Chairman of the non-profit organisation, Trust for the Americas, Michael Lee-Chin, is calling on influential individuals to provide support for youth, specifically girls in juvenile remand centres, so they can be in a better position to thrive when they leave the system. “Those of us who have a voice in the system and power in the marketplace should make sure...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Hon. Olivia Grange, has hailed the Government of Jamaica/University of the West Indies (UWI) Sugar Heritage Film Project as an important undertaking for the preservation of Jamaica’s rich heritage. She noted that the country’s ethnic, economic and cultural history up to this point has been inextricably tied to sugar. “It was sugar...

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,...