Jamaica will play host to the Caribbean Commandants Conference, which is slated to take place from July 25 to 29. The event will see Heads of the Cadet Forces across the region converge in Jamaica to discuss training and development opportunities for the Caribbean Cadet Corps. Staff Officer to the Commandant of the Jamaica Combined Cadet Force, Lieutenant Colonel Simone...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, is imploring Jamaicans to move beyond anger, outrage, frustration and fear, and take action to stamp out crime in the country. “Let us make use of the opportunities available through Crime Stop and other channels to report what we see and know to be wrong, even as we exercise caution in protecting...

 

Acting Special Projects Manager, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Charnele Henry (centre), joins children from the Sandy Park community in their rehearsal of the Jamaican folk song, ‘Linstead Market’ during the Teach the Youth Programme Culture Day activities at the Sandy Park New Testament Church of God in St. Andrew on Wednesday (July 19). For two weeks, children from the community...

Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison, says there are benefits to be gained if Jamaica’s age of consent is increased to 18 years. This revision would bring it on par with the Child Care and Protection Act, which defines a child as any person under the age of 18, one’s eligibility to vote and obtain a driver’s license, among other things....

Following Cabinet’s approval of a $184-million contract to construct a new classroom block at the Holmwood Technical High School, Principal, Hidran McKulsky, says the expansion works will enable the institution to accommodate students from neighbouring schools. The infrastructure expansion will provide additional space to remove Holmwood Technical from the shift system. Speaking recently at the Manchester-based institution’s annual valedictory and...

Children who are preparing to exit State care are to benefit from a sensitisation session being hosted by the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) from July 18 to 21. The event, which falls under the Transitional Living Programme (TLP), targets children 16 years and older and children’s officers assigned to prepare the youngsters for independent living at age...