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Young People Called on to Apply Skills Towards Sustainable Development

Young people from across the region have been called on to apply their skills towards sustainable development in their countries by Regional Director of the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Dr. Richard N. Amenyah. Addressing the recent four-day Caribbean...
Participants at the Lister Mair/Gilby High School for the Deaf Drug Awareness Youth Day, held recently at the institution’s Papine campus in St. Andrew, under the theme ‘Drug-Free Lifestyle Trending for Youth’.
Participants at the Lister Mair/Gilby High School for the Deaf Drug Awareness Youth Day, held recently at the institution’s Papine campus in St. Andrew, under the theme ‘Drug-Free Lifestyle Trending for Youth’.

PHOTOS: Lister Mair/Gilby High School for the Deaf Drug Awareness Youth Day
Students of the Ginger Ridge Primary and Infant School in St. Catherine perform at the recent commissioning of the multimillion-dollar Connors/Ginger Ridge Water Scheme at a ceremony held at the school.
Students of the Ginger Ridge Primary and Infant School in St. Catherine perform at the recent commissioning of the multimillion-dollar Connors/Ginger Ridge Water Scheme at a ceremony held at the school.

Reliable Potable Water for Ginger Ridge Primary School
Chief Executive Officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Laurette Adams-Thomas, addresses the recent opening of a child-friendly space, at the National Children’s Registry (NCR) on Carlton Crescent in St. Andrew.
Chief Executive Officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Laurette Adams-Thomas, addresses the recent opening of a child-friendly space, at the National Children’s Registry (NCR) on Carlton Crescent in St. Andrew.

CPFSA in Better Position to Reach Abused Children – CEO
Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, exchanges high fives with Maliek Stephenson, who is a patient of the Mandeville Regional Hospital, during a visit to the facility in Manchester on Thursday (December 21), where he brought gifts and smiles to the young patients.
Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, exchanges high fives with Maliek Stephenson, who is a patient of the Mandeville Regional Hospital, during a visit to the facility in Manchester on Thursday (December 21), where he brought gifts and smiles to the young patients.

Health Minister Brings Christmas Cheer to Young Patients

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Youth

Mount Olivet Boys’ Home Layers Project Brings Positive Results

The Mount Olivet Boys’ Home Layers Project, launched in August of this year, is now reaping positive results for the home and its residents. The project, which was established to provide an income for the facility and participating boys, started from a donation of 100 layers from the animal and specialty feeding company, Nutramix. In a recent interview with JIS...
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EducationYouth

95 Per Cent of Early-Childhood Institutions Registered with ECC

Approximately 95 per cent of early-childhood institutions have been registered with the Early Childhood Commission (ECC). This was disclosed by Acting Communications Manager at the ECC, Sonia Stewart, at the opening ceremony of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) Early Childhood Education Conference at the Holiday Inn Resort in St. James on December 18. “The drive to get institutions compliant with...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Hon Marsha Smith (left), and United States Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency, N. Nick Perry (third right), cut the ribbon to officially open the Child Friendly Space, at the National Children’s Registry NCR), in St. Andrew on December 15. Others participating include (from right) Country Programme Director for the Warmath Group, Aylair Livingstone and Chief Executive Officer, Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Laurette Adams Thomas.
Youth

Two New Child-Friendly Spaces Opened

Two Child Friendly Spaces (CFSs) were officially opened at separate locations in the corporate area, as part of efforts to effectively respond to victims of child trafficking. The facilities, funded by the Warnath Group, are located at the National Children’s Registry (NCR) and the Glenhope Child Care Facility. The spaces created are directly for the interviewing and screening of suspected...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), is surrounded by the Clarendon participants in the Government’s Learning and Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme as well as Members of Parliament for the parish and HEART NSTA/Trust executives. Occasion was the Social Advancement ceremony for the first cohort of participants in the programme, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on December 15. The officials are (from left) Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Information and Member of Parliament (MP) for Clarendon North Central, Hon. Robert Morgan; Chairman of the Board of Directors, HEART NSTA/Trust, Professor Alvin Wint; Managing Director of the HEART NSTA/Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton; Minister of Labour and Social Security and MP for Clarendon South Eastern, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.; Clarendon Northern MP, Dwight Sibbles; and Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon.
Office of the Prime MinisterYouth

509 Young People Being ‘LIFTed’ into Jobs

Five hundred and nine young Jamaicans have been ‘LIFTed’ into the next step of their personal and professional lives, thanks to the Government’s Learning and Investment for Transformation (LIFT) programme. The cohort is the first set of participants in the programme, which was announced by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, in his Budget presentation earlier this year, and...
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