Multi-purpose hard court built at Mocho

MOCHO, Clarendon — A multi-purpose hard court has been constructed in this community by the Alcoa Foundation at a cost of $1.5 million.

The facility, which was officially opened on November 21, will be used for sporting activities such as basketball, netball, volleyball and tennis.

“Alcoa Foundation is happy to be able to provide opportunities for young persons to put their creative minds and energies to work,” managing director of JAMALCo, Jerome Maxwell, told the opening ceremony.

New postal agency

MITCHELL TOWN, Clarendon — The Alcoa Foundation has spent US$3,000 to build a new postal agency in this district.

Pamela Whyte, community development administrator at JAMALCo, explained that the postal agency, which was officially opened on November 21, had been constructed under the Alcoa Coming Together In Our Neighbourhoods (ACTION) project.

Instituted in 2000, the ACTION project is aimed at encouraging employees to give at least four hours of voluntary service outside of normal working hours to a community development project. The construction of the postal agency is one of three ACTION projects that the company had undertaken since December last year.

26 vie for PM’s youth award

KINGSTON — The premier event for Youth Month, the prestigious Prime Minister’s Youth Award for Excellence and Jamaica Youth in Concert, will take place on Sunday, December 1 at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre in Kingston.

The award, which began in 1998, has since been conferred on 14 persons over the years, who have excelled in the areas of scholarship, the arts, sports, technology, entrepreneurship, agriculture and community service.

This year, 26 youth have been nominated for the award. Past awardees include Jody-Ann Maxwell, international Spelling Bee champion; Neil Hanchard for scholarship, and Stephen Shaw-Naar, who excelled in the arts.