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The UN General Assembly has proclaimed the period 2015-2024 as the International Decade for People of African Descent. This order to strengthen national, regional and international cooperation in relation to the full enjoyment of economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights by people of African descent, and their full and equal participation in all aspects of society. The wheels have been...

Jamaica’s public health system faces the daily challenge of delivering care to patients and other stakeholders, even as resources are often stretched thin. With that in mind, the importance of the little things such as syringes and clean bed linen cannot be overstated. Recently the Chinese Benevolent Association (CBA) donated hundreds of sheets and pillow cases to the Kingston Public Hospital. Minister...

The Government has recorded significant progress under the Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC), since its launch in 2013. PROMAC, which is funded by the European Union (EU) aims to reduce the level of pregnancy-related mortality and morbidity in Jamaica. Under the programme, the Government is to establish nine High Dependency Units (HDUs) for the intensive care of...

Hundreds of performers are gearing up for the Independence Gala this year, not in Kingston, but in Montego Bay. And while the annual Grand Gala celebrations are still scheduled for Independence Day at the National Stadium, Western Jamaica will not be outdone, with their own event on August 4. Culture Minister, Olivia Grange says the events at the National Stadium and the...

Since the start of July, the National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons has been undertaking a series of activities across the island to sensitize the public on the very real and present issue of human trafficking. The activities culminated on Tuesday, July 30, when Jamaica joined other countries in observance of World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, under the theme...

Some 3000 young people from across the Corporate Area are participating in the Ministry of Local Government’s six-week Youth Summer Employment Programme (YSEP). Approximately 600 participants assigned to the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) will carry out tasks including collating data relating to garbage disposal and emergency assistance.

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,...