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Ackaisha Green (second left) is presented with a gift basket by Acting Clerk to the Houses of Parliament, Valrie Curtis (centre); and Orderly, Chaddi Donaldson (second right), shortly before the sitting of the Senate on Friday (May 17). Ms. Green was being recognised for her honesty in returning a large sum of cash she found in an automated teller machine (ATM) in downtown Kingston recently. Looking on are Leader of Government Business, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith; and Leader of Opposition Business, Senator Donna Scott-Mottley.

Senate Pays Tribute to Young Mother Who Returned Cash

Members of the Senate, on Friday (May 17), paid tribute to Ackaisha Green, the young mother who returned a large sum of cash she found in an automated teller machine (ATM) in downtown Kingston recently. President of the Senate, Tom...

Senior Director for Children’s Affairs, Youth and Adolescent Policy Division in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hyacinth Blair, addressing a recent JIS Think Tank.

USAID Grants $67 Million for Youth Component of School Safety Programme

PHOTOS: Minister Samuda attends JTA Co-operative Credit Union’s 55th Annual General Meeting

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, interacts with grade-six students of St. Aloysius Primary School in Kingston today (May 8). The State Minister visited the school to celebrate Teachers’ Day. Locally, Teachers’ Day is observed annually on the first Wednesday of May, during the first full week.

Educators Lauded for Preparing Future Leaders

Minister without Portfolio with oversight for the Education, Youth and Information Ministry, Hon. Karl Samuda, addressing a Teachers’ Day function at the Haile Selaisse High School on Payne Avenue St. Andrew on May 8.

Let’s End Violence Against Children – Minister Samuda

Attorney General, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, addresses the opening of a World Press Freedom Day exhibition on May 3 at the University of Technology’s (UTech) Western Campus in Montego Bay.

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Freedom of the Press Must be Protected – Malahoo Forte

Attorney General, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, says that freedom of the press must be protected and promoted in order to ensure the proper functioning of the country’s democracy. Mrs. Malahoo Forte, who was addressing the opening of a World Press Freedom Day exhibition at the University of Technology’s (UTech) Western Campus in Montego Bay on May 3, said that the...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (left), reads to Half-Way Tree Primary School students, on May 7, in observance of ‘Read Across Jamaica Day’. The activity forms part of activities to mark Education Week, from May 5 to 11, under the theme ‘Empowering Educators: Retooling, Innovating, Networking for Sustainable Development’.

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PHOTOS: Children Reading with State Minister Terrelonge

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (left), reads to Half-Way Tree Primary School students, on May 7, in observance of ‘Read Across Jamaica Day’. The activity forms part of activities to mark Education Week, from May 5 to 11, under the theme ‘Empowering Educators: Retooling, Innovating, Networking for Sustainable Development’.

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge reading to students of New Providence Primary School, in Kingston, today (May 7), to mark Read Across Jamaica Day. The Day forms part of activities to mark Education Week from May 5 to 11, under the theme, ‘Empowering Educators: Retooling, Innovating, Networking for Sustainable Development’.

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PHOTOS: Read Across Jamaica Day

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge reading to students of New Providence Primary School, in Kingston, today (May 7), to mark Read Across Jamaica Day. The Day forms part of activities to mark Education Week from May 5 to 11, under the theme, ‘Empowering Educators: Retooling, Innovating, Networking for Sustainable Development’.

(FILE) Acting Chief Education Officer, Winnie Berry, delivers a speech on behalf of Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean, at the press launch for the Fourth International Conference on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the Caribbean, held at the Regional Headquarters of the University of the West Indies, Mona, on Tuesday (April 30).

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Workforce to be Equipped With Technical and Vocational Skills

The Government is redoubling its effort to ensure the nation’s workforce is equipped with technical and vocational skills to better meet the needs of the society. This is according to Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean, who said this is being achieved by “mainstreaming” Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) into...

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JIS TV Relocated

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) wishes to advise that effective April 25, the Television Department (JIS TV) has been relocated from Arnold Road and will now operate from its new state-of-the-art building at: 5-9 South Odeon Avenue (Half-Way Tree) Kingston 10. The contact information remains the same: Telephone Numbers - (876) 922-8680-2, (876) 922-3317, (876) 922-8684; Fax (876) 922-5996

Director of the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, Senator Dr. Floyd Morris (right), greets Patron of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), Hon. Douglas Orane, at the launch of Child Month 2019, which was held recently at the GraceKennedy office in downtown Kingston.

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Parents Encouraged Not to Isolate Children with Disabilities

Director of the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, Senator Dr. Floyd Morris, is encouraging parents not to isolate, exclude or discourage a child with a disability, but to do everything to ensure that the child will be the best he or she can be. He was addressing the recent launch of...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (right), and Chief Executive Officer, Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) Rosalee Gage-Grey (centre), converse with Business Consultant and Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Marcus Mottley, during the CPFSA’s Field Services Conference at Iberostar Rose Hall Hotel in Montego Bay, St James, on Tuesday (April 16).

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Adoption Regulations to be Amended

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, says regulations governing the adoption of children in State care are to be amended in order to speed up the process. Mr. Terrelonge notes that the impending changes will see children who have been neglected, abandoned or abused by parents, guardians or caregivers becoming eligible for adoption...