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Director and Curator, Jamaica Music Museum, Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), Herbie Miller.
Director and Curator, Jamaica Music Museum, Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), Herbie Miller.

Signature Conversations to Kick Off Independence Celebrations

The music and legacy of Jamaican reggae vocalist and songwriter Keith “Bob Andy” Anderson will be discussed at “Signature Conversations” on Sunday, July 6, at the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) Lecture Hall, East Street Complex, downtown Kingston. Signature Conversations, which...
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (centre, head table); and former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. P.J. Patterson (second left, head table) enjoy the performance of Stephen Simpson (foreground, left) and Don Antonio Phillips (foreground, right) during today’s (June 30) opening session of the United Nations (UN) Cross Regional Meeting for Advancing the Protection of Children from Violence at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. Also pictured at the head table (from left) are: Chairman, Children Support Task Force, Rev. Dr. Marjorie Lewis; Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Violence Against Children, Marta Santos País; and Chairman, Children’s Advisory Panel, Child Development Agency, Charles Young.
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (centre, head table); and former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. P.J. Patterson (second left, head table) enjoy the performance of Stephen Simpson (foreground, left) and Don Antonio Phillips (foreground, right) during today’s (June 30) opening session of the United Nations (UN) Cross Regional Meeting for Advancing the Protection of Children from Violence at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. Also pictured at the head table (from left) are: Chairman, Children Support Task Force, Rev. Dr. Marjorie Lewis; Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Violence Against Children, Marta Santos País; and Chairman, Children’s Advisory Panel, Child Development Agency, Charles Young.

Government Develops Action Plan to Protect Children from Violence
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (right), (from left): Acting Chief Executive Officer, Child Development Agency, Rosalee Gage-Grey; and Children’s Adviser in the Ministry, Sadie Keating. FILE
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (right), (from left): Acting Chief Executive Officer, Child Development Agency, Rosalee Gage-Grey; and Children’s Adviser in the Ministry, Sadie Keating. FILE

Minister Hanna Co-hosting International Strategy Meeting on Protecting Children from Violence
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (right) and Chief Executive Officer of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Mrs. Rosalee Gage-Grey address journalists at a recent press conference. (FILE)
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (right) and Chief Executive Officer of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Mrs. Rosalee Gage-Grey address journalists at a recent press conference. (FILE)

CDA Report says Children’s Homes had No Authority to Allow JFJ’s Sexual Education Programme
Registrar of the Office of the Children’s Registry, Greig Smith addressing a recent JIS Think Tank.
Registrar of the Office of the Children’s Registry, Greig Smith addressing a recent JIS Think Tank.

OCR Congratulates GSAT Awardees

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Jamaicans must work together to end Violence against Children

Former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. P.J. Patterson, has pointed to the need for Jamaicans to work together to speed up the pace of progress in eliminating violence against the nation’s children. Mr. Patterson was addressing the opening session of the United Nations (UN) Cross-Regional Meeting for Advancing the Protection of Children from Violence held on Monday (June 30), at...
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The group, ‘Servants’ with lead singer, Rohan Walcott, (left) at the recent launch of the Jamaica Gospel Song Competition 2014 held at the Webster Memorial United Church in Kingston.
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Gospel Singers Battling for JCDC Top Prize

A quartet from the parish of Manchester is among the 10 finalists battling for the first prize in the 2014 Jamaica Gospel Song Competition. They will be vying for over $400,000 in cash and prizes when the competition, organised by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), unfolds on Sunday, July 27 at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre in Kingston. The...
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Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (right), addresses journalists during a press briefing held at her New Kingston offices on Wednesday, January 15. Also pictured (from left) are: Acting Chief Executive Officer, Child Development Agency, Rosalee Gage-Grey; and Children’s Adviser in the Ministry, Sadie Keating. (FILE)
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Minister Hanna Refers JFJ Manual to Attorney General and Children’s Advocate

The Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna, MP has referred to the attention of the Children’s Advocate and the Attorney General, the manuals used by the group Jamaicans for Justice in its unauthorised sexual education programme that was implemented in six privately-operated children’s homes. In her letters to the Attorney General, the Honourable Patrick Atkinson, MP and...
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Jamaican Reps Consider World Heritage Inscriptions

For the first time, Jamaica is among the nations that are deliberating over nominations to Unesco’s World Heritage List. This week in Qatar, the 38th session of the World Heritage Committee will meet to consider the inscription of 40 sites to the World Heritage List.  Among the delegates are Dr. Janice Lindsay, Director for the Centre of the Arts at...
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Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna. (FILE)
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Minister Hanna requests report from CDA

The Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna, has demanded explanations from the Child Development Agency (CDA) in light of reports surrounding the unauthorised sexual education programme being implemented by Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) in six privately-operated children’s homes. The CDA, which has responsibility for the regulation of children’s homes and places of safety, reported last week that...
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Ralisa Dawkins (right) accepts her award from Marketing Manager, Continental Baking Company, Mrs. Ann-Marie Walter-Allen, at the National Child Month Committee’s inaugural National Academic Achievement Award ceremony held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston.
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Non-Traditional High School Students Beating the Odds

The 24 recipients of the National Child Month Committee’s (NCMC) inaugural National Academic Achievement Award, say they are happy to have helped paved the way to hopefully dispel the negative notion that non-traditional high schools are for under achievers. The students are the proof of the falsehood of this sentiment, as they all attended non-traditional high schools, and have done...
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Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Delroy Gordon (right), admires the cover of the 2014 Jamaica Gospel Song Competition album, after it was unveiled at a Press Launch on June 11, at the Webster Memorial United Church, on Half Way Tree Road, Kingston 10. The ceremony was also held to introduce the top 10 finalists of this year’s competition, under the theme, ‘Moving Forward’. Others (from left) are: Chief Executive Officer, Almond Productions Limited, Jon Williams and Programmes Management Director, JCDC, Dorrett Thaxter.
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JCDC Launches 10-Track Gospel Album

A 10-track gospel album, containing songs by the finalists of the Jamaica Gospel Song Competition 2014, was launched on Wednesday, June 11, at the Webster Memorial United Church, 53 Half Way Tree Road, Kingston 10. The 10 finalists, including a four-member group, were also revealed. They are Adrian Dell, Anishca Sinclair, Orville Sutherland, Stacy Ann Brooks-Kristos, Travis Gordon, Aneisha Walker,...
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