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Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Donna-Marie Rowe (left), looks on as University of the West Indies (UWI) student Katherine Bryan-Rattray (second right) presents the proceeds of a fundraiser to Director of the Mt. Olivet Boys’ Home, Patrick Newman. At right is Nordia Thompson, also of UWI. The students participated in the Applied Group Dynamics course, which raised funds towards the purchase of tablets for the boys at the Home. The facility, located in Walderston, Manchester, was adopted by the JIS in 2009 and remains the agency’s main corporate social responsibility project.
Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Donna-Marie Rowe (left), looks on as University of the West Indies (UWI) student Katherine Bryan-Rattray (second right) presents the proceeds of a fundraiser to Director of the Mt. Olivet Boys’ Home, Patrick Newman. At right is Nordia Thompson, also of UWI. The students participated in the Applied Group Dynamics course, which raised funds towards the purchase of tablets for the boys at the Home. The facility, located in Walderston, Manchester, was adopted by the JIS in 2009 and remains the agency’s main corporate social responsibility project.

Mount Olivet Boys’ Home Benefit From UWI Students’ Fundraiser

A group of enterprising final-year students from the University of the West Indies (UWI) have handed over the proceeds of a fundraiser to the Mt. Olivet Boys’ Home. The money is a contribution to the Home’s project to purchase tablets...
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (third right), looks on as Principal, Balmagie Primary School, Vinette Simms (third left), is presented with a printer donated by the Usain Bolt Foundation, by Member of Parliament for Western St. Andrew, Anthony Hylton (second right), during a ceremony held at the school on March 17. Others from left are students Damion Rowe and Deena-Kay Cole, and teacher at the school, Naomi Biggs Gayle.
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (third right), looks on as Principal, Balmagie Primary School, Vinette Simms (third left), is presented with a printer donated by the Usain Bolt Foundation, by Member of Parliament for Western St. Andrew, Anthony Hylton (second right), during a ceremony held at the school on March 17. Others from left are students Damion Rowe and Deena-Kay Cole, and teacher at the school, Naomi Biggs Gayle.

PHOTOS: Handover Of Printer At Balmagie Primary
Director of the Consular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ariel Bowen, engages with Undersecretary of the Diaspora, Protocol and Consular Affairs Division, Frantz Hall, during a Think Tank held on Wednesday (March 16), at the JIS Head Office in Kingston.
Director of the Consular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ariel Bowen, engages with Undersecretary of the Diaspora, Protocol and Consular Affairs Division, Frantz Hall, during a Think Tank held on Wednesday (March 16), at the JIS Head Office in Kingston.

One Student Has Left Russia, Others Making Plans To Exit
Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr. Marcia Graham
Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr. Marcia Graham

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Principal of Farm Primary and Infant school in St James, Richard Miller (right, engages with grade-six students (from left), Tavarie Clarke, Chevonae Wint and Arianna Green, during lunch break on Monday (March 7).
Principal of Farm Primary and Infant school in St James, Richard Miller (right, engages with grade-six students (from left), Tavarie Clarke, Chevonae Wint and Arianna Green, during lunch break on Monday (March 7).

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Enrichment Centre teacher at the Petersfield Primary and Infant School in Westmoreland, Dorcas Myrie (in background), instructs students in the group at the school recently.
EducationYouth

Ongoing Assessment To Address Learning Loss

Principal of Petersfield Primary and Infant School in Westmoreland, Susan Rattray-Hammond, has said that the school is employing techniques to combat learning loss among its student population. In an interview with JIS News, Mrs. Rattray-Hammond outlined that one of the techniques being used is ongoing assessment of students. “We push a lot for formative assessment, that is assessment as the...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (third left), breaks ground for the establishment of the St. Thomas Teen Hub, on Church Street in Morant Bay on Thursday (March 10). She is joined by (from left) Administrative Assistant to the Mayor of Morant Bay, Lesa Thomas; Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Marianne Van Steen; Acting United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator, Mariko Kagoshima; Member of Parliament for St. Thomas Eastern, Dr. Michelle Charles; and Regional Director for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Dr. Kevin Harvey.
CommunityHealth & WellnessYouth

Ground Broken for Teen Hub In St. Thomas

Ground was broken on Thursday (March 10) for the establishment of a Teen Hub in St. Thomas, through which adolescents in the parish can access a range of clinical, educational, and social services in a safe environment. The US$200,000 facility, which will be situated on Church Street in Morant Bay, will offer mental health screening/counselling and referrals, reproductive health services,...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), presents the Commandant’s Award to Jamaica National Service Corps (JNSC) recruit, Kymni Lindo, at the Presentation of Certificates Ceremony for JNSC Intake 2021/01, held on Tuesday (March 8), at Up Park Camp in St. Andrew.
Youth

JNSC Enabling Youth To Transform Their Lives – Minister Williams

The Jamaica National Service Corps (JNSC) is equipping youth with the skills and competencies to transform their lives and contribute to nation-building, says Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams. “This programme offers an opportunity for our young people to take advantage of training to change the trajectory of their lives. It is an opportunity to develop positive attitudes…...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (right), observes as Acting Consultant for Sexual and Reproductive Health, Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH), Dr. Kaye Palmer-Cole (second left), demonstrates the functions of a DC-30 ultrasound machine, valued at US$18,000, which was donated to the institution recently by the Women Without Blemish Ministry of the Liberty for Living Ministries International. Others observing (from left) are Deputy CEO, VJH, Dr. Diane McIsaacs; Living Ministries International head, Pastor Rowan Wade; and wife and President, Women Without Blemish Ministry, Pastor Marsha Wade. The presentation took place at the hospital.
Health & WellnessYouth

PHOTO: Victoria Jubilee Hospital Gets DC-30 Ultrasound Machine

Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (right), observes as Acting Consultant for Sexual and Reproductive Health, Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH), Dr. Kaye Palmer-Cole (second left), demonstrates the functions of a DC-30 ultrasound machine, valued at US$18,000, which was donated to the institution recently by the Women Without Blemish Ministry of the Liberty...
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Grade-one student at Petersfield Primary and Infant School in Westmoreland, Daniel Dixon, washes his hands at a wash station during the first day of daily face-to-face classes at the school on Monday (March 7).
EducationYouth

Majority Turnout For Classes At Westmoreland School

The Petersfield Primary and Infant School in Westmoreland resumed full face-to-face classes on Monday (March 7). The school has a population of more than 700 students and more than 80 per cent were in attendance on the first day. Principal Susan Rattray-Hammond told JIS News that preparations for the full resumption of in-person classes at the institution were made far...
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