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Twenty-six representatives from key emergency response agencies graduated from a two-week search and rescue training course, organised by the Jamaica Fire Brigade's (JFB) Training Department, on Friday (March 19). The course was held February 22 to 26 and March 15 to 19, at the JFB's Training Department, downtown Kingston, and at the Waterford Fire Station, St. Catherine. It was conducted...

Training sessions for goat farmers were held at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Conference Room in Mandeville, Manchester, and at the Sam Motta Demonstration Training Centre, in Knockpatrick, Manchester, on March 17. The training was carried out under the Strengthening of Jamaica's Food Security Programme, funded by the European Union, through its Food Facility Project, and conducted by the...

The Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, Senator Warren Newby will attend the Special Meeting of Commonwealth Caribbean Regional Youth Ministers to be held in Bridgetown, Barbados from March 21-23. The meeting will revise the Commonwealth Youth Programme Strategic Plan 2008-2012; analyse policy and capacity gaps towards an effective youth development agenda; examine youth governance and...

Professor at Temple University, in the United States-based Dr. James Davis, has proposed that schools look at gender-based learning in order to enhance academic achievement among boys. He said that schools that focus on the social, cognitive, gender and academic development of boys are more successful. "There are some things that we know about boys. their dispositions are not always...

Approximately 800 students of Camperdown High School in Kingston were exposed to a variety of career opportunities and information from a number of organizations, including the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), during their annual Career Day and Exposition, held at the school on March 17. Guidance Counsellor of the institution, Reverend Patrick Dunkley, explained that the event was staged to provide...

The Wolmer's Trust High School for Girls Geography Information Systems Club in collaboration with the Office of the Prime Minister and the National Spatial Management Division recently launched its first Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Treasure Hunt to increase students' awareness of the tracking system. GNSS is the standard generic term for satellite navigation systems that provide autonomous geo-spatial positioning...

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS), in keeping with its corporate social responsibility, will be visiting a number of schools islandwide to participate in their annual Career Day and Expositions. Acting Special Projects Manager at the JIS, Latoya Crossman, disclosed that already four schools have been confirmed, and requests keep pouring in. "As the Government's information Agency, it is imperative that...

The family of the late Jamaican-Canadian businessman, Leslie Ameen Josephs, has decided to donate an annual scholarship to his alma mater, Jamaica College, Kingston, for a needy 6th Form student studying business. Mr. Josephs, the founder of Kiskimo Jamaica, which produced local "Kisko pops" in the 1970s, emigrated to Canada in 1975 and, with his wife, founded Toronto-based Kisko Products,...

Early Childhood Education in St. Mary will get a major boost this year, with the construction of a new institution in the town of Islington. General Manager for Technical Services at the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Owen Sweeny (right), in discussions with Member of Parliament for Western St.Mary, Dr. Morais Guy, at the site for the construction of the...

The Majesty Gardens Basic School in South West St. Andrew has received some well needed assistance from the Steve Harvey Foundation, which presented the institution with a cheque for just over $1 million on Friday (March 12). Speaking at the handing over on the school grounds, Minister of Education, Hon Andrew Holness, said the institution could easily be classified as...

Thirty six Guides who have contributed significantly to the development of the Girl Guides Association of Jamaica were recognised at an awards ceremony at King's House, Friday (March 12). Wife of the Governor-General and Patron of the Girl Guides Association of Jamaica, Her Excellency, the Most Hon Lady Allen, presents a certificate to Regional Commissioner for the South-Central region, Tatyana...

Phase two of the Ministry of Education's Career Advancement Programme (CAP) will be rolled out to another 54 schools in September. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, made the announcement during a tour of the Edith Dalton James High School in St. Andrew yesterday (March 11) to observe how the programme works at the school. Edith Dalton James is one of...