The Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) has certified three residents of Homestead in South Central St. Catherine in solar photovoltaic systems maintenance. They are: Delroy Wilson, Jermaine Reid and Tarik Gordon, who were presented with their certificates during Wednesday’s (March 28) commissioning of the Owen Palmer Cyber Centre in Homestead. All three are now able to contribute to maintaining the $9...

Education, Youth and Information State Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Ministry is exploring the possible revival of dormant youth clubs and establishing these in communities where they do not exist, particularly rural areas. He says this forms part of a move to create a medium through which young people, particularly tertiary students, can be engaged to participate in or...

The National Irrigation Commission (NIC) has awarded $1 million in scholarships to students attending various academic institutions as part of their 2017/2018 Scholarship Awards Programme. The students were awarded at the Emerald Hall Pollyanna Caterers & Banqueters, in Kingston, on Tuesday (March 27). Since 1998, the programme has been assisting children of staff members and is part of the agency’s...

Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Dr. Ronald Blake, has renewed the call for young people to equip themselves with skills, while they pursue academic programmes. Dr. Blake, who was speaking on March 26 at the St. Andrew 4-H Clubs Parish Achievement Day, held at the Pembroke Hall High School, emphasised that having a skill “will give you that...

Wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness, is encouraging the Jamaican Diaspora to assist more in national development, especially through investments in the education system. Mrs. Holness said this support is critical, as it strengthens the system and helps to achieve positive outcomes in youth development. “The cost and budgetary demands for every Government increase every year...

The Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) no longer wants to be seen as the institution that provides loans for only needy students. “We don’t want that stigma. We want to be known as the institution of choice that provides funding for tertiary-level studies,” Executive Director of the SLB, Monica Brown, tells JIS News. She says that the 48-year-old institution’s mission is...

The Physical Education Department of The Mico University College has received sport supplies from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), through its ‘Smile for All the World’ programme. The assortment of netballs, footballs and volleyballs were handed over during a ceremony, held on March 26, at The Mico University College, in Kingston. President of the university, Asburn Pinnock, thanked JICA...