores of residents in Hanover were exposed to the virtues of good parenting and partnership at a recent public lecture in the parish. The event, held at the Bioprist in Lucea on Tuesday, November 19, was organised by the Lucea United Church Family Life Ministries, in celebration of National Parent Month 2019 (November), under the theme ‘Be the Positive Influence:...
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Commissioner of Corrections, Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Gary Rowe, presents a plaque to Assistant Superintendent and English teacher, South Camp Juvenile Correctional and Remand Centre for Girls, Nadra Barnett. Occasion was the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) Juvenile Services Unit awards ceremony at Curphey Place, St. Andrew, on Tuesday (November 19).
EducationYouth

DCS Awards Wards And Staff For CSEC Success

Wards at the island’s three juvenile correctional centres who were successful in the 2019 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, and teachers and other staff who helped to prepare them, were recognised by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) on Tuesday (November 19). The children and members of staff are drawn from the Hill Top Juvenile Correctional Centre in St....
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (right), serves breakfast, which he prepared, to student of Holland Primary School in St. Elizabeth, Janessa Clarke, during the Eat Jamaican School Tour at the institution on Friday (November 15).
AgricultureEducation

School Breakfast Programme Being Revitalized in St. Elizabeth

Over 2,000 acres of farmland on the Holland Estate in St. Elizabeth have been purposed to grow produce for the school breakfast programme for students that is being revitalized across the parish. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, made the announcement during the Eat Jamaican School Tour at Holland Primary School...
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Wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (right), engages with Head of the School of Business and Entrepreneurial Studies, Excelsior Community College, Gwyneth Jackson (left) and Vice Principal for Student Affairs, Naomi Jacobs (centre). Occasion was the 2019 Master Lecture held at the college’s main campus on Mountain View Avenue in Kingston on November 11 under the theme ‘Leadership and Power for Organizational Development.’ Mrs. Holness was the keynote speaker at the event.
EducationYouth

Jamaicans Encouraged To Strive For Excellence In Service Delivery

Wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness, is encouraging Jamaicans engaged in various vocational endeavours to continuously strive towards achieving excellence in service delivery. “As a people, we have to learn to have an attitude of excellence… . We have to be the best that we can be at whatever we do. That is the only way...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for Central Manchester, Hon. Mike Henry, makes a presentation to University of Technology (UTech) student, Shakeria Johnson, at a function held on Sunday (November10), at the West Park Community Centre in Clarendon, during which tuition cheques totalling some $2.7 million, were awarded to 62 tertiary-level students. The occasion was also used to celebrate the recent conferment of the Order of Jamaica (OJ) on Minister Henry.
Education

Minister Henry Awards $2.7 Million In Tuition Assistance

Sixty-two tertiary-level students from Central Clarendon have benefited from tuition support totalling approximately $2.7 million from Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for the area, Hon. Mike Henry. The presentation was made at a reception held on Sunday (November 10), at the West Park Community Centre in Clarendon. The occasion was also...
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