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Recruits participating in a Meter Operations and Handling training session.

NWC Giving Employment Opportunities To At Risk Youth

As part of its continued efforts in exercising its corporate social responsibility, the nation’s leading water provider the National Water Commission (NWC), has to date employed over 300 at risk youth to gather vital information through its Customer Census Mapping...

Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney.

JSIF Provides $4 Million For Police Youth Clubs

(FILE) Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, gives the keynote address during the HEART/National Service Training Agency Trust’s Professional Development Symposium, which was held on Thursday (February 20) at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James.

Gov’t Committed To Protecting Children

(FILE) Grade-11 Maths Teacher at the William Knibb Memorial High School in Trelawny, Ronald Beckford (right), holds revision classes with students on Monday (June 8).

William Knibb High Places Emphasis On Mental Health Of Students

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), shakes hands with newly appointed Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, after making the announcement at a meeting with Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) Board members, at the institution's Palisadoes Park address in Kingston on Wednesday (June 17).

Karl Samuda Now Education Minister

Chief Executive Officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Rosalee Gage Grey.

6 years ago Youth

Virtual Child Protection Forum Wednesday

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) will host a virtual child protection forum on Wednesday (June 17), starting at 8:00 p.m. It is the third in a series of sessions staged by the agency to address the situation of Jamaican children, with two held in Montego Bay, St. James and Linstead Square, St. Catherine in March. Speaking with...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (left), and United States Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Donald Tapia, view a commemorative plaque mounted inside the new multipurpose classroom at the South Camp Juvenile Correctional Centre in Kingston. The facility was formally opened on Thursday (June 4).

6 years ago National Security and PeaceYouth

PHOTOS: South Camp Juvenile Centre Gets New Multipurpose Classroom

Acting Registrar at the National Children’s Registry of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Warren Thompson.

6 years ago Youth

Reduction In Number Of Missing Children

There has been a 28 per cent reduction in the number of children reported missing from January to April of 2020, when compared to the similar period last year. The National Children’s Registry (NCR) received 384 reports of children missing for the period, in comparison to the 532 reports last year. This was disclosed by Acting Registrar at the NCR,...

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge.

6 years ago Youth

Child Month Challenging But Showed Resilience Of Children – Terrelonge

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, says that this year’s celebration of Child Month, while challenging, coming at a time when the globe is facing a pandemic, highlighted the resilience of the Jamaican people, particularly children. Mr. Terrelonge was bringing greetings at the National Day of Prayer, the final activity for Child Month 2020, which was...

Chief Executive Officer of the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), Kaysia Kerr, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’. (FILE)

6 years ago InformationYouth

NPSC Provides Tips For Homeschooling

As children continue distance learning online, the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) is providing tips to parents on how they can create a structured environment for children in homeschooling. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NPSC, Kaysia Kerr, told JIS News that while the arrangement presents a challenge for some parents who are working from home, this situation can be...

Chair of the National Child Month Committee, Dr. Pauline Mullings.

6 years ago Youth

May 27 Day Of Prayer For Child Month

The 2020 Child Month activities, staged by the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), will culminate with a digital Day of Prayer on Wednesday, May 27, led by the Mandeville Seventh-day Adventist Church in Manchester, starting at 10:00 a.m. Chair of the NCMC, Dr. Pauline Mullings, is appealing to Jamaicans to participate in this important day on the 2020 Child Month...

Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Information Technology Manager, Andrew Evelyn.

6 years ago TechnologyYouth

Parents Encouraged To Monitor Gadgets And Online Platforms Used By Children

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is calling on parents to be vigilant in monitoring the use of gadgets and digital media platforms by their children. Speaking with JIS News, Information Technology Manager, CAC, Andrew Evelyn, said it is important that parents have knowledge of the devices used regularly by their children and the platforms on which they take part. “It...