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Teacher at the Norwich Primary School in Portland, Celia Roper, was on October 28, presented with the award for Top Guidance Counsellor of the Year for the 2007/08 academic year, by the Ministry of Education. The presentation was made during the 7th Annual Exemplary Guidance and Counselling Programme Awards, which was held at the Northern Caribbean University's (NCU) main campus...

Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for Local Government Reform, Robert Montague, has mandated all Mayors to immediately conduct an assessment of all places of amusement within their jurisdictions. This directive, Mr. Montague told JIS News, comes against the background of what he said are reports that a number of nightclubs and other places...

Director of National Youth and Christian Education for the New Testament Church of God in Jamaica, Rev. Orville Plummer, is urging the nation to make a special effort to provide the necessary support for the country's young people, in order to enable them realize their potentials. Delivering the sermon at the National Church Service to launch activities commemorating Youth Month,...

The Administrator General's Department (AGD) of the Ministry of Justice, on October 30, honoured some 50 current and former employees at a Retirement and Long Service Awards ceremony at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston. The ceremony, the first such in the agency's 135 year history, saw 43 current employees and seven retirees, who have served the agency, for periods...

Education Minister, Andrew Holness, is urging Jamaicans to be more proactive in protecting the nation's children, and is advocating a return to the tradition where communities were integrally involved in safeguarding the youngsters' welfare. Speaking at the National Church Service to launch Parent Month 2008 at the Word of Life Worship Centre in Old Harbour, St. Catherine, on Sunday (Nov....

Jamaica's rich cultural and heritage was a focal point of a special Black History Month programme, organised by the Jamaican Diaspora Youth Association -UK (JDYA -UK) for hundreds of students at Walworth Academy in South East London recently. The special Black History Month event entitled: "We have Walked the Journey; Now Inspiring the Future", has two very distinct aims. The...

The United Kingdom (U.K.) Government has announced that as of March next year, colleges and universities that want to enroll non-European Economic Area (EEA) nationals, must have a license issued by the UK Border Agency, under the new immigration points system. Licensed institutions can then sponsor non-EEA students to study in the UK. According to a release from the Agency...

Hundreds of banana workers, whose jobs at Eastern Banana Estate in St. Thomas were made redundant following the entity's closure, attended an information fair at the Golden Grove Community Centre in the parish on Thursday (October 30), which was staged to provide them with assistance on alternative employment options, as well as guidance on how best to manage their redundancy...

The Labour Market Information System (LMIS) is an employment facility that seeks to satisfy the needs of job seekers and employers. The system provides a cost effective means for employers to source and recruit suitable employees, and all jobseekers are required to be registered, interviewed, classified, and screened, before being referred to employers for possible placement. Director of Research and...

Governor General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Professor Sir Kenneth Hall, on Friday (Oct. 31), read a Proclamation declaring November as Drug Awareness Month, during a ceremony at King's House. The month, which is being celebrated under the theme: 'Promoting Drug Free Communities.25 years and Beyond', will see the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) co-ordinating several activities across the...

Pastor of the Port Antonio Seventh Day Adventist Church in Portland, Rev. Augustus McLeod, is urging Parish Councils to exercise their authority and responsibilities in a manner that ensures that the best interest of the people they represent is served. Delivering the sermon at a service to mark the launch of Local Government Month, Rev. McLeod said the impending Local...

On Sunday, November 2, the National Stadium will be transformed into a high speed action zone for the Ministry of Energy, and the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica's (PCJ) E10 Xtreme Motor Sports and Family Fun Day. "On Sunday the second of November, we will have the grand launch and celebration of the arrival of E10 in our market, and this...