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The back-to-school financial stress has been reduced for one university student and 30 others entering high school, after they were awarded a scholarship and bursaries by the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) and Partners Co-operative Credit Union Limited. The presentations were made Wednesday (August 19) at an awards function at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston. The 2009 recipient of the...

The Manchester Co-operative Credit Union has awarded bursaries and a scholarship valued at over $590,000, to 10 high school and five tertiary students in the parish. General Manager of the organisation, Cynthia Briscoe, who gave an overview of the awards at the Bird of Paradise Conference Room, in Mandeville Manchester, recently, said the scholarship was in memory of the Credit...

Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Delroy Gordon, wants the Commission to start providing accreditation for training in promoting Jamaican culture. Mr. Gordon says that, although the proposal was still in discussion and planning stages, he was giving the matter his personal attention, as it is a direction in which the country needed to go. "Jamaica is...

A wide cross section of Jamaicans in the Diaspora attended 'Exposition 2009', at the Mt. Pleasant Road Best Western Hotel, the closing ceremony for this year's Bachelor of Science programme, held in Toronto, Canada, recently, for Jamaican students studying at the Western Hospitality Institute (WHI) in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The exposition was opened by High Commissioner to Canada, Her Excellency...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Andrew Gallimore, says the Government is adding another incentive to the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH), to keep beneficiaries on the right track. "Starting this October, every single child who has graduated from high school, who lives in a PATH household, who apply and is...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, has described the newly launched Students' Motivational Manual, as a road map to success for young people. "I would say that the manual is a sort of road map that, if you follow closely, it will help you to reap success not only in academic areas, but also in your personal...

Twenty seven District Constables graduated on Friday (August 14) from a 6-week training programme, conducted at the Jamaica Police Academy, Tranquility Bay Campus, St. Elizabeth. At the closing ceremony, Training Instructor, Constable Terrence Linton said the District Constables are integral to law enforcement, and as such a training programme had to be designed to adequately address the realisation. The course...

President-elect of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), Michael Stewart, has said that his administration is prepared to bring all stakeholders on board to offer quality education, and to seek the best conditions of service for teachers. "We are looking forward to a fruitful conference; there will be over 300 delegates attending, and despite the many challenges in the education system,...

Special Advisor to Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, Ruel Reid, has called on teachers to provide the necessary transformational leadership that will tackle the nation's social ills, and, in the process, create a society of peace and high achievers. He made this appeal while addressing a service at the Mandeville Parish Church in Manchester on Sunday (Aug. 16), to mark...

Some 265 early childhood institutions in St. Catherine have been targetted for improvements under a special initiative being spearheaded by that parish's branch of the Social Development Commission (SDC). The programme, which the SDC is implementing in collaboration with several donor agencies, is intended to improve the quality of early childhood institutions in Linstead, Old Harbour, Portmore and Spanish Town,...

As the summer holidays draw to a close and a new school year approaches, the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), is encouraging parents doing back-to-school shopping for their children to make budgets and exercise wise money management measures in order to minimise expenses. "Budgeting is very important because it is actually sitting down and making a plan as to how much...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, says he will be sending a Ministry team to the Paul Bogle High School, St Thomas, to work out a plan for taking the school off the shift system. Mr. Holness gave the commitment Friday (August 14) while touring the school, which recently had two blocks added at a cost of over $12.9 million....