The Lauriston and Thompson Pen (L & T) 4-H Club, in Spanish Town, has been praised for consistency in charting development initiatives for youth in the area for 17 years. With a membership of 12, at its inception in 1997, the Club now has 120 members, with a focus on empowerment for the community youth; beatification of the communities; and...

The Vision 2030 Jamaica public education campaign has been significantly boosted with the introduction of a Youth Ambassador programme. This initiative evolved from a partnership between the Vision 2030 Secretariat in the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), and the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), under an annual Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in 2012. Under the arrangement, each newly-crowned Jamaica...

"Seniors using their resourcefulness for survival” is the theme of this year's Senior Citizens' Week (September 25 – October 1), and invites a serious look beyond the platitudes associated with the so-called designated special days. It speaks to the most basic element of our existence, survival and the authorities are taking notice. The latest official data from the Planning Institute...