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Participants in the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) Alternative Livelihood Skills and Development Project - Blue Economy training programme in attendance at the initiative’s recent graduation ceremony at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James.

165 Unattached Youth Graduate from JSIF’s Blue Economy Training Programme

Some 165 unattached youth recently graduated from the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) Alternative Livelihoods Skills and Development Project - Blue Economy training programme, during a recent ceremony at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James. The project was...

Senior Health Education Officer, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Julia Manderson Steele (centre), engages Clan Carthy Primary School students in an exercise session, at a ‘Jamaica Moves’ activity at the school in St. Andrew earlier this year. (FILE)

Virtual Healthy Lifestyle Camp for children Today

Chair of the Selection Committee of the Prime Minister’s National Youth Awards for Excellence (PMNYAE), Rhys Campbell.

Nominations Open For PM’s National Youth Awards For Excellence

Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne. (Photo © PAHO/WHO)

PAHO Director Says Youth Integral To Fight Against COVID-19

Regional Director, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), Dr. Kevin Harvey (right) presents a cheque valued at just over $1 million to Executive Director of the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), Dr. Zoe Simpson (left) and Field Operations at the WCFJ, Beverley Martin Berry, at the AHF’s offices in St. Andrew, on August 10. The money will be used to support the WCJF's Advancing Secondary, Tertiary, Remedial Education for Adolescent Mothers (A-STREAM) Programme.

Back-To-School Support For Adolescent Parents

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaking at the Jamaica Defence Force Burke Barracks in St. James on August 7.

6 years ago Youth

Instil Positive Values in Children – PM

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has underscored the need to inculcate positive values in the nation's children at an early age, in order to prevent them from engaging in anti-social behaviour. Mr. Holness, who was addressing residents and other stakeholders, following a tour of several communities in St. James on August 7, said it was equally important for...

6 years ago Youth

More Opportunities Needed For Unattached Youth – PM

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says more opportunities are needed for the nation’s unattached youth, in order to prevent them from falling prey to criminal elements. Speaking at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Burke Barracks, in St. James on August 7, Mr. Holness said it is against this background why the JDF, through the Jamaica National Service Corp...

Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe, speaking during a back-to-school digital town hall meeting on Tuesday (August 4).

6 years ago CoronavirusYouth

Early Childhood Sector Stakeholders Receive COVID-19 Protocols Training

As early childhood institutions (ECIs) prepare for start of the 2020/21 academic year in September, Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe, says operators and staff within the sector have been trained in the necessary Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) protocols to safeguard children. “The ECI sector [stakeholders have] been fully trained by...

6 years ago Youth

Education Ministry to Undertake Phased Introduction of Electronic Textbooks

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information will commence the phased introduction of electronic textbooks to replace printed versions during the 2020/21 academic year, which starts in September. Acting Chief Education Officer, Dr. Kasan Troupe, said the process will get underway in secondary institutions, noting that “some of our high schools will be benefitting from e-books or flat books”. Flat...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses a digital town hall, hosted by the Ministry on July 30.

6 years ago Local GovernmentYouth

Participants Encouraged To Make Use Of The Youth Summer Employment Programme

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, is encouraging participants of the Youth Summer Employment Programme (YSEP) to make good use of the opportunity it presents. “We are saying to young people, this is an opportunity to start life. It is a small job, but at least it gives you responsibility and I am quite sure that...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Mike Henry (second right), along with Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Colette Roberts-Risden (second left) and Director of Child Labour, Sasha Deer-Gordon (right), shares a photo opportunity with the winners and runners-up in the Child Labour Essay Competition, at the awards ceremony at the Ministry in downtown Kingston on Thursday (July 30). The winners and runners-up are (from left) Amir Simon, Sean-Michael Hope, Jeneika McBright, Jorian Brown and Akalia Mckenzie.

6 years ago LabourYouth

PHOTOS: Child Labour Essay Competition Awards Ceremony

Director of Juvenile Services at South Camp Juvenile Remand and Correctional Centre, Claudette Hamilton (left); Technical Advisor to the Minister of National Security, Alexander Causwell (centre) and Superintendent in Charge of South Camp Juvenile Remand and Correctional Centre, Maulette White, on their way to tour the new multipurpose classroom established at the South Camp Juvenile Remand and Correctional Centre, Kingston, on Wednesday (July 29).

6 years ago EducationNational Security and PeaceYouth

Wards Benefit From New Multipurpose Classroom

Director of Juvenile Services at South Camp Juvenile Remand and Correctional Centre, Claudette Hamilton, says the newly established multipurpose classroom has been contributing significantly to the rehabilitation of wards being housed at the institution. The Director was speaking with JIS News during a tour of the multipurpose facility by key members of the Ministry of National Security and the Department...