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State Minister for Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Hon. Rhoda Moy Crawford, addressing the inaugural Children of Excellence Awards 2026 on May 28 at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville, Manchester.
State Minister for Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Hon. Rhoda Moy Crawford, addressing the inaugural Children of Excellence Awards 2026 on May 28 at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville, Manchester.

Gov’t Strengthening Mental Health Support for Young People

State Minister for Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Hon. Rhoda Moy Crawford, says the Government continues to strengthen mental health support for the youth as research shows increasing levels of anxiety, depression, trauma, bullying, and social isolation among adolescents. “Importantly,...
State Minister for Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Hon. Rhoda Moy Crawford.
State Minister for Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Hon. Rhoda Moy Crawford.

Think Tank & Podcast to Support Education
A view of the flight deck of the USS Nimitz as it makes its way to Jamaica on its final stop of the Southern Seas 2026 Deployment. Minister of Energy, Transport and Telecommunications, Hon. Daryl Vaz and Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon had a high-seas tour of the vessel on Saturday (May 30) where they saw how the vessel is operated. The aircraft carrier will be docked in Kingston from June 1 to 5.
A view of the flight deck of the USS Nimitz as it makes its way to Jamaica on its final stop of the Southern Seas 2026 Deployment. Minister of Energy, Transport and Telecommunications, Hon. Daryl Vaz and Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon had a high-seas tour of the vessel on Saturday (May 30) where they saw how the vessel is operated. The aircraft carrier will be docked in Kingston from June 1 to 5.

Government Welcomes USS Nimitz to Kingston Harbour
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, addresses the audience at the Immaculate Conception High School (ICHS) Young Entrepreneurship Day, held at the school in Kingston on May 29.
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, addresses the audience at the Immaculate Conception High School (ICHS) Young Entrepreneurship Day, held at the school in Kingston on May 29.

Senator Hill Welcomes Young Entrepreneurship Day
Visually impaired instructor, Dr. Hixwell Douglas, guides a session with special needs students at the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information
Visually impaired instructor, Dr. Hixwell Douglas, guides a session with special needs students at the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information's Child Conversation Special Edition event held at Hope Zoo, St. Andrew, on Thursday (May 21).

Special Needs Students Benefit From Wellness Session

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Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Children and Adolescents of the Organization of American States (OAS), Dr. María Julia Garcete Yegros, delivers remarks during the seventh annual Early Childhood Commission (ECC) Professional Development Institute, held recently at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James.
Youth

Sustained Multisectoral Action to Safeguard Children’s Rights Emphasised

Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Children and Adolescents, Dr. María Julia Garcete Yegros, says safeguarding and advancing children’s rights demands immediate and sustained action across all sectors of society. She made the assertion while addressing the seventh annual Early Childhood Commission (ECC) Professional Development Institute (PDI), held recently at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James. The...
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Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, delivers the keynote address at today’s (May 26), renaming ceremony for the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s 1F North Street building in downtown Kingston, which has been dedicated in honour of former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, who served for 11 years as Minister of Labour.
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Western Child and Adolescent Hospital to Be Named In Honour of Portia Simpson Miller

The Western Child and Adolescent Hospital in St. James will be named in honour of former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, in recognition of her role in initiating the landmark healthcare project. Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the announcement during today’s (May 26), renaming ceremony for the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s...
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank at the agency
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Youth Engagement to Take Centre Stage At Diaspora Conference

Youth engagement will take centre stage at the 11th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, scheduled for June 14 to 18 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, told JIS News that the conference will feature a strong youth-focused component designed to give young Jamaicans at home...
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security and Peace, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, addresses the Chetwood Memorial Primary School Grand Gala, held at the Grand-A-View Hotel in St. James on Sunday (May 24).
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Deputy Prime Minister Commends Chetwood Primary’s Century of Excellence

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security and Peace, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, has commended Chetwood Memorial Primary School in Montego Bay, St. James, for its century-long tradition of academic excellence, discipline, and character development. Speaking during the school’s Grand Gala at Hotel Grand-A-View in St. James on Sunday (May 24), he noted that the institution has stood as...
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Head of the Guanaboa Vale Police in St. Catherine, Sergeant Navelette Davis-Leachman (right), along with Principal of the Paul Mountain Primary and Infant School, Sheryl Thomas Lawes (left), and Paul Mountain resident, Deloris Plummer, plant palm trees along the school
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Guanaboa Vale Police Laboured At Paul Mountain Primary and Infant School

The St. Catherine-based Guanaboa Vale Police stepped out of their usual law enforcement role on Monday (May 25) to clean and beautify the grounds of the nearby Paul Mountain Primary and Infant School. Armed with brooms, rakes, shovels and machetes, they cut overgrown shrubs, cleared debris and planted palm trees along the perimeter fence to enhance the landscape. The Labour...
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Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (left), is joined by Major Phillip Edwards of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) in painting a grill, during Labour Day activities at St. Anne
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St. Anne’s Primary Gets Facelift for Labour Day

Students at St. Anne’s Primary School in Kingston will return to classes to find much cleaner and brighter surroundings following Labour Day works carried out by the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information at the institution on Monday, May 25. The project, which was also in observance of Child Month, focused on cleaning and painting the entire school. Portfolio...
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