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Senior Medical Officer of the Bustamante Hospital for Children, Dr. Michelle-Ann Richards-Dawson (centre), addresses a JIS Think Tank on the BHC 60th anniversary activities, recently. Also participating in the Think Tank are Chairman of the Bustamante Hospital 60th Anniversary Committee, Dr. Brian James and Acting Director of Nursing Services, Michelle Finnikin Campbell.

Staff at Bustamante Hospital for Children Commended for Response During Earthquake

Senior Medical Officer (SMO) at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, Dr. Michelle-Ann Richards-Dawson, has commended the staff of the facility for remaining calm and collected during the earthquake that rocked the island on Monday, October 30. Dr. Richards-Dawson pointed out...

Chief Executive Officer, National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), Kaysia Kerr, addressing the launch of National Parent Month, recently.

NPSC to Train 30,000 Parents in November

Managing Director of the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Tanisha Ingleton, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on Tuesday, November 7.

HEART/NSTA Trust Targets Unattached Youth for Training and Certification

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Kasan Troupe (left, front row), and Chief Education Transformation Officer, Dr. Faith Alexander (second right, front row), share a photo opportunity with students during the inaugural Transforming Education for National Development (TREND) pop-up, held at St. Andrew Technical High School on Monday (November 7).

Students’ Role in Education Sector’s Transformation Underscored

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (centre), and Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), engage in conversation with student at Meadowbrook High School, Jadiel Lindsay (left), during the handover of 4,103 tablets computers by the Republic of Korea, valued at over $92 million, at a ceremony held at the offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade in downtown Kingston, today (November 7). Others pictured (from left) are Korea’s Chargé d’Affaires, Jin-wook Kim, and student at the Abilities Foundation, Tanisha Gaynor.

Students Begin to Receive Tablets Donated by the Republic of Korea

Students attending the National Child Month Committee’s recent youth forum at the Caenwood Centre in Kingston are entertained by one of their peers from Holy Childhood High School.

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Good Turnout of Students for Recent Youth Forum

More than 200 students representing high schools islandwide participated in the National Child Month Committee’s annual youth forum, held recently at the Caenwood Centre on Arnold Road in Kingston. Using dance, music, drama, poetry and lively discussions, the students expressed their sentiments and conveyed messages around the theme ‘Children Need Our Love and Protection. Get Involved’. Senior Director, Children’s Affairs...

Regional Director, South East Regional Health Authority, Errol Greene, brings greetings during the Bustamante Hospital for Children’s 60th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service at the Boulevard Baptist Church in Kingston on Sunday (November 5).

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Bustamante Children’s Hospital Congratulated for 60 Years of Service

South East Regional Health Authority Regional Director, Errol Greene, has congratulated the Bustamante Hospital for Children on its Diamond Jubilee. He was speaking during a Service of Thanksgiving at the Boulevard Baptist Church in St. Andrew on Sunday (November 5) to mark the institution’s 60th anniversary, being observed on Monday, November 6. “Six decades ago, the founders set out on...

Dean of the Faculty of the Built Environment at the University of Technology (UTech), Jamaica, Professor Garfield Young, speaks at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

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Students Encouraged to Consider Urban Planning as Career Option

Students, particularly those at the secondary level, are being encouraged to consider Urban and Regional Planning as a career option. Dean of the Faculty of the Built Environment at the University of Technology (UTech), Jamaica, Professor Garfield Young, made the appeal to students at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’, geared at highlighting the various activities that will be undertaken for...

Members of the Bustamante Hospital for Children choir perform during the institution’s 60th anniversary church service on Sunday (November 5). The service was held the Boulevard Baptist Church in St. Andrew under the theme ‘Celebrating 60 Years of World-class Paediatric Care’.

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PHOTOS: Bustamante Hospital for Children’s 60th Anniversary Church Service

Members of the Bustamante Hospital for Children choir perform during the institution’s 60th anniversary church service on Sunday (November 5). The service was held the Boulevard Baptist Church in St. Andrew under the theme ‘Celebrating 60 Years of World-class Paediatric Care’.

Parish Secretary, Kingston 4-H Clubs, Georgia McPherson (centre) serves stew June plum to a patron at the Lauriston/Thompson Pen Community 4-H Club stew festival, held at Brooklyn Park in Spanish Town, St. Catherine on November 4.

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PHOTOS: Lauriston/Thompson Pen Community 4-H Club Stew Festival

Parish Secretary, Kingston 4-H Clubs, Georgia McPherson (centre) serves stew June plum to a patron at the Lauriston/Thompson Pen Community 4-H Club stew festival, held at Brooklyn Park in Spanish Town, St. Catherine on November 4.

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Hon. Marsha Smith (right) along with (from left) Executive Director, Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU), Maria Thompson Walters; Manager, Muirton Boys’ Home, Shanae Walsh Webber; and Chief Executive Officer, Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Laurette Adams- Thomas, officially open the Sensory Room at the Muirton Boys’ Home in Portland on Friday (November 3). The TIU has partnered with the CPFSA to assist in the modernisation of the Agency’s operation using information and communication technology (ICT) as a key enabler to achieve its goals and objectives. The project also includes auxiliary support for other key areas of the Agency to allow it to have a greater impact on the children served and the society in general. This support aims to provide enhanced therapeutic environments for children to include those with special needs and to increase the reach of psychology screening and intervention programmes. The sensory room at Muirton Boys’ Home is one such initiative.

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PHOTOS: Muirton Boys’ Home Sensory Room Officially Opened

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Hon. Marsha Smith (right) along with (from left) Executive Director, Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU), Maria Thompson Walters; Manager, Muirton Boys’ Home, Shanae Walsh Webber; and Chief Executive Officer, Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Laurette Adams- Thomas, officially open the Sensory Room at the Muirton Boys’ Home in Portland...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), displays one of the over 90 computer tablets presented to students attending schools in Western Kingston and sections of St. Andrew, where there are Zones of Special Operations (ZOSO). The event was a handover ceremony held on November 3 at the Denham Town High School, in Kingston. Others (from left) are Minister of State, Ministry of National Security, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn; Vice Principal at the school, Novette Christian; Acting Principal, Yvette Richards-Thompson; and Chief Executive Officer of e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited, Andrew Lee.

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Students Receive Tablet Devices

Over 90 tablets procured by e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited, were handed over to students attending schools located in Zones of Special Operations (ZOSOs). The tablets were provided for under the Inter-Ministerial School Support Strategy (ISSS). The ISSS is an initiative between the Ministry of National Security and the Ministry of Education and Youth, which seeks to support the ‘Build’ aspect...