CVM Sunrise highlights CXC modular maths pilot, youth enterprise and community safety concerns

CVM Sunrise on May 21, 2026, featured a wide mix of local issues, including a new CXC mathematics pilot, youth entrepreneurship, community safety concerns in Trelawny, heritage tourism plans in St. Thomas and debate over safe play spaces for children.

One major discussion focused on the Caribbean Examinations Council’s Caribbean Targeted Education Certificate, a modular qualification being tested in selected regional schools. Dinthill Technical High in St. Catherine was identified among the pilot schools, with CSEC Mathematics Module One already under observation at the campus. The programme is intended to let students tackle subjects in smaller sections and move at a pace better suited to their learning needs.

The broadcast also profiled 12-year-old Tremaine Lorn of Gaystead High School, a student entrepreneur from rural St. Andrew who began raising goats at age eight. Lorn said he wants to become a veterinarian and use earnings from farming to help fund college. He explained that he wakes at 4:00 a.m. to care for his animals before school, sells goat meat with help from his mother, pays himself and his mother, and invests some profits in bonds. He said a hurricane destroyed his goat pen, which had not yet been rebuilt.

In the morning news segment, CVM reported concerns along Foreshore Road in Falmouth, Trelawny, where residents and business operators complained about dumping, debris and mechanic activity near the town’s welcome sign. Falmouth Mayor and Warsop councillor Colin Gager acknowledged that derelict and crashed vehicles had affected the area’s appearance and said notices were being issued. The National Solid Waste Management Authority was also expected to investigate.

The newscast further reported that a planned museum in Morant Bay could support St. Thomas heritage tourism and economic activity. St. Thomas Municipal Corporation chief executive officer Kevin McIntosh said the project would be a cultural asset and part of wider tourism destination planning.

Sport coverage noted that Lime Hall FC beat Stetson Lee 2-1 in a Popeyes Challenge Cup match at St. Elizabeth Technical High School, while Med Forest defeated Humble Lion by the same score.

Other features examined Jamaican-made gift packaging through Janelle Ferguson’s Janelle Art Merch, the importance of inclusive public play spaces with youth development advocate Dana Atkinson, and dance education through the St. Catherine-based Mackie Dance Company and Naggo Head Primary School dancers.