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Deputy Junior Mayor and Junior Councillor for the Sandy Bay Division, Jada Lewis of Hopewell High School, addresses the monthly meeting of the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) on Thursday (November 9). Looking on is Chairman of the Hanover Municipal Corporation and Mayor of Lucea, Councillor Sheridan Samuels.
Deputy Junior Mayor and Junior Councillor for the Sandy Bay Division, Jada Lewis of Hopewell High School, addresses the monthly meeting of the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) on Thursday (November 9). Looking on is Chairman of the Hanover Municipal Corporation and Mayor of Lucea, Councillor Sheridan Samuels.

Hanover Junior Council Wants to Play a Greater Role

The 2023 Hanover Junior Council is looking to work with the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) to address some of the challenges facing the parish. Addressing the monthly meeting of the Corporation on Thursday (November 9), Deputy Junior Mayor and Junior...
School Nurse, Denise Ennis, provides reading glasses to students during the Parents Day event at Petersfield High School in Westmoreland on Tuesday (November 14).
School Nurse, Denise Ennis, provides reading glasses to students during the Parents Day event at Petersfield High School in Westmoreland on Tuesday (November 14).

Parents Day Health Checks at Petersfield High School
Minister of Labour and Social Security, and Member of Parliament for Clarendon South Eastern, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., cuts the ribbon to open a new Smart Room at the Mineral Heights Primary School. The facility was handed over by the Foundation on November 14. Sharing the moment (from left) are Minister of Education and Youth Regional Director, Region 7, Barrington Richardson; Mineral Heights Primary School Board Chairman, Collin Coke; Principal, Lanzeford Howell; and CEO of the Digicel Foundation, Charmaine Daniels.
Minister of Labour and Social Security, and Member of Parliament for Clarendon South Eastern, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., cuts the ribbon to open a new Smart Room at the Mineral Heights Primary School. The facility was handed over by the Foundation on November 14. Sharing the moment (from left) are Minister of Education and Youth Regional Director, Region 7, Barrington Richardson; Mineral Heights Primary School Board Chairman, Collin Coke; Principal, Lanzeford Howell; and CEO of the Digicel Foundation, Charmaine Daniels.

PHOTOS: Mineral Heights Primary School Gets Smart Room
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), addresses the funeral for late student of Discovery Bay Primary and Infant School in St. Ann, nine-year-old Taliyah Thompson, at Palmer’s Cross Seventh-day Church of God in Carendon on Sunday, November 12.         
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), addresses the funeral for late student of Discovery Bay Primary and Infant School in St. Ann, nine-year-old Taliyah Thompson, at Palmer’s Cross Seventh-day Church of God in Carendon on Sunday, November 12.         

PHOTOS: Education Minister Attends Funeral for Nine-Year-Old Taliyah Thompson
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), writes his signature for young Lizzmoy Dingwall of Chetwood Memorial Primary and Infant School in St. James, during a visit to the institution on Thursday (November 9.). Sharing in the moment is Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang. The Prime Minster paid condolences to the school community following the death of two of its students – seven-year-old Justin Perry and nine-year-old Nahcoliva – when the taxi in which they were travelling was shot up by gunmen in Salt Spring on Monday (November 6).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), writes his signature for young Lizzmoy Dingwall of Chetwood Memorial Primary and Infant School in St. James, during a visit to the institution on Thursday (November 9.). Sharing in the moment is Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang. The Prime Minster paid condolences to the school community following the death of two of its students – seven-year-old Justin Perry and nine-year-old Nahcoliva – when the taxi in which they were travelling was shot up by gunmen in Salt Spring on Monday (November 6).

PM Urges Salt Spring Residents Not to Let Killing of Boys Go in Vain

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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), and Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund (USF), Dr. Daniel Dawes (right), share a photo opportunity with Vauxhall High School USF ICT Club members during Friday’s (November 10) club launch and pinning ceremony at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Assembly Hall. At left is educator at Vauxhall High School, Kevene Harris.
EducationInformationTechnologyYouth

Sixteen Schools Launch USF ICT Clubs

Sixteen high schools across Jamaica have launched Universal Service Fund (USF) Information and Communication Technology (ICT) clubs at their institutions. They are Mona High, Clarendon College, Vauxhall High, Central High, Lacovia High, Old Harbour High, Port Antonio High, Wycliffe Martin High, Bustamante High, Belair High, Herbert Morrison Technical High, Green Pond High, York Castle High, Spot Valley High, Little London...
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Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation headquarters in Kingston.
EducationGender AffairsYouth

Adolescent Mothers Reintegrated into the Education System

The Ministry of Education and Youth has a significant partnership with the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), as it relates to the reintegration of adolescent mothers into the formal education system. This was noted by Assistant Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dasmine Kennedy, at the annual Pamela McNeil Lecture on adolescent pregnancy, held on...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left) and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, console teacher Marila Nation, who taught one the two slain students of Chetwood Memorial Primary and Infant School in St. James, during a visit to the institution on Thursday, November 9.  
Youth

Tougher Measures Coming for Possession of a Firearm

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced forthcoming amendments to the Firearms Act aimed at combatting the escalating threat of illegal weapons. This comes in the wake of the triple murder in Salt Spring, St. James, where two boys and a man lost their lives. Mr. Holness on a visit to the children’s school, Chetwood Memorial Primary and...
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Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), gives a congratulatory handshake to Rhodes Scholar 2024, Nile Anderson, shortly after making the announcement at King’s House on November 9.
EducationGovernor GeneralTechnologyYouth

2024 Rhodes Scholar Looking to Build Local Skills in Robotics and AI

Jamaica’s Rhodes Scholar for 2024, Nile Anderson, says his dream is to contribute to the building of local skills in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI). The self-styled “dreamgineer” will be heading to Oxford University in the United Kingdom (UK) to pursue a master’s degree in engineering science, which will focus on those two areas. Mr. Anderson said he chose to...
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Managing Director of the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton., addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.
Office of the Prime MinisterYouth

HEART/NSTA Trust on Digital Transformation Path

The HEART/NSTA Trust is on a path of digital transformation to align with global standards. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (November 7), the agency’s Managing Director, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton, noted that the transformation is necessary, as the agency “is moving into new dimensions to meet the needs of the labour force”. “The Trust has embarked on a...
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Managing Director of the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Tanisha Ingleton, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’  on Tuesday, November 7.
Office of the Prime MinisterYouth

Educators and Parents Urged to Promote the Importance of Academic and Technical Education

Educators and parents are being urged by the HEART/NSTA Trust to keep promoting to children the importance of both academic and technical education for their future employment. The call came from representatives of the HEART/NSTA Trust, who participated in a ‘Think Tank’ held at the office of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) at 58A Half-Way Tree Road, Kingston 10, on...
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Member of Parliament for St. Catherine West Central, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), and Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Service Fund (USF), Dr. Daniel Dawes (left), with students who received tablet computers from the agency, during the commissioning of the Brown’s Hall free Wi-Fi system service on November 8.
CommunityYouth

Brown’s Hall in St. Catherine Gets Free Wi-Fi Service

The community of Brown’s Hall in St. Catherine is benefiting from free Wi-Fi, through the Universal Service Fund (USF) initiative to increase internet service across communities. The service was officially commissioned on November 8 at a ceremony held at the Brown’s Hall Primary School, where member of Parliament for St. Catherine West Central, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, described the...
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