Guy’s Hill High School in St. Catherine has received several desktop computers from the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO), for outstanding participation in the 2022 series of Junior Athletes Anti-Doping Education Workshops. Speaking at the presentation of the computers held at JADCO’s offices on Ballater Avenue in St. Andrew, on February 1, Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender,...

Fifty-seven individuals, along with three youth groups, have been shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s National Youth Awards for Excellence (PMNYAE) 2022. The presentation of awards to the winners will be held on Saturday, February 4, under the theme ‘REIGNITED’, on the Lawns of Jamaica House, Devon Road, beginning at 6:00 p.m. Acting Senior Director in the Youth and Adolescent Policy...

Youngsters in the parish of Portland who are victims of crimes and other abuse, now have a child-friendly centre where they can get counselling and other support services. The facility, which is located at the Ministry of Justice’s Victim Support Division (VSD), Portland office, at Shops 8 and 9, Bryan’s Bay Plaza, Port Antonio, was made possible through a US$6.7-million...

The music programme at Irwin High School in St James has been bolstered with the donation of instruments under the Ministry of National Security’s ‘Liv Gud’ Music, Sports, and Technology (MST) initiative’. The instruments, a guitar and a keyboard, were handed over by portfolio Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, following a ceremony at the institution on Friday (January 27). In...

Winners of the Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Essay Competition under the Governor-General’s ‘I Believe’ Initiative were recognised at a ceremony held on Wednesday (January 25) at King’s House. His Excellency, The Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, was on hand to share in the presentation of awards and prizes to the 12 parish winners and the national winner and runners-up,...

The HEART/NSTA Trust is looking to improve on its ranking in the 2019 Global Competitiveness Index Report, which indicated that Jamaica was 36th of 141 countries in quality vocational training. HEART’s Director of Strategic Partnership, Research and Innovation, Kenesha Campbell, said this is part of the agency’s larger mandate of providing globally competitive, contemporary training programmes. She was addressing the...

The Ministry of Education and Youth (MoEY) has extended the deadline for submission of entries for the ‘JUST MEDZ IT’ End Violence in Schools Jingle Competition to January 27, 2023. The competition forms part of the year-long End Violence in Schools campaign, which was launched on Children’s Day, May 20, 2022. The objective of the competition is to showcase the...