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Health Promotion and Education Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Gerald Miller.
Health Promotion and Education Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Gerald Miller.

Westmoreland Schools, Parents Urged To Look Out For Hand, Foot, And Mouth Disease

With the resumption of face-to-face classes, the Westmoreland Health Department is appealing to school administrators and parents to be on the lookout for symptoms of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HMFD) among children. The Health Department said that while there...
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, highlights a point while addressing a virtual COVID Conversations press briefing, on Thursday (January 6).
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, highlights a point while addressing a virtual COVID Conversations press briefing, on Thursday (January 6).

Vaccines For Children 12 And Under Not Available
Grade One Teacher at Rock Hall Primary School in St. Andrew, Ms. Sonia Wilks (right), listens as one of her students reads a book at a recent ceremony.
Grade One Teacher at Rock Hall Primary School in St. Andrew, Ms. Sonia Wilks (right), listens as one of her students reads a book at a recent ceremony.

Education Minister Encourages Parents And Students To Get Vaccinated
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (Jan. 5).
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (Jan. 5).

Education Minister Reports Smooth Start To Easter School Term
Member of Parliament for St. Andrew West Rural, the Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (left), and Minister of Education, Youth and Information, the Hon. Fayval Williams (centre), hands over a cartridge-free Epson printer to the Acting Principal of Rock Hall Primary School, Keisha Mehabear, during a visit to the school in rural St. Andrew on Tuesday (January 4). The printer, along with printing paper, was donated by the Usain Bolt Foundation.
Member of Parliament for St. Andrew West Rural, the Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (left), and Minister of Education, Youth and Information, the Hon. Fayval Williams (centre), hands over a cartridge-free Epson printer to the Acting Principal of Rock Hall Primary School, Keisha Mehabear, during a visit to the school in rural St. Andrew on Tuesday (January 4). The printer, along with printing paper, was donated by the Usain Bolt Foundation.

Rock Hall Primary Gets Printer From Usain Bolt Foundation

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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, interacts with students at the Rock Hall Primary School in St. Andrew, today (January 4), during a handover ceremony for the presentation of a cartridge-free printer and reams of paper, donated by the Usain Bolt Foundation.
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Government Will Continue To Facilitate Face-To-Face Classes

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the Government will continue to facilitate the resumption of face-to-face classes, which began yesterday (January 3), while being guided by the Ministry of Health and Wellness. “That’s where the expertise lies. They’ve been guiding us through the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic; and so we look to them from the education sector,”...
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Founder of Pursued International Foundation, Stacy Ann Smith, delivers the keynote address at the Christmas dinner held at the Granville Child Care Facility in Trelawny, recently.
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Female Wards Urged To Hold Themselves In High Esteem

Founder of non-profit organisation Pursued International Foundation, Stacy-Ann Smith, has charged wards at the Granville Child Care Facility in Trelawny to hold themselves in high esteem regardless of the circumstances that caused them to be in State care. She urged them not to give up whenever they are faced with hardship, but to use those challenges as lessons to become...
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Minister of National Security, the Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right), and reggae dancehall artiste Jeffrey ‘Agent Sasco’ Campbell, observes a recording session in the new Black Diamond Music Studio at the Metcalfe Street Secure Juvenile Remand Centre in Kingston, at the official opening ceremony of the facility on Wednesday (December 15). Seated at the computer is Acting Staff Officer for the We Transform programme, Department of Correctional Services (DCS) Meshach Brown.
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Music Studio Opens At Metcalfe Street Juvenile Remand Centre

Male wards at the Metcalfe Street Secure Juvenile Remand Centre in Kingston, now have the opportunity to explore and develop their talent in music, following the opening of the Black Diamond Music Studio at the facility on Wednesday (December 15). The studio was established through collaboration involving the Ministry of National Security, the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) through the...
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Acting Policy Analyst in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s Youth and Adolescents Policy Division (YAPD), Davey Haughton. (Contributed Photo)
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Youth And Adolescents Policy Division Launches NYP Creative Competition

The Youth and Adolescents Policy Division (YAPD) of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information recently launched the National Youth Policy (NYP) Creative Competition. The competition is part of the continued thrust by the Ministry to increase public awareness on the intended outcomes of the revised NYP among key stakeholders, particularly “you/th” as the main target group. Acting Policy Analyst...
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The Chair of the National Child Month Committee, Dr. Pauline Mullings.
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Hampton Student Wins National Child Month Committee Debate Competition

Akishma Payne of the Hampton School in St. Elizabeth took first place in the National Child Month Committee (NCMC) Youth Forum debate competition finals held on Friday (November 26). She defeated three other students from secondary schools across the island, who argued the moot ‘Be it resolved that the circumstances surrounding the pandemic are preparing the youth to embrace the...
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