Some 130 students across 13 schools in Western Jamaica participated in the Primary Schools Spanish Quiz Competition held on Thursday, March 18. The decade old event, held for the first time virtually, was organized by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information (MOEYI) Region Four, with the intent of further generating interest in the foreign language among students at the...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security (MNS), Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, along with colleague Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change (MHURECC), Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., participated in tree planting exercises at two correctional facilities in St Catherine, in recognition of International Day of Forests, which is to be observed on Sunday, March 21....

The Jamaica Climate Change Youth Council (JCCYC) has increased its engagement efforts through a series of activities to promote climate change and sustainable living. The JCCYC is the youth affiliate of the Jamaica Climate Change Advisory Board. According to JCCYC Director, Eleanor Terrelonge, the pandemic has presented a crucial opportunity to get more young people involved in climate advocacy and...

Public officials are being urged to submit their statutory declarations within their respective organisations. Previously, they were required to file declarations at the Integrity Commission’s office in New Kingston. However, the Commission has taken steps to decentralise the collection in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. All parliamentarians, members of the security forces, and public officials who are in receipt of...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams says work is ongoing in developing programmes and strategies to address educational underachievement in boys. Speaking on March 19, at the virtual conference on ‘Black Boys’ Education: Currency, Practices and Social Interventions’, Mrs. Williams said there are a number of factors affecting the learning outcomes of this group. “We know that...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the police will continue to do the meticulous investigative work necessary to dismantle all the gangs in the country. Making his contribution to the 2021/22 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 18, Mr. Holness noted that over the last three years, 167 gangsters have been arrested and 130 placed...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the use of States of Public Emergency (SOEs) has worked to reduce murders and shootings wherever they have been deployed. “I remain proud of the fact that this Administration was able to deploy and implement a framework to enable our security forces to use extraordinary powers and enhanced measures without doing violence...