Brand Jamaica will be on display during the second staging of the Jersey Mike’s Jamaica Classic National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball tournament in St. James. The competition, which will feature eight universities from the United States of America, will be held at  the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall from Friday (November 16) to Sunday (November 18). The...

The National Youth Council of Jamaica (NYCJ), which represents community youth groups across the country, will hold elections on Saturday (November 17) to elect a new executive to lead the organisation. This was disclosed by State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, at the launch of the Volunteer Project Competition on November 13 at...

Three youth groups across the island will receive funding for the renovation of three basic schools under the Volunteer Project Competition. The 2018 staging of the competition, part of activities to mark Youth Month, was officially launched on Tuesday (November 13), on the grounds of Jamaica House Basic School in St. Andrew. It involves the joint collaboration of the Ministry...

The Government will be considering recommendations coming out of Monday’s (November 12) staging of the National Youth Parliament. “Coming out of this exercise, for the first time, I will table in Parliament a document that has all your recommendations, so that Parliament can take note of what the youth have to say,” said State Minister in the Ministry of Education,...

It is no coincidence that Colonel Woodburn Miller’s journey as an Educator in 1953 began simultaneously when he signed up as an adult volunteer with the Jamaica Combined Cadet Force (JCCF). According to Colonel Miller, his decades serving in the JCCF and in the education system reflect his interest in youth development. “I have always been passionate about helping the...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says that the Government’s early-stimulation/intervention strategy, which will be introduced in early-childhood institutions across the island, is aimed at ensuring that children “get the best start in life”. He said that the strategy, which borrows from best practices in Canada, Cuba, Finland, Trinidad and Tobago and parts of the...

The Ministry of National Security has intensified its efforts to tackle youth involvement in crime with the recent staging of six anti-gang sensitisation sessions. Approximately 255 young people benefited from the sessions, which were held across the island over two weeks from October 25 to November 7. These include youth offenders in juvenile centres, probationers, and unattached young people. Focus...