Construction of the Western Children and Adolescent Hospital in Montego Bay, St. James, will continue during the new financial year, from an allocation of more than $800 million. Details of the project are outlined in the 2024/2025 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled in the House of Representatives on February 15 by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon....

Work will be advanced on the upgrading and expansion of Mount St. Joseph High School in Manchester in the upcoming fiscal year. A sum of $514 million has been earmarked under the Education Transformation Programme to complete construction of the administrative, third and fourth-form blocks, and conclude pre-contract activities for the auditorium and canteen. The details are outlined in the...

Miss Jamaica Festival Queen, Aundrene Cameron addresses the audience at the launch her official Festival Queen Project titled ‘Girls Who Fight Back’ on Saturday (February 17), at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre in Kingston. The ‘Girls Who Fight Back initiative stems from Ms. Cameron's deep concern over the escalating violence against women and girls in Jamaica. Witnessing this troubling trend...

The Jamaica Teaching Council on Friday (February 16) held its annual Beginning Teachers’ Synergy Conference at the Mico University College in Kingston. Currently 15 teacher training institutions and departments are involved in the mentoring and induction of the Beginning Teachers Programme. Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams said every year, those institutions train approximately 1,300 new teachers for...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams is encouraging teachers to use the Ministry’s job bank portal to identify jobs in the sector. The portal, which can be accessed at https://jobs.moey.gov.jm/ aims to streamline the process of finding teachers and teaching jobs. “We know the search process sometimes takes a while for you to find a school that needs your...

The Mount Ward Primary School in Hanover has received a 1,000-gallon water-storage tank from Courts Ready Cash. The item was handed over at the school on Thursday (February 15). This marked the seventh such donation by the company to assist schools located in areas affected by drought. Senior Education Officer at the Ministry of Education and Youth, Region Four, Jacqueline...

Members of the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) will take to the streets of Kingston on Saturday (February 17) to raise awareness about violence against children and mobilise citizens in ending the scourge. The march will be led by the 2023 LASCO/Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) Nurse of the Year, Shantal Remekie, as part of her national project ‘Stop Violence...