At the recent Yo Si Puedo (Yes I Can) Literacy Programme graduation ceremony, in Gayle, St. Mary, a 79 year-old man sat proudly among his fellow teenage and middle age graduates.

Jepthah McIntosh was only 9 years old when his father died and his primary education came to a sudden halt, as he had to become 'man of the house', dimming his chances of going to a secondary school or even college.

A sum of $1 billion has been earmarked under the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) for the development of infrastructure in the tourism resort areas, particularly relating to housing and settlement.

Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, made the announcement at yesterday's (July 1) post Cabinet press briefing held at Jamaica House, where he informed of a number of tourism development projects that are being undertaken through funding from the TEF, which has a balance of some $3 billion.