Approximately 70 young people participated in Monday’s (November 28) sitting of the National Youth Parliament at Gordon House, which was held in the face-to-face format for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Jamaica in 2020. The youngsters, representing the 63 constituencies, engaged in robust discussion on a range of issues, including affordable housing and finance,...

The Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry will be engaging Agricultural Science and Food and Nutrition teachers on the national ‘Grow Smart, Eat Smart’ campaign. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., disclosed details of the initiative during his keynote address at the Eat Jamaican Day Expo in Kingston, on November 25. He said the collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Youth...

Student at Ascot High School in St. Catherine, Dwayne Robinson (left), holds his new Google Chromebook laptop computer, while speaking with President of the institution’s Parent-Staff Association (PSA), Morris Johnson (second right), and Principal, Shannell Talbert (right). The laptop was handed over by the PSA during the school’s devotion exercise on Monday (November 28). With them is Dwayne’s mother, Jacqueline...

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., is calling for increased private sector investments in the industry. Speaking during the Eat Jamaican Day Expo in Kingston on November 25, Mr. Charles urged “more of our private sector partners to partner with us, by investing in the expansion of production in Jamaica.” He noted that efforts are being made to...

The Government is contemplating the declaration of another State of Public Emergency (SOE), as part of ongoing crime-fighting efforts.  This was disclosed by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, while speaking with members of the security forces at an SOE checkpoint near the Mountain View Police Station in Kingston, on Monday (November 28). He was visiting areas in the...

Lennon High School in Clarendon has rewarded three students, Karysse Allen, Devon Anderson, and Damaine Carridice for good deeds performed at the institution. Under the award scheme, students are identified by various officials at the school when they show kindness to others and to the institution and, thereafter, rewarded. Karysse was recognised for preventing a fifth form male student from...

The Hopewell High School in Hanover has launched a social skills programme aimed at improving students’ interpersonal relations and reducing anti-social behaviour among them by teaching the youngsters fine dining decorum. Dubbed ‘An Exquisite Affair,’ the fine dining weekly series involves the entire student population, by grade cohorts. Under the initiative, which commenced on Thursday, November 3 with the grade...