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(FILE Photo) Government Senator Kerensia Morrison (standing) highlights a point while opening the State of the Nation debate in the Senate on Friday (October 26). Other Government Senators pictured (seated from left, second row) are: Matthew Samuda; and Dr. Saphire Longmore. In the front row is Senator Ransford Braham.
(FILE Photo) Government Senator Kerensia Morrison (standing) highlights a point while opening the State of the Nation debate in the Senate on Friday (October 26). Other Government Senators pictured (seated from left, second row) are: Matthew Samuda; and Dr. Saphire Longmore. In the front row is Senator Ransford Braham.

Senator Calls for Safe-Sex Campaign to Educate Youth

Government Senator Kerensia Morrison says there is need for an aggressive campaign to educate the nation’s youth about unsafe sex and the risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). “With a young generation, many of whose behaviour is of grave concern....
Jamaica Combined Cadet Force Adjutant Training Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Simoan Foster, addressing a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank on October 24.
Jamaica Combined Cadet Force Adjutant Training Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Simoan Foster, addressing a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank on October 24.

JCCF Keen on Steering Youth from Crime
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), listens to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Caribbean Country Department General Manager, Therese Turner-Jones (left), at a Productivity and Continuous Improvement Conference, which was held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (October 24). At centre is Managing Director, Make Your Mark Consultants, Jacqueline Coke-Lloyd.
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), listens to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Caribbean Country Department General Manager, Therese Turner-Jones (left), at a Productivity and Continuous Improvement Conference, which was held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (October 24). At centre is Managing Director, Make Your Mark Consultants, Jacqueline Coke-Lloyd.

Private Sector Encouraged to Assist Gov’t to Improve Worker Productivity
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, inspecting recruits trained under the Jamaica National Service Corps (JNSC), at the passing out parade held on October 20 at the Jamaica Defence Force
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, inspecting recruits trained under the Jamaica National Service Corps (JNSC), at the passing out parade held on October 20 at the Jamaica Defence Force's (JDF) Moneague training camp in St. Ann.

More Youth to be Trained Under National Service Corps
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left) and Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon.Desmond McKenzie (right), share a moment with Social Development Commission (SDC) Community Development Officer for St. Elizabeth, Jennifer Mullings, at the launch of the Cross-Island Run in celebration of Local Government Month 2018 at Independence Park, Westmoreland, on October 10.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left) and Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon.Desmond McKenzie (right), share a moment with Social Development Commission (SDC) Community Development Officer for St. Elizabeth, Jennifer Mullings, at the launch of the Cross-Island Run in celebration of Local Government Month 2018 at Independence Park, Westmoreland, on October 10.

State Minister Calls for Collaborative Approach to Revive Youth Clubs

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Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left); Managing Director, Jamaica Flour Mills, Derrick Nembhard (right); and Chairman, Jamaica Flour Mills (JFM) Foundation, Professor Neville Ying (back row, third right), share a moment with this year’s recipients of the JFM Foundation and Hart/Jacobs Scholarships during an awards luncheon, held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on October 4. Dr. Tufton received the JFM Foundation scholarship in 1989.
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Tertiary Students Receive Scholarships from Jamaica Flour Mills Foundation

Eight tertiary students have received scholarships valued at $3.6 million from the Jamaica Flour Mills (JFM) Foundation and the Hart/Jacobs Scholarships, for the 2018/19 academic year. The new JFM Foundation scholarship recipients are Shaniequa Brown, who will be pursuing a BSc. Accounting, University of the West Indies (UWI); Akeem Campbell, BSc. Actuarial Science, UWI; Andrew Hercules, B. Eng. Chemical Engineering...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), listens to Director General, Public Sector Transformation and Modernisation Programme, Office of the Cabinet, Veniece Pottinger-Scott, at the launch of the Records and Information Management (RIM) Policy Implementation and Sensitisation Programme on Thursday (October 4) at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston.
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RIM Policy Implementation and Sensitisation Programme Launched

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, in collaboration with the Office of the Cabinet, has launched the Records and Information Management (RIM) Policy Implementation and Sensitisation Programme, geared towards ensuring that all activities and decisions of the Government are fully and accurately documented, managed and monitored. The policy will govern records and information management across all ministries, departments and...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), engages with Minister of State, Hon. Floyd Green, just before the start of a press conference at the Ministry’s National Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on October 3.
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PEP Performance Task Pushed Back to March 2019

The Performance Task aspect of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP), previously scheduled for December, has been pushed back to March 2019. The Ability Test and Curriculum-Based Test components will be conducted in February 2019 and April 2019, respectively, as previously scheduled. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, made the disclosure during a press briefing at...
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The Most Hon Andrew Holness, Prime Minister breaks ground for the Maxfield Park Housing Project with Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Karl Samuda, NHT Chairman, Lennox Channer and other NHT Executives on Wednesday, October 3, 2018.
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Future of NHT to be Debated in Parliament – PM Holness

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has committed that the Government will debate the future of the National Housing Trust (NHT) in Parliament before the end of the year. Prime Minister Holness made the announcement today (Wednesday, October 3) at the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Maxfield Park Housing Project in East Central St. Andrew. According to the Prime Minister, in its present...
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Industry Minister Calls on More Young People to Offer Innovative Ideas

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, is calling on more youth in Jamaica to offer innovative ideas and creativity that will aid the nation with economic growth. Speaking at the Optimist Club of Kingston Meeting on Thursday (September 27), at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica in St. Andrew, the Minister said youth account for...
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Jamaica Youth Ambassador to the United Nations General Assembly, Santana Morris (seated centre) with students of the Mount Alvernia High school in St James, following a youth dialogue session at the institution in Montego Bay, St. James on Monday (September 24).
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Youth Ambassador Empowering Students in St. James

Jamaica Youth Ambassador to the United Nations General Assembly, Santana Morris, has embarked on a series of youth dialogues designed to engage and empower young people at the high school and collegiate levels in St. James. The sessions, under the theme: ‘Preserving our youth through strategic intervention in creating safe spaces in the 21st Century,’ got underway on Monday (September...
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State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. addresses a session to highlight Jamaica’s progress in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on Thursday (September 27).
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Youth Urged To Become Custodians for SDGS

State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. is calling on the nation’s youth to become custodians for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “Young Jamaicans… must understand the importance of not only planning but taking these goals to action and why they are doing so,” he said. The State Minister was...
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