Latest

Members of the Clarendon Parish Development Committee Benevolent Society, with banner displayed, distribute handbills during an anti-crime march through Lionel Town in Clarendon, recently.

March Against Crime and Teenage Pregnancy in Clarendon

Hundreds of business operators, workers, residents and students of Lionel Town, Clarendon, protested against crime and other social challenges facing the parish at a march throughout the town last Friday, January 30. The event was organised by the Clarendon Youth...

Registrar, Office of the Children’s Registry, Greig Smith. (FILE)

OCR Urges Parents and Guardians to Provide Proper Supervision

Registrar at the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), Greig Smith.

Decline in Number of Children Reported Missing in 2014

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir. Patrick Allen delivering the keynote address at the launch of the 2014 Youth Consultative Conference, at the Sea Gardens Beach Resort in Montego Bay, on October 22. The conference was held under the theme: ‘Confident youth: making a strong future through the global logistics hub’, and was attended by over 100 student leaders drawn from schools across Western Jamaica.

GG Launches Youth Consultative Conference on Logistics Hub

Director, Taxation Policy Division, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Ian Scarlett, emphasises a point during a presentation to business students at a lecture, hosted by the School of Business Administration at the University of Technology (UTech), in Kingston, on September 11. Mr. Scarlett’s presentation focused on the Government’s Economic Reform Programme (ERP).

Young Jamaicans Urged to Create Employment for Themselves

11 years ago Youth

600 Persons Trained in Search and Rescue for Missing Children

More than 600 Jamaicans have been trained by the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) in standard operating procedures that are necessary in the search and rescue of missing children. It is part of the Ananda Alert System, designed to ensure the swift and safe recovery of children who go missing or are abducted. Registrar of the OCR, Greig Smith,...

11 years ago Governor GeneralVision 2030Youth

Youth Urged to Prepare for Logistics Hub

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, is again urging young people to prepare to take advantage of opportunities that will be presented through the Global Logistic Hub Initiative. He said they should seek the necessary skills training and certification to seize employment and entrepreneurial opportunities. The Governor-General was addressing the ‘I Believe Initiative,’ Youth Consultative Conference for...

Deputy Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Richard Lumsden (seated right), along with Principal at Cumberland High School, Dahlia Black (left), sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to implement a Citizenship Incentive Awards Programme, for students at the institution. The signing was held on Monday, June 9, at the St. Catherine institution. Also participating are (from left): Administrator for the Vision 2030 Secretariat at the PIOJ, Nadine Thompson; Communications Specialist, Carmen Miller; and Vice Principal at the school, Maureen Nelson.

12 years ago EducationVision 2030Youth

PIOJ Signs MOU with Cumberland High for Citizenship Incentive Awards Programme

Students at Cumberland High School, in St. Catherine, will be given recognition for their knowledge of the Vision 2030 Jamaica National Development Plan through a Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Citizenship Incentive Awards Programme. Under the programme, students will focus on fostering a secure, cohesive and just environment, as outlined in Goal number two of Vision 2030 which speaks to...

Registrar of the Office of the Children’s Registry, Greig Smith addressing a recent JIS Think Tank.

12 years ago Youth

OCR Begins Training for Search and Rescue Operations

The Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) has begun training persons for search and rescue operations. It is part of the Ananda Alert System, designed to ensure the swift and safe recovery of children who go missing or are abducted. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank, at the agency’s Kingston head office, Registrar of the OCR, Greig Smith, said training...

Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, addresses students at the Little London High School in Westmoreland on May 15. His visit to the school formed part of an official tour of the parish.

12 years ago Governor GeneralVision 2030Youth

GG Urges Students to Make Use of Opportunities

Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, is urging students to make the best use of the opportunities that are available to them, especially in high school. Addressing students at the Little London High School in Westmoreland, on May 15, the Governor General said the transition from being a child to becoming an adult is sometimes difficult,...

Guidance Counsellor at Spot Valley High School in St. James, Georgia Spence-Gooden (centre), along with students, Olivia Shaw-Smith (left), and Laveina Lawson, view displays during the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Regional Dissemination Session, which was held at the Wexford Court Hotel in Montego Bay, on April 4, to present the findings and recommendations of a School-to-Work Transition Survey (SWTS).

12 years ago EducationLabourVision 2030Youth

Students Urged to Include Vocational Training in Their Studies

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, is urging students to incorporate technical and vocational education and training as critical steps in their personal development and growth. Minister Kellier’s message to the opening ceremony at the Cambridge High School expo and Career Day in South St. James, on Thursday, April 10, was read by school board Chairman, Rev....

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right, centre) and Minister of Youth and Culture, Lisa Hanna (to the PM’s left), with the 2013 recipients of the Prime Minister’s Youth Awards for Excellence after the ceremony, held on April 6 on the lawns of Jamaica House, Kingston, under the theme: ‘Celebrating Jamaican Youth…the Courage of Perseverance’.

12 years ago CulturePrime MinisterVision 2030Youth

25 Persons and Groups Get PM’s Youth Awards for Excellence

Twenty-three outstanding young Jamaicans and two youth groups are the 2013 recipients of the Prime Minister’s Youth Awards for Excellence. The two youth groups are the Youth Organisation for Upliftment and the National Interschool Brigade. The awards ceremony was held on the East Lawns of Jamaica House, Kingston, on April 6, under the theme: ‘Celebrating Jamaican Youth…the Courage of Perseverance’....