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Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, underscores a point while speaking at Monday’s (May 11) signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the National Youth Service (NYS) and Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (EMCVPA), for implementation of ‘Movements’, which will see the NYS awarding art fellowships for work aimed at raising awareness about persons with disabilities. The signing took place at the college’s Arthur Wint Drive campus in St. Andrew. Listening keenly is Youth and Culture Minister, Hon. Lisa Hanna.

NYS and Edna Manley Partner to Raise Awareness About Persons With Disabilities

The National Youth Service (NYS) has partnered with the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (EMCVPA) on a unique project, which aims to use the visual arts to heighten public awareness about persons with disabilities in Jamaica....

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen and Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (centre); Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Youth and Culture, Sherrill O’Reggio Angus (right) and Senior Director, Youth and Adolescents Policy Division, Ministry of Youth and Culture, Michelle Small Bartley (left), with Youth Ambassadors at an induction ceremony, held at King’s House on May 7. From left are: Tijani Christian, Sujae Boswell, Rochelle Reid James, Terisa Thompson, Jamar Howell, and Andre Marriott-Blake.

Youth Ambassadors Programme Strengthened

Chairman of the Entertainment Advisory Board in the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment, Kingsley Cooper, emphasies a point as he addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank on May 5, where he provided details about ‘Arts in the Park: the Dance Edition.’ The event is slated for Sunday, May 17 at the Hope Botanical Gardens in Kingston.

Dancers to Take Stage at Arts in the Park

The National Child Month Committee Calendar.

Jamaicans Urged to Make Child Care and Protection Their Business

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (back, second right); Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott (back, left); Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (back, 2nd left); and Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security Hon. Derrick Kellier (back, right), are with students from the Mona Preparatory and St. Aloysius Primary schools, at the official launch of Labour Day and Worker’s Week on May 4, at the Banquet Hall, Jamaica House.

National Labour Day 2015 to Focus on Children

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Jamaica Closer To Having Blue And John Crow Mountains On World Heritage List

Jamaica is a step closer to having the Blue and John Crow Mountains added to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) list of World Heritage Sites. Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, said recommendation has been made for the region to be included on the prestigious list. She made the disclosure in her contribution to...

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Gov’t Working to Relocate Persons Who Occupy Garvey Birthplace

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, said the Ministry is working to resolve the issue of the relocation of persons, who occupy the childhood home of National Hero, Rt. Excellent Marcus Garvey. Once the persons have been relocated, the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) can begin restoration of the St. Ann-based site. “We have made a submission for...

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Japanese Gov’t Providing US$482,000 for IOJ Technological Upgrading

The Japanese Government is providing funding of US$482,000 to enhance the technological capacity of the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ). Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, said the funding will go towards a number of initiatives, including the building of a world-class technology-driven natural history exhibition gallery at the Natural History Museum. The Minister, who was making her contribution...

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Ministry to Open YICs to Assist At-Risk Youth

The Ministry of Youth and Culture is working to improve the services offered to youth, to increase their engagement in society. Through the establishment of two Youth Information Centres (YICs) in Hanover and Spanish Town, St. Catherine, the Ministry aims to place greater emphasis on engaging at-risk youth, which include unattached and out-of-school youth with maladaptive behaviours, and delinquent youth...

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Cabinet Approves Order to Sell Land to NHT Contributors

Cabinet has approved a Special Order making lands available to National Housing Trust (NHT) contributors in Balaclava, St. Elizabeth. The Balaclava Housing Development is situated on a 52-acre property. It comprises 112 serviced lots, including 109 residential lots, three agricultural lots, a green area, playfield, community recreational area, infiltration ponds and a buffer zone. Making the disclosure at a Jamaica...

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National Plan of Action on Child Violence to be Implemented This Year

The Ministry of Youth and Culture is spearheading the development of a National Plan of Action for an Integrated Response to Children and Violence (NPACV). Portfolio Minister, Hon. Lisa Hanna, made the announcement during her contribution to the 2015/16 Sectoral debate in the House of Representatives on May 6. She said the NPACV, which will be implemented during the course...

Students of Central Branch All Age School, Kerri Ann McLeod (right) and Abeygail Scarlette (left), reading pamphlets distributed by the Child Development Agency (CDA) during its Child Protection Sensitization Walk on May 1 in Torrington Park and its environs in Kingston.

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CDA Intensifies Community Intervention Programme

The Child Development Agency (CDA) has intensified its Community Intervention Programme, in its resolve to safeguard the nation’s children. On May 1, the start of Child Month, the agency staged its Child Protection Sensitization Walk in Torrington Park and its environs in Kingston, to sensitise residents about the effects of child abuse and the need to protect the nation’s children....