More than 70 employees at the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) participated in a capacity-building conference held recently as part of the Agency’s mechanism to strengthen its service delivery. Realising that the consistent delivery of quality service largely depends on improving the competencies of all staff to meet the changing needs of clients, the agency hosted its inaugural...

The Government of Jamaica is investing billions of dollars in improving the country’s road network, to ensure safe and efficient travel for all citizens, and create a platform for increased growth and development. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the objective is to create a more seamless and connected Jamaica. By linking farmers to markets, workers to jobs,...

Seventeen-year-old Afaya Pollack, a grade-11 student at St. Catherine High School, has committed to be the voice of the voiceless. She was elected President of the fifth cohort of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) Children’s Advisory Panel (CAP), which was installed recently. “I want violence against children to stop. I want to see children being given the...

Twenty phenomenal women who have made significant contributions to the field of agricultural education were awarded by the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), on Wednesday (June 14). The presentations were made at the entity’s ‘Women in Agriculture’ Conference, held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston, under the theme ‘From Boots to Heels’. Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval...

More than 1,000 residents from St. Ann benefited from a three-day medical mission spearheaded by HOPE Mission 360, a renowned nonprofit organisation committed to improving global healthcare access. The mission, led by a team of dedicated medical professionals and volunteers, set up temporary clinics from June 9 to 11 in Ocho Rios, Golden Grove, Claremont, Moneague and Mount Edgecome in...

“A little angel, who was very elegant and meticulous,” is how grade-two teacher, Gillian Walker, remembers eight-year-old Danielle Rowe. “She takes her own sweet time to do whatever she’s doing and if it takes her 50 times to go back and get it correct, she’s going to go back the 50 times. She is always so polite. She’s not disobedient...

Centenarian, Edwin McFarlane wept openly as students and staff from the Sudbury Primary and Infant School in St. James serenaded him in song and speech, on June 1. The occasion was the celebration of his 100th birthday, which fell on Saturday (June 3), but was celebrated by the school with the senior citizen and his family on Thursday (June 1),...

A Kingston-based special needs institution has invested in music and sporting programmes to advance its students. Genesis Academy was founded in 2003 by Pauline Beaumont, the mother of a dyslexic child and a visionary who saw the need for an institution where special needs students could transition and access world-class resources for learning. The Academy’s Principal, Stacey-Ann Newman, a staunch...

The Ministry of Education and Youth, Region 4, is charting the way for future innovators, having hosted a Robotics Symposium at the HEART College of Innovation & Technology (HCIT) in Montego Bay, St. James, from May 30 to June 1. The seminar featured 15 primary-level students from grades one to six who, along with their teachers, were engaged in basic...