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Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna. (FILE)

Wortley Home Wards Temporarily Relocated

Preliminary reports from the Child Development Agency (CDA) have indicated that a section of the 90-year-old Wortley Home for Girls, which housed the facility’s dormitory, was completely destroyed by fire on Monday, June 29. According to the Minister of Youth and...

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

Principal Director of Culture in the Creative Industries Policy Division of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Dr. Janice Lindsay.

Jamaicans on World Heritage Committee

Jamaica to Defend World Heritage Status Proposal

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.

IYF Opens Teen Training Centre in Parade Gardens

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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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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...

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.

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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...

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...

Registrar, Office of the Children’s Registry, Greig Smith. (FILE)

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OCR Congratulates GSAT Awardees, Encourages Parents to be Mindful

The Office of the Children’s Registry, OCR, wishes to congratulate the thirty-seven thousand five hundred and seventy five (37, 575) students who successfully completed their Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) and have been awarded places in various schools across the island. The agency notes reports from the Ministry of Education that over seventy percent of these students were placed in...

Team Leader for the Children and Family Support Unit (CFSU) of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Carmen Mullings (right), speaking to participants who attended the CDA’s Parenting Seminar at the Alpha Institute in Kingston, today (June 17).

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CDA Embarks On Parenting Seminars

As part of the Ministry of Youth and Culture’s focus on child protection, the Child Development Agency (CDA) has embarked on a series of parenting seminars to educate parents and guardians about the issues surrounding child development and sexuality. The seminars are being held under the theme, ‘Positive Parenting for the Nation’s Sake’, and the expectation is that the seminars...

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade State Minister, Hon. Arnaldo Brown (right), confers with the Jamaica Promotions Corporation’s (JAMPRO) Film Commissioner , Carole Beckford, during Monday’s (June 15) Cultural and Creative Industries Session of the 6th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, being held from June 13 to 18, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James, under the theme: ‘Jamaica and the Diaspora: Linking for Growth and Prosperity’.

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UNESCO to Announce Decision on Blue and John Crow Mountains World Heritage Inscription

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will shortly announce its decision regarding the inscription of Jamaica’s Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park on the institution’s list of World Heritage Sites. This announcement is scheduled to be made during the 39th Session of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, from June 28 to July 8, in Bonn, Germany. Jamaica...