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The Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) is reporting a drop in the number of children reported missing in 2014. Registrar of the OCR, Greig Smith, tells JIS News that there has been a 10 per cent decline in the number of children reported missing for the period January to December 2014 when compared to the corresponding period in 2013....

The Ananda Alert programme is now officially under the purview of the Ministry of Youth and Culture. This was disclosed by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, as he responded to questions posed by Member of Parliament for West Kingston, Desmond McKenzie on Tuesday (Jan. 15), in the House of Representatives. He informed the Lower House...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator Sandrea Falconer, said the decision to transfer the Ananda Alert system to the Ministry of Youth and Culture will give it the kind of focus needed to address the crisis of missing and abducted children. She said that discussions are well underway to facilitate the move "and we expect that (the) recommendations will be sent...

The Ananda Alert system is to be moved from the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development to the Ministry of Youth and Culture. Making the disclosure at on June 27 Jamaica House press briefing, Local Government Minister, Hon. Noel Arscott, informed that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to effect the transfer, has already been signed. He said the system...

KINGSTON — A significant push is to be made by Government to improve the image and public perception of the Ananda Alert emergency missing child system. The efforts will focus on increasing the number of persons involved in the emergency network giving law enforcers a better chance of locating children reported missing.             The Ananda Alert programme has had a...

KINGSTON — Changes are to be made shortly to the operations of the Ananda Alert system, that should bring about improvement, as well as increase the number of persons taking part in the emergency network. This was disclosed by Minister of  State in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Local Government, Robert Montague, in an interview with ...

As part of the increased focus on children in need for Workers' Week and Labour Day 2010, Jamaicans are being encouraged to show they care by supporting the Ananda Alert programme. State Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for Local Government, Hon. Robert Montague, has therefore asked citizens to join the initiative by texting the word...

The Ananda Alert programme is making strides in reuniting missing children with their families. Of the 82 children, who were reported missing from their homes since the programme's launch in May, 44 have been successfully reunited with their families. The number includes 14 teenagers, who had gone missing during the months of February, April and July 2009. Senior Director for...

The Ananda Alert System, Jamaica's response to reports of missing children, was officially launched today (May 19), at a ceremony held at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston. Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for Local Government Hon. Robert Montague, explained that the Ananda Alert System is triggered when a child goes...

The launch of the Ananda Alert- Jamaica's response to a missing child report- took place this morning (May 19) at a highly charged and emotional ceremony with tear jerking appeals by Mrs. Nardia Campbell, mother of the murdered 11-year-old Ananda Dean, in whose memory the programme has been named. Mrs. Campbell, who was called upon to give remarks at the...

Microsoft Corporation will be providing Jamaica with the software called the Child Abducting Tracking System - CATS, which is used by major police forces worldwide to help track missing children. This was disclosed by Minister of State who has responsibility for the Department of Local Government in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Bobby Montague. The software valued at...