The Victim Services Branch (VSB) is encouraging parents to be vigilant with their children, to minimise trauma resulting from crime and violence. Director of the VSB in the Social Justice Division of the Justice Ministry, Dionne Dawn Binns, told JIS News that more than 50 per cent of the Branch’s clientele are children. “Our most common cases include those related...

A total of 100 participants are set to commence training in coding, under the 2023 Universal Service Fund (USF) Technology Advancement Programme (TAP) III Residential Coding Course. The opening ceremony for TAP III was held on September 1, at the Stony Hill HEART Academy in Kingston. TAP is a comprehensive training programme that provides participants with the technical, creative, and...

Minister of Health and Wellness, and Member of Parliament (MP) for St Catherine West Central, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), with some of the 39 students from primary and high schools, as well as tertiary institutions, who received educational support from the MP, at a recent back-to-school event, held at the Watermount Open Bible Church in St. Catherine. Nestlé...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says more youth, particularly young men, are needed in Jamaica’s labour force to ensure the nation’s continued economic growth. He notes that despite the country’s unemployment rate falling to a record low 4.5 per cent, an untapped pool of young people remains outside the labour force. Mr. Holness said many of these youth...

The Ministry of Education and Youth is to have sensitisation sessions with students to encourage the use of electronic books (e-books). Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, made the disclosure during a post-Cabinet press briefing held on August 30 at Jamaica House. She was responding to questions from the media regarding the lack of interest in the use of e-books. “Ever...

Approximately 70 students in St. Ann North Western were awarded education grants and book vouchers during the constituency’s third annual awards ceremony, at the St. Mark Anglican Church in Brown’s Town on Sunday (August 27). The top-performing students in this year’s Primary Exit Profile (PEP), representing schools across the constituency, were awarded, and tertiary students received grants. Minister of Labour...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the Government is committed to delivering on its promise to provide broadband connectivity to all Jamaican schools. Some 464 schools have been connected and another 312 connections are expected to be completed by December 2023. Addressing delegates attending the 59th annual Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) conference at Royalton Negril Resort and...