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Graduates of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency's (CPFSA) Transition and Competency Programme display their certificates at the ceremony, held on Monday (Dec.16), at St. Joseph’s Teachers’ College, St. Andrew.

19 Former Wards Trained And Certified In Skills Areas

Nineteen former wards of the State have been trained and certified through the Transition and Competency Programme implemented by the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA). The training took place over two semesters at St. Joseph’s Teachers’ College and...

Deputy Clerk to the Houses of Parliament, Valrie Curtis (right), welcomes attendees to the annual Christmas treat for children, held in Parliament's parking lot at 81 Duke Street, Kingston, on Thursday (Dec. 19).

PHOTOS: Parliament’s Christmas Treat for Children

Social Services Manager at the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Gresford Bennett (left), presents a Certificate of Completion and a Main Event Entertainment Group Limited care bag to Cazema Campbell, one of 32 persons from western Jamaica who participated in JSIF’s Alternative Livelihood Skills Development Programme (ALSDP) Event Production Training, during Monday’s (December 16) graduation ceremony at the Grandiosa Hotel in Montego Bay, St. James.

Over $300M Pumped Into JSIF’s Alternative Livelihood Skills Development Programme

Mayor of Montego Bay , Councillor Homer Davis (left), presents a Certificate of Completion to Damalla Black, at the western Event Production Training Programme graduation ceremony, held on Monday (December 16), at Grandiosa Hotel, Montego Bay, St. James.

Inner-City Youth In Central And Western Jamaica Trained In Event Production

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right); and wife, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness, spread Christmas cheer to children as they present them with gifts during the Prime Minister’s annual treat for children, which was held on the grounds of the Office of the Prime Minister on Sunday (December 15).

Prime Minister Holness Fetes 2,000 Children At Christmas Treat

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (right), is greeted by President of Alliance Francaise de la Jamaique,Pierre Lemaire, at the recent launch of the Integrate French as a Language of Exchange/Intégrer le Français comme Langue d

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Jamaica Integrating French as Language of Exchange

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, has welcomed the opportunity for local teachers to be better trained in the delivery of French to their students. “We recognise that if our youth are truly to move forward… if they are to continue to lead, inspire and transform their world, then they must be able to speak in...

Sixth-form supervisor at Oberin High School in St. Andrew, Everton Leslie (centre), interacting with the school’s head girl, Shanique Bennett and sixth-form student, Rochaun Edwards, at the Stand Up! Talk Up! Youth Conference at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Monday (December 9).

6 years ago EducationYouth

Teacher Calls For Increased Measures To Address Bullying

Sixth-form Supervisor at Oberlin High School in St. Andrew, Everton Leslie, is highlighting the need for increased measures to effectively address bullying in schools. He suggested the staging of fora where students from across the island can be sensitised about the issue, while giving victims an avenue to speak up about what they have suffered. Mr. Leslie, who was addressing...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Rosalee Gage-Grey, speaks at the agency’s eighth annual Educational Achievement Awards Ceremony, held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew, recently.

6 years ago Youth

CPFSA Seeks To Place Wards Of The State In Meaningful Jobs

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) is seeking to have 50 wards of the State engaged in meaningful work by March 2020, under its Transition to Work Programme for children in State care. This was noted by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the CPFSA, Rosalee Gage-Grey, at the agency’s eighth annual Educational Achievement Awards Ceremony, held at the...

Executive Vice President, Sagicor Life Insurance, Mark Chisolm (left), presents a certificate to Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III participant, Cheryl Williamson, at the graduation exercise for the adult literacy and social skills intervention programme on December 5, at the Sagicor Auditorium, St. Andrew. Thirty-three participants received training in academic and behaviour intervention, mentorship for job preparation as well as individual counselling sessions.

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33 Young People Benefit From Training Under CSJP III

Thirty-three young men and women from communities across the island are better equipped to obtain employment, having graduated from the adult literacy and social skills intervention programme under the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III. The graduation exercise was held on December 5 at the Sagicor Auditorium, St. Andrew, where participants were presented with certificates and special awards for...

Benjamin Bair’s mother, Japhene Campbell (centre), being comforted by her cousin, Jamela Levy (left) and Superintendent of Police, Tomielee Chambers, at the funeral of her son, Benjamin Bair, which was held at the North Street Seventh-day Adventist Church on December 8. Benjamin was killed by an unmanned garbage truck on the compound of his school, Clan Carthy Primary in Kingston, on October 28.

6 years ago Youth

PHOTOS: Funeral For Benjamin Bair

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Children’s Advocate Encourages Caregivers To Seek Help

Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison, is encouraging caregivers to seek assistance, where necessary, to produce positive parenting outcomes in children’s development. Speaking at the annual Parenting Exposition, hosted by the Kingston and St. Andrew Family Court, on December 6, in Downtown Kingston, Mrs. Gordon Harrison said there is no harm in asking for help. “The most efficient tasks and the...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), is presented with a copy of the book ‘The Adventures Of Goober, The Alien From Mars’, by the author, 10-year-old Kanton Hardy, at King’s House, on December 6.

6 years ago Governor GeneralYouth

PHOTOS: G-G With 10-Year-Old Author Of The Adventures Of Goober

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), is presented with a copy of the book ‘The Adventures Of Goober, The Alien From Mars’, by the author, 10-year-old Kanton Hardy, at King’s House, on December 6.