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Member of Parliament for North Central St. Catherine, and Minister with responsibility for Sport, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley (second right), engages in discussions regarding the proposed site for a new $5million modern bathroom facility to be built at the St. Mary’s All-Age School in Above Rocks, St. Catherine. Participating in the discussions with (from left) are: Immediate Past Principal of the school, Doreen Rowe; Acting Principal of St. Mary’s All-Age School, Melbourne Thompson; and Project Officer, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Gerald Murray. The Minister was conducting a site visit of the school on Tuesday (February 17). Scheduled to get underway within three months, the project is being implemented by JSIF through funding by the PetroCaribe Fund.
Member of Parliament for North Central St. Catherine, and Minister with responsibility for Sport, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley (second right), engages in discussions regarding the proposed site for a new $5million modern bathroom facility to be built at the St. Mary’s All-Age School in Above Rocks, St. Catherine. Participating in the discussions with (from left) are: Immediate Past Principal of the school, Doreen Rowe; Acting Principal of St. Mary’s All-Age School, Melbourne Thompson; and Project Officer, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Gerald Murray. The Minister was conducting a site visit of the school on Tuesday (February 17). Scheduled to get underway within three months, the project is being implemented by JSIF through funding by the PetroCaribe Fund.

St. Mary’s All-Age School to Benefit From Modern Sanitation Facility

By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, February 19, 2015
Students of the St. Mary’s All-Age School in Above Rocks, St. Catherine, are set to benefit from the construction of a $5 million modern sanitation facility, which is slated to...
Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), is assisted by a student of Bois Content Primary School in south west St. Catherine, in cutting the ribbon to formally open the newly built flush toilet facility at the school, under the Ministry’s $100 million Primary School Sanitation Project. The initiative is being jointly implemented with charity organization, Food for the Poor, and the Jamaica National (JN) Foundation. Sharing the occasion are (from 2nd left): General Manager, JN Foundation, Saffrey Brown; Chairman, Food for the Poor, Andrew Mahfood; and Member of Parliament, South West St. Catherine, Everald Warmington; along with other students of Bois Content Primary School.

Govt Undertakes $100 Million Primary School Sanitation Project

By: Douglas Mcintosh, February 13, 2015
Principal of the Holland High School in Martha Brae, Trelawny, Pauline Reid, hails the achievements of the institution, which opened in 2005.

Holland High Principal Hails Improvement in Student Achievement

By: Marlon Tingling, February 13, 2015

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