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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).

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...

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).

Youth Urged To Become Custodians for SDGS

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left), has the attention of (from second left), J. Wray & Nephew Foundation Manager, Michelle Samuels; Chairman of the J. Wray & Nephew Foundation, Clement “Jimmy” Lawrence, and Early Childhood Commission Chairman, Trisha Williams-Singh, at the handover ceremony for the renovated Middlesex Infant School in Holland Bamboo, St. Elizabeth, on Wednesday, September 26.

More Early-Childhood Institutions Certified

Advisor, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Howard Chamberlain (second left), greets sixth-form student at Wolmer's Boys’ School, Joshua Orr (right). Occasion was a function to recognise Future Leaders of Jamaica (FLJ) 2018 scholarship recipients held on Friday (September 21) at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona campus. Looking on are Executive Director of FLJ, Dwight Green (left); and sixth-form Campion College student, O'Dayne Edwards

Thirty-Six Students Receive Scholarships from Future Leaders

University of the West Indies Pro-Vice Chancellor and Mona Campus Principal, Professor Dale Webber (2nd left), listens to a point being made by Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Andrene Collings (2nd right), during the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Climate Smart Agriculture Symposium at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on Friday (Sept. 21). Also listening (from left) are: Executive Director, Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Dr. Ronald Blake; and Manager, 4-H Clubs Training and Production Centre, in Denbigh, Clarendon, Geoffrey Gayle.

Students Encouraged To Engage In Environmental Protection

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), receives a painting as a token of appreciation from Founder and Principal Director of non- profit organisation, Youths for Excellence Limited, Jénine Shepherd. Occasion was a sponsors’ appreciation banquet hosted by the entity on September 20 at the Andrews Seventh-day Adventist Church in St. Andrew. Youths for Excellence Limited is a non- profit organisation that tutors children aged 11 to 13, primarily in inner-city communities, and provides them with free health check-ups, school supplies and food.

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Youth Organisation Lauded For Assistance to Students

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, has hailed the work of Youths for Excellence Limited in assisting students to reach their highest potential. “I found it important that young people had come together to form this organisation, and I was further impressed that the sphere in which they decided to give back is education. “There is...

Project Manager of the MoBay City Run organizing committee, Ashley Anguin ( fourth left), with students ( from left) Selcia Johnson, Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College; Shanique Corbett, University of Technology – Western Campus; Rayon Fray, University of the West Indies - Western Jamaica Campus; Roma Rajwani Mt. Alvernia High School; and Rushell Samuels Montego Bay Community College. The students collected cheques on behalf of their schools at the MoBay City Run Scholarship presentation, which was held at Sandals Montego Bay in St. James on Wednesday (September 19).

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Montego Bay City Run Scholarship Fund Assists Students in the West

Four tertiary institutions, one secondary school and students in Montego Bay, St. James, have been offered scholarships and donations amounting to $4.5 million, through the Montego Bay City Run Scholarship Fund. A sum of $1.3 million has been disbursed to the University of the West Indies, Western Jamaica Campus; $700,000 to the Montego Bay Community College; $700,000 to the University...

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Hon. Mike Henry (second right), observes as Jamaican student, Tagera Ottey (left), receives a symbolic cheque valued at $5 million from Managing Director of China National Pharmaceutical Corporation (Sinopharm), Zheng Huanming (right) to pursue medical studies in China. Occasion was a send-off for the student at the OPM in St. Andrew on Thursday (September 20). Others pictured (from left) are Special Assistant to the Minister, Dei-Rasi Freckleton; Economic and Commercial Counsellor at the Embassy of China in Jamaica, Fan Jianghong; and Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Tian Qi.

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Jamaican Student Gets Scholarship to Study in China

Jamaican student, Tagera Ottey has received a $5-million scholarship to study medicine in the People’s Republic of China, courtesy of China National Pharmaceutical Corporation (Sinopharm). Speaking at a send-off for the student at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) on Thursday (September 20), Minister without Portfolio, Hon. Mike Henry, who had appealed to the company on behalf of the...

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (second left), listens keenly to Programme Manager for the Transitional Living Programme for Children in State Care (TLP-CSC) project and Head of the Caribbean Child Development Centre (CCDC) at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus, Ceceile Minott (left), during a tour of the Transitional Living Complex at 24 Lady Musgrave Road in Kingston on June 7. Also on the tour were Chief Executive Officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Rosalee Gage-Grey (second right) and Project Engineer for Surrey Paving and Aggregate Company Limited, Brandon Williams. The facility is scheduled to open on Tuesday (September 18).

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Transition Complex for Former Wards of the State Opens Tuesday

The Government is strengthening its transition programme for youth as they age out of State care into independent living Come Tuesday (September 18), a newly constructed Transitional Living Complex will be handed over to the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA). It will provide accommodation for approximately 40 female tertiary-level students, aged 18 to 21 years, who have exited...

Assistant Superintendent of Police, Coleridge Minto, Director of the Safety and Security Unit of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (September 13).

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Safety and Security Unit of Education Ministry Gets Support of US$3 Million

The Safety and Security Unit of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has been boosted with a US$3 million support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), under the Ministry/USAID Partnership For Safe School project. Through the project, the Unit will increase the number of hand held metal detectors to 500, and walk through scanners to 30...

The top three entrepreneurs in Scotiabank’s 2018 Vision Achievers Programme, display their awards at the closing ceremony for the initiative, held on Tuesday (September 11), at the Terra Nova Hotel in St. Andrew. They are (from left): Managing Director of Morgan’s Creek Limited, Joni-Dale Morgan; Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Jamaica Care Packages, Rory Walker; and Managing Director of Quality Systems Solutions and Initiatives, Sheryl Anderson.

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Minister Shaw Hails Scotiabank’s Vision Achievers Programme

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, has lauded Scotiabank for providing capacity-building to over 200 business operators through its annual Vision Achievers Programme. The Minister, who was delivering the keynote address at the 2018 closing ceremony for 25 participants in the initiative, held on (September 11) at Terra Nova Hotel in St. Andrew, said it provides...

State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, and Chairman of the Youth Advisory Committee of the Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., reading to students during an International Literacy Day event at the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), downtown Kingston on September 7. International Literacy Day will be observed globally on September 8.

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Minister Grange Reads to Students for Int’l Literacy Day

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, hosted a Read-In session with scores of students from Corporate Area schools at the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), downtown Kingston, on Friday (September 7). The event, which included storytelling and readings of poetry and short stories to the children by representatives of Government and the literary community, was staged by...