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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, makes his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on April 23.

Agriculture Minister Targets Women and Youth

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says he is ensuring that at least 30 per cent of participants in the agriculture and entrepreneurship programmes under his portfolio are women and young people. He said that the...

Director of the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, Senator Dr. Floyd Morris (right), greets Patron of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), Hon. Douglas Orane, at the launch of Child Month 2019, which was held recently at the GraceKennedy office in downtown Kingston.

Parents Encouraged Not to Isolate Children with Disabilities

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Hon. Olivia Grange (left), converses with Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Denzil Thorpe (centre), and National Labour Day Activities Coordinator in the Ministry, Pat Amos, during a Workers' Week/Labour Day Planning Committee meeting at Jamaica House on Thursday (April 18).

Labour Day Activities Focusing on Children’s Safety

Chairman of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), Dr Pauline Mullings, displays the calendar of activities for Child Month 2019, which will be observed in May. Occasion was the launch on April 17, at the GraceKennedy Harbour Street Office, downtown Kingston.

Focus on Children With Special Needs in May

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, speaking during the Child Protection and Family Services Agency’s (CPFSA) Field Services Conference at Iberostar Rose Hall Hotel in Montego Bay, St. James, on April 16.

Gov’t Intensifying Zero-Tolerance Approach to Corporal Punishment in Schools

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange. (FILE)

7 years ago Youth

Grange Urges Community to Give Information to Police on Death of Young Girl

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, is urging anyone with information about the death of eight-year-old Shante Skyers to make a report to the police. The girl’s body was found in Sterling Castle Heights, St Andrew on Tuesday. She was reported missing on Thursday, 11 April 2019. Minister Grange has urged people in the...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (right), and Chief Executive Officer, Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) Rosalee Gage-Grey (centre), converse with Business Consultant and Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Marcus Mottley, during the CPFSA’s Field Services Conference at Iberostar Rose Hall Hotel in Montego Bay, St James, on Tuesday (April 16).

7 years ago InformationYouth

Adoption Regulations to be Amended

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, says regulations governing the adoption of children in State care are to be amended in order to speed up the process. Mr. Terrelonge notes that the impending changes will see children who have been neglected, abandoned or abused by parents, guardians or caregivers becoming eligible for adoption...

Executive Director, Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), Dr. Zoe Simpson.

7 years ago Gender AffairsYouth

WCJF Hosts Adolescent Mothers Parenting Conference April 16

The Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) will host the official launch of the inaugural Adolescent Mothers Parenting Conference on Tuesday (April 16), at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston. Activities for the conference include testimonials from WCJF alumni, as well as an interactive discussion forum. Endorsed by the Government through the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the...

7 years ago HOPE ProgrammeYouth

HEART Trust/NTA Accepting Applications for HOPE Summer Employment Programme

The Human Employment and Resource Training (HEART) Trust/NTA continues to accept applications for its 2019 HOPE Youth Summer Employment Programme, which will run from June to August. Formerly implemented through the National Youth Service (NYS), the programme targets youth between the ages of 17 and 29, and young persons from the Community for Persons with Disabilities, who are between ages...

Newly acquired equipment in the paediatric cardiac unit at the Bustamante Hospital for Children

7 years ago Health & WellnessYouth

Children Treated at New Paediatric Cardiac Unit at Bustamante Hospital

The new Paediatric Cardiac Unit at the Bustamante Hospital for Children is now operational. For the period April 8 to 12, a volunteer medical mission team from the United Kingdom, organised through Chain of Hope, performed procedures on children suffering from congenital heart conditions in the unit, alongside the local cardiac team at the hospital. Ten children were successfully treated...

Member of Parliament and past student of St. Catherine High School, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (left) and Chairman, Digicel Foundation, Jean Lowrie-Chin, unveil a new sign for the renovated science laboratory, which was officially handed over to St. Catherine High School on Wednesday (April 10).

7 years ago EducationYouth

Refurbished Science Lab Handed Over to St. Catherine High

A refurbished science laboratory was officially handed over to St. Catherine High School in Spanish Town today (April 10) by Member of Parliament and wife of the Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Juliet Holness, who is a past student. The laboratory was refurbished at a cost of $10.5 million by the Digicel Foundation. In her address, Mrs. Holness thanked the...

7 years ago EducationYouth

Campbell’s Castle Primary School Rebuilt

Campbell’s Castle Primary School in South Manchester has been rebuilt at a cost of over $51 million, providing more modern and spacious surroundings for teachers and students. The new two-storey structure comprises four classrooms, a computer laboratory, principal’s office, staff room, bathrooms, a storeroom, and other facilities to serve the small student population. The project was undertaken by the Education,...