The Ministry of National Security is taking steps to improve the island’s juvenile correctional centres and ensure that wards have greater access to education and training opportunities. Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn, said the Government is focused on the rehabilitation of juvenile offenders as part of measures to strengthen the national security infrastructure. “The Government...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the Youth Summer Employment Programme (YSEP), which is in its seventh year, has evolved into being the biggest initiative of its kind in the Caribbean. The annual programme provides employment opportunities for young people during the summer months, enabling them to gain valuable skills and work experience while earning...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), presents an award to Pastor Claudia Ferguson for dedicated and faithful service to the United Church of the Seventh-day Baptist Churches and the Kingston Seventh-day Baptist Church. Pastor Ferguson was recognised during the 100th Anniversary Banquet of the Jamaica Seventh-day Baptist Conference of Churches held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel...

Sales Education Consultant for Promethean, South Florida and the Caribbean, Amanda Leich (left), looks on as Titchfield High School students, Zerena Davis (right) and Sherona Kirkland, use the company’s ActivPanel Interactive Display, which was handed over to the institution in Portland on June 29.

Communities across the island are being urged to “band together” to protect the nation’s children against all forms of abuse. Making the call while speaking at a school-leaving exercise at the Naggo Head Infant School in St. Catherine on Thursday (June 29), Portmore-based Youth Advocate, Claudine Duncan, said there should be no relenting in the fight to safeguard children. “It...

The Constitutional Reform Committee (CRC) is assuring that the country’s young people will not to be left behind as it seeks to engage with the public on the road to the nation becoming a Republic. The Committee’s civil society representative, Dr. Nadine Spence, informed that there is a youth engagement committee co-chaired by Youth Advisor Sujae Boswell and Past President...

The specialised residential therapeutic facility at the Windsor Home in St. Ann is slated to be opened soon. This was stated by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, during the official handover of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) Therapeutic Centre at the Maxfield Park Children’s Home in St. Andrew on June 29. The new facility forms...