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On Thursday, April 25, the National Child Month Committee (NCMC) officially launched Child's Month 2024 under the theme "Stand up, Speak Out! Protect our children's rights." This year's theme, according to Former Chairperson of the National Child Month Committee, Dr. Pauline Mullings, represents a call to action for citizens to fulfil their duty to protect the nation’s children.

On today’s programme we share activities planned for youths of Jamaican descent, at the upcoming 10th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference set for June 16 to 19 in Montego Bay.

CHEETAH Toys and more, in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Youth and the Development Bank of Jamaica, has launched the ‘CHEETAH PEP’ app to enable students to sharpen their mental skills and tackle their exams with confidence. Describing the app as a gamechanger, Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CHEETAH Toys and More, Paulette Trowers, says it...

On today’s programme, we share an update about the CARICOM free movement regime.

About a year and half ago, Campion College 6th former, Rhys Greenland, was walking on campus when he heard the call of a baby owl in distress. The bird had fallen from its nest and was stuck on a low hanging branch.  With no way to get the owl back into the nest and no mother owl in sight, Rhys...

On today's programme, we feature highlights from launch of the 10th biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference.  

Operation Save a Youth (OSAY) is an initiative by the Central Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists geared at teaching young people the value of volunteering and giving back to their communities. On March 17, more than 2,000 OSAY volunteers from Manchester, Clarendon, and St. Catherine came together to lend a hand to various initiatives across Clarendon.

If you’ve visited the Kingston Public Hospital recently you may have noticed some major changes at the facility That’s because $10 million dollars was recently spent to renovate the 36-bed two north ward to create a more comfortable environment for patient recovery. The renovation works included installation of air-conditioning units in the doctors’ and nurses’ stations, repainting and retiling the...

Scores of students and teachers from secondary and primary schools across the island gathered at The Manning’s School in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, on Tuesday, March 26 for its inaugural STEM Day 2024 under the theme ‘STEM Solutions for a Sustainable Future’. The objectives of the day were to raise awareness on career opportunities in STEM, to empower students to address climate...

The Jamaica Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) is a global multipurpose survey created by UNICEF to assist nations in gathering internationally comparable data pertaining to women and children. The MICS measures key indicators that allow countries to generate data for use in policies, programmes, and national development plans, and to monitor progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other...

The team from the Ministry of Health and Wellness has been hitting the road on its island wide #knowyournumber campaign tour. Residents far and wide benefited from body mass index (BMI), vision, blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar; HIV/Syphilis and prostate blood tests; nutrition counselling; fitness checks; and dental screening and impressions, all free of cost. The Rudolph Elder Park...