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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.
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.

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...
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.
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.

Music Studio Opens At Metcalfe Street Juvenile Remand Centre
Acting Policy Analyst in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s Youth and Adolescents Policy Division (YAPD), Davey Haughton. (Contributed Photo)
Acting Policy Analyst in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s Youth and Adolescents Policy Division (YAPD), Davey Haughton. (Contributed Photo)

Youth And Adolescents Policy Division Launches NYP Creative Competition
Principal of the St. Ann
Principal of the St. Ann's Bay Primary School in St. Ann, Trevor Cole

St. Ann’s Bay Primary Keeping Students Connected During Covid-19
The Chair of the National Child Month Committee, Dr. Pauline Mullings.
The Chair of the National Child Month Committee, Dr. Pauline Mullings.

Hampton Student Wins National Child Month Committee Debate Competition

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Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen. (JIS File Photo - Adrian Walker Photo)
CommunityGender AffairsYouth

National Prayer Vigil Project To Address Domestic Violence, Parenting In 18 Manchester Communities

Eighteen communities in Manchester will benefit from interventions and support to address issues relating to domestic violence and parenting coming out of the 2021 National Prayer Vigil, which will be held on December 12. The executive committee made the announcement at a virtual news conference on Tuesday (November 30) to launch the 29th staging of the event. Chairman of the...
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Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (back row, fourth from right); State Minister, Hon. Homer Davis (back row, right), share a moment with youth mayors and deputy youth mayors at the Local Government and Community Month 2021 Youth Mayors’ Forum, held on Wednesday (Nov.24), at the Trelawny Municipal Corporation in Falmouth. Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor Colin Gager (back row, left); and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Marsha Henry-Martin (back row, second left), also participated in the event.
CoronavirusYouth

Mental Health Of Youth Tested During Pandemic – Minister McKenzie

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the mental health and fortitude of the country’s young people have been tested during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “The greatest victims of COVID-19 are our young people. Education has been severely [affected],” he pointed out. The Minister said it is critical that the conversation be had about the impact...
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Chair of the Youth Forum Planning Committee of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), Michelle Golding Hylton.
Youth

Students To Participate In NCMC Debate Finals On Friday

Teams of students from high schools across the island will engage in spirited discussion about online learning when they participate in the finals of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC) Debate Competition on Friday, November 26. The debate is the penultimate activity on the NCMC’s 2021 calendar of events. It will take place at the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), 10-16...
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EducationYouth

Tonia Williams is 2022 Rhodes Scholar

Tonia Williams is the 2022 Rhodes Scholar for Jamaica. The announcement was made on Thursday (November 18) from King’s House after a full day of interviews of the 11 candidates, who vied for the scholarship. A former student of Immaculate Conception High School in St. Andrew, Ms. Williams studied Psychology at Vassar University in the United States (US) and is...
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Acting Coordinator for the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Social Intervention Programme, Sylvester Anderson.
EducationYouth

Trelawny Youth Targeted Under Education and Employment Programmes

Young people in Trelawny are being urged to take advantage of opportunities under the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Special Employment Programme (SEP) and the Education and Entrepreneurship Grants Programme. Coordinator for the Ministry’s Education and Entrepreneurship Grants Programme, Sylvester Anderson, made the call during the monthly meeting of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation held recently, where he made a...
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