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Ms. Miranda Townsend, who has been awarded the Badge Of Honour For Long And Faithful Service to the Child Protection Sector, by the Government of Jamaica. She will receive her award at the National Honours and Awards ceremony, to be held at King’s House on Heroes Day, Monday, October 20. Ms. Townsend has been a Foster Mother for more than 45 years.

Foster Mother to be Honoured Heroes Day

Monday, October 20, will be a special day for Miranda Judith Townsend, of Holly Hill in Darliston, Westmoreland. She will be presented with a national award by the Government of Jamaica - the Badge Of Honour For Long And Faithful...

Research and Development Manager of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Randell Bailey.

CDA Stages 5k Run/Walk for Therapeutic Centre

Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon-Harrison (at the podium), addressing a forum, hosted by the United Nations office in Jamaica, at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston on October 10, to commemorate International Day of the Girl Child 2014. The day was officially observed on October 11, under the theme: ‘Empowering Adolescent Girls, Ending the Cycle of Violence’. Also participating, at the head table, were, from left: Executive Director, Jamaica Youth Advocacy Network, Monique Long; Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Sheila Roseau; United Nations Resident Coordinator in Jamaica, Dr. Arun Kashyap; and Executive Director, National Family Planning Board, Dr. Denise Chevannes-Vogel.

Children’s Advocate Urges Change in Sexual Abuse Misconception

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (seated, centre) signs a copy of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will see several undergraduate students of the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) each receiving $100,000 in tuition grants from the National Youth Service (NYS), under its Access to Higher Education Partnership Programme (AHEP). The signing took place at the CMI’s Palisadoes Park location in Kingston on October 10. Also signing (seated, from left) are: Executive Director of the NYS, Melvin Smith; and CMI Chairman, Joan Spencer Ernandez. Observing the proceedings (standing, from left) are: Registrar, CMI, Dr. Mark Broomfield; Deputy Director, Community Services, NYS, Nickeisha Lindsay; Executive Director, CMI, Dr. Fritz Pinnock; and Deputy Executive Director, CMI, Vivette Grant.

CMI Students to Receive $5 Million in Tuition Support Under AHEP

Children’s Advocate Urges Change in Sexual Abuse Misconception

Minister of Youth & Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna.

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Minister Hanna to lead delegation to Caribbean Reparations Conference

The Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna will lead a delegation to the 2nd Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Conference on Reparations to be held in Antigua and Bermuda from October 12 – 14, 2014. The delegation which includes Dr. Verene Shepherd, chairman of Jamaica’s National Commission on Reparations (NCR) and Lord Anthony Gifford, the legal representative to the...

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National Heritage Week Celebrates “My Expressions, My Traditions, My Jamaica”

This year’s National Heritage Week will be celebrated under the theme, “My Expressions, My Traditions, My Jamaica”, which will run from October 12 to 20, 2014. The celebrations will kickstart with a National Thanksgiving Church Service organized by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), an agency of the Ministry of Youth and Culture on Sunday, October 12. The Service will...

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, delivers remarks at the launch of Oral Health Month on October 3, at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus.

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Parents Urge to Instill Good Oral Health Care in Children

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, is encouraging parents to instill good oral health practices in their children from the earliest age possible. She contended that if proper oral care is encouraged at an early stage, it is likely that this will be practised throughout a person’s adult life. Minister Hanna, who was speaking at the launch of...

Events production assistant at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Kemar Rose.

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Student Gains Valuable Work Experience

Kemar Rose is a happy and grateful young man today. The final year student at the University of the West Indies (UWI) is looking towards an exciting future in events and production management, thanks to the valuable training and work experience being gained at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC). He is among a group of 50 youngsters, ages 17...

Poet Laureate of South Africa, Professor Keorapetse Kgositsile (centre), in discussion with Acting High Commissioner, John Clarke (left) and Poet Laureate of Jamaica, Professor Mervyn Morris, following the Poetry Reading, on September 6, in Pretoria.

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Jamaican and South African Poet Laureates Share Stage

South Africans and Jamaicans were treated to a symbolic and historic event on September 6 in Pretoria, as Poet Laureates of Jamaica and South Africa, Professor Mervyn Morris and Professor Keorapetse Kgositsile respectively, shared the stage at the National Library, at a Poetry Reading. This was held to commemorate the 20th anniversary of South Africa’s democracy as well as the...

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (left), signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide $5 million in scholarships to students of the college, under the Access to Higher Education Partnership (AHEP) programme, on Thursday (September 11) on the grounds of the college. Other signatories are Board Member of the National Youth Service (NYS), Rev. Lenworth Sterling (centre); and Chairman of Brown

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Government Launches Scholarship Programme at Brown’s Town Community College

Fifty students from the Brown’s Town Community College are to benefit from $5 million in scholarships under the Government’s Access to Higher Education Partnership (AHEP) programme. Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna and officials from the St. Ann-based institution, on September 11 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate the awards, during a launching ceremony held on...

Senior Acting Programmes Director in the Ministry of Youth and Culture, Miguel Williams (left), is in discussion with Chairman of the Possibility Programme, Robert Gibbs; and Director of the Possibility Programme, Lolita Phillips (right), at the opening of a reading room at the Goodwin Park Boys Hostel on South Camp Road on September 8. The books were collected through the National Youth Service’s (NYS) Summer Programme book drive.

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Goodwin Park Boys Hostel Gets Reading Room

Residents of the Goodwin Park Boys Hostel, operated under the Possibility Programme, are now benefitting from a reading room, outfitted with over 800 books. The reading room, which was established by the National Youth Service (NYS) in collaboration with the Rotary Club of St. Andrew, was unveiled on Monday, September 8, at the hostel’s premises on South Camp Road, Kingston....