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Manager for the St. Catherine-based Spanish Town Skills Training Centre (STSTC), Ruth James (right), in discussion with former students of the institution (from left) Muriel Grant, Rahiem Bailey; and current student, Alexis Dixon.
Manager for the St. Catherine-based Spanish Town Skills Training Centre (STSTC), Ruth James (right), in discussion with former students of the institution (from left) Muriel Grant, Rahiem Bailey; and current student, Alexis Dixon.

Spanish Town Skills Training Centre Serving the Community for 20 Years

By: Garfield L. Angus, November 6, 2018
For almost 20 years, the Spanish Town Skills Training Centre (STSTC) has been providing training for professionals, at-risk youth, non-certified and unskilled employees and employers, in partnership with the HEART...
Chair of the Friends of the Bustamante Hospital for Children, Dr. Karla Hylton (second right, front row), leads the symbolic cutting of a cake as part of activities marking this year’s staging of the annual Dr. Leila Wynter Commemorative Conference. The event was held at the Hospital on Monday (November 5), under the theme ‘Disorders of Adolescence’. Others sharing the moment (from left, front row) are the Hospital’s Acting Departmental Manager, Denese Dacres Reeves; Acting Chief Executive Officer, Camile Wallen Panton; Ambulance Attendant, Everton Percell; patient, 11-year-old, Jayden-Kyle Coley; and Senior Medical Officer, Dr. Michelle-Ann Richards-Dawson, and (back row, from left) Acting Director, Health Services Planning and Integration, Ministry of Health, Dr. Naydene Williams; and Bustamante Hospital’s Acting Manager, Patient Affairs, Jasmine Simmonds Henry.

Lady Allen Implores Jamaicans to Safeguard Nation’s Youth

By: Douglas Mcintosh, November 6, 2018
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left), addresses the launch of Youth Month 2018, at Victoria Pier, downtown Kingston, on (November 2).

Focus on Mental Health Issues for Youth Month

By: Garfield L. Angus, November 5, 2018

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Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), addressing a JIS Think Tank today, November 1. Looking on is Senior Programme Specialist in the Ministry's Youth and Adolescent Policy Unit, Youth Division, Kevon Campbell.
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November Is Youth Month

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By: Judith A. Hunter, November 2, 2018
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), Kaysia Kerr, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’ recently, where she outlined activities for Parent Month, which will be observed in November.
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Emphasis on Parents in November

The National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) will observe National Parent Month 2018 in November, under the theme ‘Be the Influence’. This is the continuation of a three-year campaign that was...
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By: Judith A. Hunter, October 30, 2018
Jamaica Combined Cadet Force Adjutant Training Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Simoan Foster, addressing a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank on October 24.
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JCCF Keen on Steering Youth from Crime

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