On today’s programme JISCO Alpart to Award 20 million dollars in scholarships through Back to School Assistance Programme. 

The All Flowers are Roses Summer Camp Series is an initiative to help youth workers and teachers to learn about poetry, martial arts, human trafficking and mental awareness. The camp was put on by the National Library of Jamaica in partnership with Pursued International, the Jamaica Tae Kwon Do Association and the Jamaica Mental Health Advocacy Network.  

Thirty-one high-school students in St. Catherine have been awarded scholarships totalling 620,000 dollars through the Poverty Alleviation and Empowerment Foundation PAEF. The funds were handed over to the students on July 23, during a ceremony at the St. Catherine parish office of the Social Development Commission SDC in Spanish Town. Executive Director of the PAEF, Pauline Gregory-Lewis, says the body provides back-to-school...

Fifteen thousand teachers will benefit from the roll-out of the Tablets for Teachers Programme, slated to begin in December 2019. Chief Executive Officer CEO at e-Learning Jamaica, Keith Smith, says the project implementation agency is currently undertaking the procurement process for the tablets, which will be distributed under the programme. He says the programme is part of an agreement between the Government...

Thirty five additional Mentors have been trained under the third instalment of the mentorship component of the We Transform Youth Empowerment and Reintegration Programme, an initiative of the Ministry of National Security and the Department of Correctional Services DCS. It is the Ministry’s flagship youth transformation programme geared at providing children aged 12 to 17, in the care of the DCS,...

More than 80 young people are benefiting from a 10-day summer camp being staged by the St. Andrew South Police Division at the Tapioca Village in St. Mary from July 16 to 26. The annual camp is engaging youngsters aged 10 to 17 who display behavioural problems. It targets youth from areas including Seaview Gardens, Maverley, Kencot, Whitehall/Red Hills, Trench Town,...

Thousands of Jamaicans and visitors to the island are expected to journey to the historic Sligoville community in St. Catherine on July 31 and August 1 for Emancifest 2019. The 12th staging of the annual event, being held under the theme ‘Where freedom meets culture…Preserving our culture’, will take place at the Sligoville Multipurpose Stadium.  

The Jamaica Fire Brigade JFB has strengthened its capacity to respond to fires and other natural disasters after recently receiving equipment from the United States Embassy in Kingston. Valued at over 30 million dollars, the first responder equipment includes fire proximity suits, fire proximity gloves, fire boots, coveralls, bed nets, cots, axes, shovels, rakes and large military-grade tents. These will be distributed...