‘Drug clean’ roadshow for May Pen

MAY PEN, Clarendon — The National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) is taking its “Drug Clean” message to May Pen with the staging of a road show.

It is scheduled for Thursday in the town centre, starting at 1:00 pm.

The NCDA said it has been expanding its approach in targeting out-of-school adolescents who it said are very vulnerable to drug abuse. It said, too, that the initiative also aims to enhance the resistance skills of low-level literacy children between the ages of five to 14 years old.

School gets AC unit

RUNAWAY BAY, St Ann — An air conditioning unit valued at about $70,000 has been donated to the Runaway Bay All-Age School in St Ann by SuperClubs Breezes, Runaway Bay.

The unit was handed over recently by general manager of the hotel, Cheddy Parchment. It will be installed in the institution’s computer laboratory which is used by about 600 students.

Youngsters participate in IT forum

SEAFORTH, St Thomas — About 100 young persons in St Thomas attended a forum on information communication technology on Saturday at the Seaforth High School in St Thomas.

Participants viewed exhibits and took part in discussions with persons from various government agencies in the parish.

Three workshops which focused on resumé writing, cover letters, interviewing skills, and the use of computers, were also held.

Minister of state in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture, Fitz Jackson, who declared the forum opened, told the participants that training and education were very important if they “are to seize the employment opportunities” which would come their way.

“The period of youth is, essentially, one of preparation to get where we want to go when that phase of youth expires,” Jackson said.

The state minister also told them that their ability to relate to each other was also “critical in the process of that preparation”.