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Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, addressing today’s (October 9) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.

NHT Board Members Announced

Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, has announced the appointment of the Board of Directors for the National Housing Trust (NHT). The 12-member Board will be chaired by Lennox Channer. The other members...

Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, addressing Wednesday’s (October 9) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.

$100 Million From LAMP Fund To Support Land Titling

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, CD, MP

Normality Expected to Return to Schools Today

Medical student, Rashaun Stewart (left), expresses gratitude for the award of a full scholarship from the Government, which will enable him to pursue a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree at the University of the West Indies (UWI). Listening are fellow scholarship beneficaries Quwayne Howell (centre) and Shamarie Collins. Occasion was a press conference at the UWI Mona Council Room on Thursday (September 5), where Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, announced the provison of 47 full-tuition scholarships to needy medical students valued at $177.66 million per annum over the next five years.

Gov’t Awards 47 Scholarships to Needy Medical Students

(FILE) National Literacy Coordinator in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. André Hill.

Jamaica Celebrates Int’l Literacy Day September 6

Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, addresses today’s (September 4) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, in St. Andrew.

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Members of National Committee on Reparations Named

Attorney-at-Law, Laleta Davis-Mattis, has been appointed to chair the National Committee on Reparations. The other members include Bert Samuels, Deputy Chairman; Professor Verene Shepherd; Frank Phipps; Lord Anthony Gifford; Dr. Jahlani Niaah; Professor Rupert Lewis; Steven Golding; Dr. Michael Barnett; Dr. Clinton Hutton; Donald Roberts; Michael Holgate; Ras L. Ho-Shing; Vivian Crawford; Jo-Anne Archibald; Pastor Bruce Fletcher; Reverend Dr. Stephen...

Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, speaks at today’s (September 4) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House in St. Andrew.

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New Board Named For Edna Manley College

Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, has named a new14-member Board for the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts. Marigold Harding will serve as chairperson, with Donahue Martin as vice chairman. The other members are Dr. L’Antoinette Stines, Dr. Tamika Benjamin, Professor Silvia Kouwenberg, Coleen Douglas, Dorraine Reid, Kachine Martin,...

Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, emphasises a point at today’s (September 4) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House in St. Andrew.

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Construction to Begin Soon on Fire Station in Port Maria

Construction is expected to begin soon on the new Port Maria fire station, in St. Mary. This follows Cabinet’s approval of a $217.5-million contract to Marshall Construction Company Limited. Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, made the disclosure during today’s (September 4) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House in St. Andrew. “Cabinet has...

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$191 Million Approved for Rose Town Integrated Infrastructure Project

A sum of $191.4 million will be spent to carry out rehabilitative works under the Rose Town Integrated Infrastructure Project, in Kingston. Making the disclosure, Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, said Cabinet has given approval for the award of a contract by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) to Contraxx Enterprises Limited,...

Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean.

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Smooth Start to School Year

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has reported that the academic year 2019/2020 began smoothly on Monday (September 2). During a live broadcast with ‘OPM Connect: Education Matters’ on Monday, Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean, provided an update. “We are pleased to welcome back close to 500,000 students who would...

Executive Director of the Legal Aid Council, Hugh Faulkner.

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Legal Aid Council Provides Help For 107 Mentally Ill Persons

The Legal Aid Council (LAC) has provided legal representation for 107 mentally ill persons, within the last year. Speaking with JIS News, Executive Director of the Legal Aid Council, Hugh Faulkner, says his organisation was only able to act, because a family member came forward to receive these individuals. “We are urging persons who have family members who are mentally...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), breaks ground for the National Housing Trust (NHT) $1.46-billion Twickenham Glades project in St. Catherine, on Friday (August 30). Also participating (from left) are NHT Managing Director, Martin Miller; Member of Parliament for Eastern St. Catherine, where the development is located, Denise Daley; and NHT Chairman, Lennox Channer.

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NHT to Spend $40 Billion in 2019/20

National Housing Trust (NHT) Chairman, Lennox Channer, says the agency’s 2019/20 programmed expenditure of $40 billion, represents the largest ever in the entity’s 43-year history. He informed that the sum is earmarked to initiate over 8,000 housing starts islandwide, adding to the 6,000 from 2018/19. He was speaking at Friday’s (August 30) ground-breaking ceremony for the NHT’s $1.46 billion Twickenham...