The HEART/NSTA Trust, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Youth, Jamaica Library Service (JLS), and Junior Achievement Jamaica (JAJ), will host activities marking National Career Awareness Week 2022, from February 6 to 11. The week is being observed under the theme: ‘Career Success: Building Critical Skills to Navigate the Future’. Manager for HEART’s Career Development Support Services Department,...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is encouraging parents to reinforce the preventative guidelines to keep school children from contracting and spreading the Coronavirus (COVID-19). According to Director of Environmental Health at the Ministry, Everton Baker, when children return home from school, they must clean their hands, dispose of masks in garbage receptacles, or wash them where it is possible....

Newly appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne, says he is giving priority focus to youth mentorship and updating of laws. In a recent interview with JIS News, the State Minister said mentorship of young people is a major part of the strategy for “our social intervention”. The Jamaica Combined Cadet Force (JCCF) is...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), ties the shoe lace of a student at Holy Trinity High School, who received sneakers through a donation made possible by the non-profit organisation, Sole 2 Sole. This was during a ceremony held at the School located on George Headley Drive, in Kingston on February 4.

The Reddie’s Place of Safety in Kingston has received a donation of school supplies from non-profit organisation Youths For Excellence Limited (YFE), which will benefit wards at the home. The items, which were handed over during a function held at the facility recently, include backpacks, water bottles, crayons and masks, and gift baskets. Founder of the home, Clover “Reddie” Brown,...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), reads from ‘First Aid Reader D: A Narrow Escape and Other Stories ‘ to students at Mountain View Primary School in Kingston on Wednesday (February 2). The reading exercise was part of activities for World Read Aloud Day and Play Day 2022.

The Kiwanis Club of Young Professionals – St. Catherine has donated school supplies and food items to basic, primary and high-school students from the Clifton community in the parish. During a recent function at the Clifton Basic School, more than 50 students were presented with packages containing notebooks, pens, pencils, sharpers, and erasers, and non-perishable food items such as flour,...