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Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (right), discusses issues affecting children with Chair of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), Dr. Pauline Mullings. Occasion was the launch of Child Month on April 15, at the GraceKennedy offices, downtown Kingston. Child Month will be celebrated in May under the theme: ‘Child Safety and Security –Our Priority’.

Several Activities Planned for Child Month in May

Several activities have been planned to celebrate Jamaica’s children during Child Month in May. The month was officially launched on April 15, at GraceKennedy’s downtown Kingston offices, under the theme: ‘Children Safety and Security –Our Priority’. The occasion was also...

Chairman of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Senator K.D. Knight (third right), symbolically hands over keys to the renovated Símon Bolívar Cultural Centre to Board Chairman of the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) Programmes Coordination Division, Dr. Deborah Hickling (third left), during a ceremony at the centre’s location in downtown Kingston, on April 2. Also pictured (from left) are: Senior Project Manager, UDC, Peter Risden; Executive Director of the IOJ, Anne Marie Bonner; Director, UDC, Sonia Hyman; and General Manager, UDC, Desmond Malcolm. The multi-purpose centre, which was renovated by the UDC at a cost of $4.13 million, was officially handed over to the IOJ for its management and operation.

Símon Bolívar Cultural Centre to Open in a Week

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

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

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Youth Urged to Join World Heritage Site Campaign

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, is urging the country’s youth to get involved in the campaign to have the Blue and John Crow Mountains included on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) World Heritage List. She made the appeal at the closing of a Youth Leadership Training in Heritage Preservation and Protection Workshop held...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Hanna Directs CDA to Intensify Community Interventions

The Ministry of Youth and Culture is reporting that the Office of the Children’s Registry receives approximately two hundred and twenty reports of child abuse per week; 11, 440 per year. The parishes accounting for the majority of the abuses are Westmoreland, KSA, St Catherine and St James. The OCR assesses these reports and then forwards them to the CDA....

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.

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Next Generation of Artists: Step Forward – Hanna

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, is calling on young Jamaicans to come forward to take their place as the next generation of artists and cultural icons. “We have to spawn the next generation of artists and cultural icons in this country. We want to see more young persons stepping forward to take their place at the table,”...

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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...