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Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), Examination Coordinator, Georgianna Galloway Hill, provides details about the performance of adolescent mother in this year's Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC), at a recent JIS Think Tank.

Adolescent Mothers Excel in CSEC

The Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) is reporting strong performance by adolescent mothers, who sat the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations this year. Examination Coordinator, Georgianna Galloway Hill, said that 44 girls were entered for CSEC. “We are...

Louise Bennett Coverley’s son, Fabian Coverley (5th left), is joined by students of the Louise Bennett Coverley All-age School and past chairman of the institution, Emerson Barrett (3rd right), in cutting the cake to mark the 100th birthday anniversary of the late cultural icon, held on Saturday (Sept. 8), at the Gordon Town Community Centre, St. Andrew. Others sharing the moment (from left) are: Mr. Coverley’s wife, Rev. Doctor Olive Heron Coverley; Miss Kingston and St. Andrew Festival Queen 2019, Anna Kay Hudson; Durene Tavares of the Kiwanis Club of Eastern St. Andrew; former Custos of St. Andrew, Marigold Harding; and Public Relations Officer at the Gordon Town Community Centre, Norman Rookwood.

PHOTOS: Cake Cutting Ceremony for Miss Lou

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Floyd Green (right), interacting with the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission’s (BGLC) top 10 education grant recipients, at a meet and greet at the Mona Visitor’s Lodge, University of the West Indies (UWI), recently.

BGLC Awards Education Grants to 250 Tertiary-Level Students

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), tries her hand at drumming, under the instruction of Cari-Folk Singers’ drummer, Stanislaus Logan. Occasion was a ceremony at National Heroes Park in Kingston on Saturday (Sept. 7), to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Jamaican cultural icon, Dr. the Hon. Louise Bennett Coverley, known affectionately as “Miss Lou”.

Floral Tributes for Miss Lou on Her 100th Anniversary

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third left), conversing with members of the Royal Canadian Air Force at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Saturday (Sept. 7). This was ahead of a relief mission to the Bahamas by the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART), through support from Canada. Also pictured (from right) are: Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Laurie Peters; Canadian Defence Attaché to the West Indies, Col. Jacques O’Keefe; and Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Rocky Meade.

120 Soldiers Deployed to The Bahamas

Minister of National Security, the Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (head of table), addresses a meeting of the National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons (NATFATIP), held on Wednesday (Sept. 4), at the Ministry in Kingston.

7 years ago National Security and Peace

Anti-Human Trafficking Education Campaign to Intensify

The National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons (NATFATIP) will be ramping up its public education campaign as it works to eliminate the scourge of human trafficking. Members gave the commitment at a meeting held on Wednesday (Sept. 4) at the Ministry of National Security in Kingston. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, who addressed the stakeholders, said that increased...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (centre) using a leak detector during a tour of Rockfort, St. Andrew on Friday (Sept. 6), to observe operations under the Kingston and St. Andrew Non-Revenue Water Reduction Programme. Observing (from left) are: President, National Water Commission (NWC), Mark Barnett; Leak Detection Technician, NWC, Marlon Martin; Country Manager, Miya Jamaica, Alvaro Ramalho; and Vice President, NWC, Michael Dunn.

7 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentWater

Reduction in Non-Revenue Water Loss

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr, is reporting positive gains under the Kingston and St. Andrew (KSA) Non-Revenue Water (NRW) Reduction Programme. He said that the initiative is working “according to plan” and has contributed to a fall in non-revenue water consumption in the Corporate Area from approximately...

Advisor to the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Lenford Salmon, speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank on Friday (Sept. 6), at the agency

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Gordon Town Square Renaming in Honour of Miss Lou to Take Place Tomorrow

Gordon Town Square in St. Andrew will be renamed in honour of late cultural icon the Hon. Louise Bennett Coverley, at a special ceremony in the square on Sunday (Sept. 8), beginning at 5:00 pm. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is expected to deliver the keynote address at the event. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon....

Executive Director of the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation, Dr. Zoe Simpson.

7 years ago EducationGender Affairs

Women’s Centre Improves Programme Offerings

The Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) has made two changes to its Programme for Adolescent Mothers (PAM), which is delivered at the Centre’s 18 locations across the island. The changes, which came into effect at the start of the 2019/2020 academic year, involve increasing academic instruction from four to five days per week and the offering of three new...

Legal Officer, Legal Aid Council (LAC), Kerona Spence (left), gives the thumbs-up sign while conversing with Head of Development Cooperation, Canadian High Commission, Pascale Turcotte (right) and Senior Development Officer, Development Cooperation, High Commission of Canada, Deborah Duperly-Pinks, at the launch of the LAC

7 years ago JusticeTechnology

Easier Access to Services on Legal Aid Website

The recently launched Legal Aid Council (LAC) website will ensure that citizens have easier access to services and information provided by the Council. Legal Officer, LAC, Kerona Spence, said the dedicated website, developed in-house at the Ministry of Justice, is the latest addition to the Council’s social media platforms as it seeks to create greater public awareness about its legal-aid...

Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, converses with Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Grace McLean, during a press conference at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, on Thursday (September 5) to announce government support for additional Bachelor of Medicine (MBBS) students.

7 years ago EducationWaterYouth

Water to Be Trucked to Schools

Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, says arrangements are in place to truck water to schools facing a shortage of supply. He said that tanks will be installed at institutions without such storage facility. “The delivery of tanks has already started, but we are ordering more as we go along,” he noted. Minister Samuda was...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (at podium), addresses a press conference held at Jamaica House on Thursday (September 5), where he announced a State of Public Emergency (SOE) for the parishes of Clarendon and St. Catherine.

7 years ago National Security and PeacePrime Minister

Prime Minister Says SOEs Have Been Effective

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says ongoing States of Public Emergency (SOEs) implemented in several parishes across the island have been effective and are achieving success. “Within the spaces that we have the SOE and even outside of those spaces we have been able to interdict, bring before the courts, prosecute and have successful convictions,” he said. The...