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Jamaica's Blue and John Crow Mountains

Heritage Tourism Boost Anticipated from UNESCO’s Listing of Blue & John Crow Mountains

Youth and Culture Minister, Hon. Lisa Hanna, says the inscription of Jamaica’s renowned Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) prestigious World Heritage List (WHL) is expected to further boost...
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Jamaica's Blue and John Crow Mountains

Jamaica’s Blue and John Crow Mountains inscribed to UNESCO’s Prestigious World Heritage List

Festival Song Finals July 4
Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna. (FILE)
Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna. (FILE)

Wortley Home Wards Temporarily Relocated
Chief Executive Officer of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Rosalee Gage Grey (left), brings greetings at the second staging of the National Child Month Committee’s (NCMC) Youth Academic Achievement Award (YAAA) ceremony, held on June 26 at the Knutsford Court Hotel, in Kingston. Listening (from right) are: Dr. Adrian Coore, representing National Baking Company, sponsor of the event; Dr. Pauline Mullings, Chair of the NCMC; Senior Administration Officer at the Overseas Examination Commission, Yolette Barnett; Jermaine Porter, Prime Minister’s Youth Awardee 2013; and Master of Ceremonies, Bridgette Anderson.
Chief Executive Officer of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Rosalee Gage Grey (left), brings greetings at the second staging of the National Child Month Committee’s (NCMC) Youth Academic Achievement Award (YAAA) ceremony, held on June 26 at the Knutsford Court Hotel, in Kingston. Listening (from right) are: Dr. Adrian Coore, representing National Baking Company, sponsor of the event; Dr. Pauline Mullings, Chair of the NCMC; Senior Administration Officer at the Overseas Examination Commission, Yolette Barnett; Jermaine Porter, Prime Minister’s Youth Awardee 2013; and Master of Ceremonies, Bridgette Anderson.

Non-Traditional High School Students Recognised

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CDA Launches Emergency Readiness Competition for Children’s Homes

The Child Development Agency (CDA) has launched a ‘Safe Homes Emergency Readiness Competition’, aimed at ensuring the protection of children in State Care, during emergencies and disasters. Under the theme: ‘Emergency Preparedness...Our Priority’, the competition, which will run from July 1 to 30, invites the island’s 56 residential childcare facilities to prepare their own disaster plans. “With over 4,000 children...
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Principal Director of Culture in the Creative Industries Policy Division of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Dr. Janice Lindsay.
Culture

Jamaicans on World Heritage Committee

Two Jamaicans will sit on UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee (WHC), when it meets in Bonn, Germany, from June 28 to July 8, to examine proposals to inscribe 37 properties on the World Heritage List (WHL). The two who have been serving on the WHC since 2013 are Acting Principal Director of Culture and Creative Industries Policy Division, Ministry of Youth...
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Principal Director of Culture in the Creative Industries Policy Division of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Dr. Janice Lindsay.
Culture

Jamaica to Defend World Heritage Status Proposal

Jamaica is preparing to defend a proposal to have the Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park considered for World Heritage status at the upcoming Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Bonn, Germany, from June 28 to July 8. Recommendations to accord World Heritage status to the National Park was made by UNESCO evaluators when they visited the...
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Culture

JCDC Unveils Culture Passports

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) on Tuesday, June 23, unveiled its Culture Passport, which will allow holders to access key cultural and heritage sites across Jamaica. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the inaugural National Culture Clubs Conference, held at the Rex Nettleford Multi-Purpose Centre, at the University of the West Indies, Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa...
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Mayor of Kingston, Her Worship, Senator Councillor, Dr. Angela Brown Burke (third right) and Youth and Culture Minister, Hon. Lisa Hanna (second left), unveil plaque at the opening of the International Youth Fellowship (IYF) Teen Training Centre, in Parade Gardens, Downtown Kingston, on June 23. Others (from left) are: Country Director for the IYF in Jamaica, Pastor Jin Hee Kim; State Minister in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson and President of the School of Mahanaim in New York, Pastor Terry Henderson.
Culture

IYF Opens Teen Training Centre in Parade Gardens

Young persons in the inner city community of Parade Gardens, in downtown Kingston, are to benefit from a new Teen Training Centre, which has been established in the heart of the district. The International Youth Fellowship (IYF) in Jamaica, in its continued mandate to facilitate youth development in Jamaica, opened the training centre to offer assistance to the youth of...
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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Youth and Culture, Mrs. Sherrill O’Reggio Angus (third left) and Member of Parliament for Western Hanover, Hon. Ian Hayles (fourth right) cut the ribbon to officially open the Hanover Youth Information Centre and the parish’s National Youth Service office at the Watson Taylor Park Complex, in Lucea, on June 19. Others (from left) are: Acting Executive Director of the National Youth Service (NYS), Dennis Lawrence; Mayor of Lucea, Councillor Wynter McIntosh; 2015 Hanover Festival Queen, Kimberly Morant; Custos of Hanover, Hon. Dr. David Stair and President of the Hanover Youth Council, Alija Dias.
Culture

Youth Information Centre Opens in Hanover

Young persons in the parish of Hanover now have a permanent location where they can obtain information and get involved in programmes staged by the Ministry of Youth and Culture. The Hanover Youth Information Centre and the National Youth Service Parish Office for Hanover are now officially opened at the Watson Taylor Park Complex, Lucea, to provide access to information...
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Project Manager for the Ministry of National Security’s Unite For Change programme, Patricia Sutherland.
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Volunteers Urged to Join National Effort to Protect Children

For the second staging of the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention, the Ministry of National Security is calling for volunteers to join the national effort to protect children. The Ministry, through its ‘Unite for Change’ (UFC) public education and behaviour change programme, aimed at tackling the nation’s crime problem, will host the one-day forum on Friday, June 19, at...
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