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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.
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.

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...
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.
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.

JCDC Launches 10-Track Gospel Album
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (centre, back row); Children’s Registrar, Greig Smith (right, back row); and LIME’s Corporate Communications Manager, Elon Parkinson (left, back row), with the new Child Ambassadors, during an awards ceremony at the Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston on June 10. The new Ambassadors are to assist the Office of the Children’s Registry to raise awareness of issues relating to child abuse and missing children.
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (centre, back row); Children’s Registrar, Greig Smith (right, back row); and LIME’s Corporate Communications Manager, Elon Parkinson (left, back row), with the new Child Ambassadors, during an awards ceremony at the Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston on June 10. The new Ambassadors are to assist the Office of the Children’s Registry to raise awareness of issues relating to child abuse and missing children.

OCR to Launch ‘Pon the Corner Reasoning’
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (centre, seated); Children’s Registrar, Greig Smith (left); and Acting Director General, Jamaica Library Service (JLS), Karen Barton (right), sign Memorandum of Understanding between the Office of the Children’s Registry and the JLS for the installation of six computers and printers in libraries across select parishes to print and disseminate information regarding missing children, on June 10 at the Spanish Court Hotel, Kingston. Looking on (back row, from left) are: are United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) representative to Jamaica, Mark Connolly; Executive Director, National Parenting Support Commission, Patrece Charles Freeman; and Chief Executive Officer, Child Development Agency, Rosalee Gage Grey.
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (centre, seated); Children’s Registrar, Greig Smith (left); and Acting Director General, Jamaica Library Service (JLS), Karen Barton (right), sign Memorandum of Understanding between the Office of the Children’s Registry and the JLS for the installation of six computers and printers in libraries across select parishes to print and disseminate information regarding missing children, on June 10 at the Spanish Court Hotel, Kingston. Looking on (back row, from left) are: are United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) representative to Jamaica, Mark Connolly; Executive Director, National Parenting Support Commission, Patrece Charles Freeman; and Chief Executive Officer, Child Development Agency, Rosalee Gage Grey.

OCR and JLS Sign Missing Children MoU
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (centre), looks on as Children’s Registrar, Greig Smith (right), presents a trophy to Daniela Woodbine of Belmont Academy in Westmoreland, one of nine new Child Ambassadors appointed by the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR). Occasion was an awards ceremony at the Spanish Court Hotel, on Tuesday, June 10.
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (centre), looks on as Children’s Registrar, Greig Smith (right), presents a trophy to Daniela Woodbine of Belmont Academy in Westmoreland, one of nine new Child Ambassadors appointed by the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR). Occasion was an awards ceremony at the Spanish Court Hotel, on Tuesday, June 10.

Nine New Child Ambassadors Appointed by OCR

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CDA to Get Child Case Management System

A three-year contract valued at $53 million has been awarded to TP Systems Ltd. for the provision of a Child Case Management System (CCMS) for the Child Development Agency (CDA). The software is being introduced to allow the CDA to better manage data pertaining to children and families who interface with, or come into the child protection system. Details of...
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JCDC to Expose Talent on ‘The Big Stage’

Jamaicans will get a chance to ‘bus out’ on ‘The Big Stage’, a talent search competition organized by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC). ‘The Big Stage’ is one of the redesigned programmes for the annual Jamaica Festival 2014 celebrations, and entry forms for the competition are available on the JCDC’s website: www.jcdc.gov.jm. Persons can also collect and submit their...
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Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna. (FILE)
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Minister Hanna announces National Family Day among activities for Jamaica Festival 2014

The Minister of Youth and Culture, the Honourable Lisa Hanna, MP has announced major changes to the annual Jamaica Festival programme which celebrates Emancipation and Independence. Addressing the launch of Jamaica Festival yesterday (Wednesday) at the Louise Bennett Garden Theatre, Minister Hanna said that among the main changes is an adjustment to the Jamaica Festival celebration period.  Usually, Jamaica Festival...
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CDA First Responders Offer Trauma Counselling

The Child Development Agency (CDA) has put in place a team of first responders to provide counselling and welfare support to children, families, and communities affected by trauma. The first responders attend the scene of incidents where, for example children have lost parents or homes to natural or man-made disasters. This is in order to protect the best interest of...
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Chief Executive Officer, Child Development Agency, Mrs. Rosalee Gage-Grey.
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Support Children in State Care – CDA

The Child Development Agency (CDA) is encouraging citizens to become more involved in the lives of children who are in state care. “Expand your mentorship programme to include wards and former wards of the state, support parents in their child-rearing; open your hearts and home to children through our foster care programme and reject child abuse by reporting any known...
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Nine New Child Ambassadors To Be Appointed

On June 16, nine young Jamaicans will be appointed Child Ambassadors, by the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR). The new appointees, age 10 to 16 years, will serve for two years in the parishes of Kingston and St. Andrew, St. Thomas, St. Mary, Trelawny, St. James, Westmoreland, Manchester, St. Catherine, and Clarendon. The Child Ambassador Programme, which was launched...
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Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (at the podium), speaking at the media launch of the Child Development Agency’s (CDA) 10th anniversary celebrations at the agency’s downtown Kingston offices, on May 28. Others (from left) are: Chairman, CDA Advisory Board, Maxine Henry-Wilson and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), CDA, Rosalee Gage-Grey. The year-long activities to commemorate the CDA’s 10th anniversary begin on June 1 at the Boulevard Open Bible Church. Other activities include: lecture series, walk/runathon, awards banquet, concert, and talent competition exposition, among others.
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Government to Implement Interventions to Benefit Children in State Care

The Government will begin implementing several targeted interventions to improve conditions for children and adolescents, especially those in State care, during the 2014/15 fiscal year. These include the phased implementation of a Child Case Management System; legislative reforms; the transformation of Maxfield Park Children’s Home as a model care child facility; and therapy and counselling sessions. This was disclosed by...
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