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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.
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

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

Youth Minister Warns Child Abusers of Harsh Penalties
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.
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.

Government Provides Musical Instruments to Maxfield Park Children’s Home
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.
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.

National Dialogue on Corporal Punishment
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.
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.

US$50,000 Playground Installed at Glenhope Nursery

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Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna. (FILE)
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Minister Hanna Condemns Brutal Attack on St Thomas Teen

The Minister of Youth and Culture, the Honourable Lisa Hanna condemns the brutal slaying of 14 year-old Kayalicia Simpson, a student of the Donald Quarrie High School who was chopped to death this morning at her home in Newlands, St Thomas. The Youth Minister notes that attacks of such nature have no place in our society and is calling on...
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Culture

Young People With Disabilities Gain Job Skills

More than 20 young people from St. James, with mild intellectual disabilities, have benefitted from employment training at a three week non-residential camp organised by the National Youth Service (NYS). The camp, held at the St. John’s Methodist Church Hall in Montego Bay from February 2 to 23, represents the first phase of the NYS’ Empowerment Programme, which is being...
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Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Rosalee Gage-Grey, addresses an appreciation and handing over ceremony for outgoing, and incoming members of the Children’s Advisory Panel (CAP), held on Friday (February 20), at the Pollyanna Restaurant in Kingston.
Culture

New Children’s Advisory Panel Urged to Continue Advocacy

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Rosalee Gage-Grey, has charged the new members of the Children’s Advisory Panel (CAP) to carry on the excellent work of their predecessors in advocating on behalf of the nation’s children. She issued the charge at a function held yesterday (Feb. 20) to welcome the new panel and express appreciation to...
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Culture

Ministry of Youth and Culture Pays Tribute to Dr. Clover Thompson Gordon

The Minister of Youth and Culture, the Honourable Lisa Hanna is expressing sadness at the passing of former Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Dr. Clover Thompson Gordon, OD, JP. In a statement the Minister described Dr. Thompson Gordon as a master educator and an astute leader who contributed enormously to the socio-cultural development of the Jamaican...
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Culture

Deadline for Festival Song Competition Is February 27

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) is reminding songwriters and performers to submit their entries for the 2015 Festival Song Competition by the deadline of Friday, February 27. Entry forms and guidelines are available on the JCDC website, www.jcdc.gov.jm; its head office at 3-5 Phoenix Avenue, Kingston 10; and all JCDC parish offices island-wide. “We encourage all the producers, singers,...
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Mayor of Lucea, Councillor Wynter McIntosh (right), discusses preparatory activities to mark the 131st anniversary of the birth of National Hero, Sir Alexander Bustamante, with Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Parish Manager for Hanover , Sandra Essor (left); and Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) Director of Community Programmes, Junie Cannigan-Bolton. In the background is JCDC Regional Manager (West), Natalie Morris. Occasion was a site visit to Sir Alexander’s birthplace in Blenheim, Hanover where the anniversary celebration will be held on February 24.
Culture

Cultural Concert to Highlight Bustamante 131st Anniversary Celebration

A cultural concert, featuring young talent from Hanover, is among activities this year to celebrate the 131st anniversary of the birth of National Hero, Right Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante. The civic ceremony and concert, commemorating the life of Sir Alexander, will be held on February 24, at his birthplace in Blenheim. Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Regional Manager, Natalie Morris,...
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