Meet 21-year-old Anthony Ellis. He is a member of Jamaica’s Bobsled Team, which is currently training for several upcoming championships, including the 2024 Olympics. His journey to becoming a member of the national bobsled team, was quite unexpected, in fact the former ward of the state says he had no initial interest in the sport. He didn’t pay much attention...
The key mandate of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) is that of child protection – to act proactively and responsively. The Agency is also mandated to go above and beyond to provide love, advocacy, education, rehabilitation, and family support for the nation's children.
Schools are supposed to be places for our children to learn and develop, but the story had become very different for Rhodes Hall High School in Hanover. What was intended as a place of education, had gradually been transformed into a place of substance use and gang violence, with many of its students participating in both.
President of The Incorporated Masterbuilders Association of Jamaica, Lenworth Kelly, recently sat down with Theodore Henry, host of the discussion programme ‘Get The Facts,’ to discuss the factors that contribute to a building being deemed structurally sound. We bring you an excerpt of their discussion.
Child month is predominantly for celebrating our children, but it is also to remember those we’ve lost; Amoya Brown, Tovan Thomas, Ricardo Brisco, these and 755 other names lay below the sorrowful face of the Secret Gardens Memorial, in Downtown, Kingston erected in memory of children who have died under violent or tragic circumstances.
Miss Tanya Dawkins has been teaching for roughly 21 years and is currently a teacher at Port Antonio High School in Portland. She says she has always loved mathematics but discovered her passion for the subject as a student at Titchfield High school where she found that she could easily identify real-life applications for the information she was learning.
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