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Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (left), shares a moment with Activation Specialist for Respect Jamaica, Amashika Lorne, at the "Pon di Corna" reasoning session held on March 20 at the Half-Way-Tree Transportation Centre in Kingston.

Stop the Child Abuse

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, says the time has come to stop the abuse of the country’s children and is appealing for parents, guardians and members of communities to join the Government in the fight against the...

Prime Minister the Most. Hon. Portia Simpson Miller makes a point during her presentation in the 2015/16 Budget Debate, in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, March 24. Mrs. Simpson Miller’s presentation was made under the theme - ‘Moving Forward: Jobs, Growth and Development’. At left is Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips.

$2.6 Billion Allocated To Support Creative Industry

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

Youth Minister to Interact With Young People March 20

Hanna Directs CDA to Intensify Community Interventions

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, adds her contribution to a public mural set up at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s JCDC) visual arts exhibition, which opened on Sunday (March 15) at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. The exhibition, which features award winning pieces from the JCDC’s 2014 Visual Arts Competition, will run until March 29.

Next Generation of Artists: Step Forward – Hanna

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Culture Minister Pays Tribute to Role of Women During Slavery

Culture Minister pays tribute to role of women during slavery in recognition of International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade The Minister of Youth and Culture, the Honourable Lisa Hanna is today paying tribute to the significant role played by countless women in slavery in recognition of International Day of Remembrance of...

11 years ago Culture

Festival Song Semi-Finalists to Perform March 26

Thirty-seven Jamaicans will showcase their talent at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Festival Song semi-final, scheduled to take place at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre, 36 Hope Road, Kingston 10, on Thursday, March 26, starting at 6:00 p.m. This competition will see the JCDC, an agency of the Ministry of Youth and Culture, selecting the top 10 persons who...

11 years ago Culture

Be Kind to Persons With Disabilities – Minister Hanna

Jamaicans are being urged to extend kindness and show respect to persons with disabilities or health challenges. The appeal came from the Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, during her ‘Pon di Corna’ rap session with Corporate Area students on Friday, March 20, at the Half-Way-Tree Transportation Centre in Kingston. Minister Hanna told the gathering that the Ministry...

11 years ago Culture

Youth Minister Warns Child Abusers of Harsh Penalties

Youth and Culture Minister, Hon. Lisa Hanna, is again warning persons who persistently abuse minors, to desist or face harsh penalties for these offences. She repeated the call in the wake of recent reports surfacing of children losing their lives or suffering persistent abuse at the hands of adults. “We are sending a very strong signal to those persons in...

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (2nd left); Board Member of the Maxfield Park Children’s Home, Karol Fernandez (2nd right); and Manager of the home, Winston Bowen (right), examine an electric guitar, which was among several musical instruments donated to the facility by the Ministry in collaboration with the Culture Health Arts Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund. The items were officially handed over to the home, located on Maxfield Avenue in Kingston on Wednesday (March 10). Looking on is Manager of Public Relations and Administration at the CHASE Fund, Hilary Coulton.

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Government Provides Musical Instruments to Maxfield Park Children’s Home

The Ministry of Youth and Culture has provided $250,000 worth of musical equipment to the Maxfield Park Children’s Home in Kingston, which will enable the children to learn music and express their creative talents. The items, which comprise two electric guitars, one keyboard, one drum set, tambourines and a public address system, were procured under the Ministry’s Art for Life...

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (at head table) and members of the Inter-Ministerial Working Group on Children, discuss issues pertaining to corporal punishment at a meeting held on March 6 at the Youth Ministry’s head office, in Kingston.

11 years ago Culture

National Dialogue on Corporal Punishment

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, says a national dialogue will have to take place before the country can make a decision on the issue of corporal punishment. Miss Hanna was addressing an Inter-Ministerial Working Group on Children, at the Ministry on March 6, which she convened to begin preliminary discussions on corporal punishment. “I could not take...

Jamaican Representative of Embracing Orphans, Rev. Patrick Smith (right) and his wife, Kadeon Smith (left), playing with the children of Glenhope Nursery in the donated playground, today (March 5) at the nursery on Maxfield Avenue, in Kingston.

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US$50,000 Playground Installed at Glenhope Nursery

The Glenhope Nursery in Kingston has received a playground valued at US$50,000 for the children of the State-run facility. Through the collaborative effort of the Child Development Agency (CDA) and the United States based volunteer organizations, Embracing Orphans and Kids Around the World as well as Food for the Poor, the playground was installed at the facility by the volunteers...