A beneficiary of the Child Diversion Programme has shared that it has changed his life, because before the programme, “he was just seeing darkness”. As recounted by Acting Director in the Child Diversion Branch of the Social Justice Division of the Ministry of Justice, Venisa Clarke, the beneficiary told her that he did not want to talk to anyone and...

The Ministry of Education and Youth is reporting a reduction in the number of teachers resigning or tendering their resignations for the first nine months of 2023, compared with the corresponding timeline last year. Addressing Wednesday’s (August 16) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, informed that 427 teachers tendered their resignations for the period between...

Scores of students and residents of Manchester line up to take advantage of the medical and humanitarian mission held at the Bethany Primary School in the parish on Tuesday (August 15). The Rachel Dixon Memorial Fund, which has been giving back to communities such as Bethany, Devon and Hibernia in Manchester for the past 15 years, teamed up with the...

The Lauriston/Thompson Pen 4-H Club’s King and Queen, Naqual Allen (second left) and Jamella Halstead (second right), are flanked by Prince, Raheem Smith (left), and Princess, Nyoka Dockery. The royals were at the Club’s 26th anniversary awards ceremony held on Saturday (August 12) at the Shiloh Apostolic Church in Spanish Town, St. Catherine.

Jazmin Corner, an inviting space for young patients at the May Pen Hospital to read and relax, was officially opened on Friday, August 11. The area, located on the Paediatric Ward, was outfitted by 10-year-old Canadian-Jamaican actress/singer, Jazmin Headley, at a cost of CAN$6,000. It is equipped with a computer, reading books and toys. Each child on the ward was...

The 2023 National Champion Farmer, Owen Bartley, is encouraging more persons to get into goat farming, noting that the sector is profitable. “Goat farming is so big. Right now, management and security are key; you have to have that as number one. If you are not managing the animals, you are not going to survive. You have to take care...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining is reporting that more than 24 per cent of lands in agro-parks are now occupied by young farmers, surpassing its target of 20 per cent. Agro-parks are a critical component of the Government’s thrust towards economic development, particularly foreign exchange earnings and savings. They are areas of intensive agricultural production that seek to...