Fifty-four young people from vulnerable communities across the island have been equipped with skills in film-making, having successfully completed training under the University of the West Indies Community Film Project (UWICFP). The graduates, from UWI’s Mona and Western Jamaica campuses, represent the largest cohort, to date, under the initiative, which was implemented in 2012. Founder of UWICFP and Dean of...

Renaldo Facey, 18-year-old resident of the inner-city community of Denham Town, in Kingston, and upper-sixth-form student of Wolmer’s Boys’ School, is on the right track to realise his dream of becoming a medical doctor. Renaldo has achieved grade one at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) level in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Human and Social Biology, Additional Mathematics, Principles of Accounts,...

Approximately 150 young people are now in a better position to tap into the global US$230-billion animation industry, having received certification under phase one of the Creative Industries Education and Employment Programme (CIEEP). With an estimated investment of US$779,000, the CIEEP aims to equip participants with international industry-standard training in 3D animation for feature films. The CIEEP is an initiative...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says he supports the concept of occupational degrees, where persons can reach that level as a butcher, a chef or as a cosmetologist. He argued that the country has suffered over the years as a result of society’s prejudice towards jobs and occupations that were deemed inferior. Addressing graduates of the Ministry of...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Government is paving the way for the growth of the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, which now employs over 26,000 Jamaicans. The Minister, who was speaking at the opening of the two-day Outsource to the Caribbean Conference on December 6 at the Iberostar Beach Hotel in Montego Bay,...

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), formerly the Child Development Agency (CDA), is again appealing to Jamaicans to participate in its annual ‘Take a Child Home for Christmas’ programme. The programme, which started 10 years ago, allows persons to open their hearts and homes to wards of the State during the festive season. Speaking with JIS News, Manager,...

The new state-of-the-art West End Infant School, in Negril, Westmoreland, was officially opened on Wednesday, December 6. The facility, which commenced classes in September, is the result of a public-private partnership among the Sandals Foundation, the CHASE Fund and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information. The school has the capacity to accommodate 160 students, with 60 students on roll...