Young persons from clubs and organisations across the island will come together for the staging of the National Youth Parliament on Monday (November 14) at Gordon House beginning at 10:00 am. The event is being spearheaded by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information. The National Youth Parliament was initially implemented in 2003 as a Youth Month activity of the...

The Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation has embarked on a series of regional consultations islandwide under its Youth Environmental Advocacy Programme (YEAP). The forums, which kicked off at the Mannings School in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, on October 21, aim to increase young people’s knowledge, understanding and appreciation of and for the environment. They are also intended to engage the...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith says the Government is currently reviewing the National Youth Policy which will guide its engagement with young people. She made the announcement at the Jamaica Christian Diaspora Conference held at the Iberostar Rose Hall Suites in St. James on Friday, October 14. “It will establish the policy...

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport will spearhead an Inter-Ministerial Taskforce being established to develop safeguards that protect youngsters participating in sporting activities. The committee will look at, among other things, introducing crucial protocols, guidelines and regulations; training and capacity building; enforcement procedures; and resource mobilisation. This was disclosed by Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel...

Three young men are this year’s recipients of the Margaret Moody Scholarship Fund administered by the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD). The awardees, Delon Smith, Ian Smith and Shamar Bennett, who have varying forms of disabilities, were selected out of a competitive group of 13 applicants. Margaret Moody, who was a nurse at the University Hospital of the...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is commending the operators of the Half-Way Tree Transport Centre for the efficient and orderly movement of students who use the facility. He said he is impressed with the overall improvement in the behaviour of the students, noting that there is no loitering. “I am very happy on all...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, continues to strengthen the systems to facilitate reports of child abuse and provide support for victims. “I think we always have to constantly reassess our systems to ensure that our children, who are the victims, that they are comfortable in filing these reports and that especially the psychological needs that they have are...