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Senior Acting Programmes Director in the Ministry of Youth and Culture, Miguel Williams (left), is in discussion with Chairman of the Possibility Programme, Robert Gibbs; and Director of the Possibility Programme, Lolita Phillips (right), at the opening of a reading room at the Goodwin Park Boys Hostel on South Camp Road on September 8. The books were collected through the National Youth Service’s (NYS) Summer Programme book drive.
Senior Acting Programmes Director in the Ministry of Youth and Culture, Miguel Williams (left), is in discussion with Chairman of the Possibility Programme, Robert Gibbs; and Director of the Possibility Programme, Lolita Phillips (right), at the opening of a reading room at the Goodwin Park Boys Hostel on South Camp Road on September 8. The books were collected through the National Youth Service’s (NYS) Summer Programme book drive.

Goodwin Park Boys Hostel Gets Reading Room

By: Alphea Saunders, September 9, 2014
Residents of the Goodwin Park Boys Hostel, operated under the Possibility Programme, are now benefitting from a reading room, outfitted with over 800 books. The reading room, which was established...
Youth and Culture Minister, Hon. Lisa Hanna (left seated), signs a copy of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) formalizing implementation of the Ministry’s Access to Higher Education Partnership Programme (AHEPP) at the College of Agriculture, Science, and Education (CASE), during signing Wednesday’s (September 3) signing ceremony at the institution, in Portland. The programme, being administered by the National Youth Service (NYS), will see 50 scholarships, valued $100,000 each per annum, being awarded to students deemed in need of assistance to finance their tuition and other associated expenses. Also signing are: CASE Board Chairman, Ambassador Derrick Heaven (centre, seated); and NYS Board member, Lorenzo Ellis (right, seated). Observing the formalities, from left, are: CASE President, Rev. Dr. Mary Nichols; College Guidance Counsellor, Bishop Joslyn Williams; Principal Director, Technical Services, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Peter Thompson (partly hidden); and NYS Community Services Director, Omar Newell.

Youth Ministry Provides $15M in Tertiary Level Scholarships

By: Douglas McIntosh, September 5, 2014
Late cultural icon, Dr. the Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley, will be honoured at a special tribute concert on September 7.

‘An Evening with Miss Lou’ Tribute Concert on September 7

By: Elaine Hartman Reckord, September 4, 2014

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