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Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (second right), is presented with a photograph by Mikhail Henry (second left) of Glenmuir High School, during the Jamaica National (JN) Resolution Project awards ceremony at the Olympia Gallery in Kingston on July 15. Also sharing the moment are: General Manager, JN Foundation, Saffrey Brown; and Chairman, JNBS Foundation, Earl Jarrett. Mikhail got first and third place prizes in the Best Body Image category for his submissions ‘Disjointed Reflections’ and ‘Ready to Lead.’
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (second right), is presented with a photograph by Mikhail Henry (second left) of Glenmuir High School, during the Jamaica National (JN) Resolution Project awards ceremony at the Olympia Gallery in Kingston on July 15. Also sharing the moment are: General Manager, JN Foundation, Saffrey Brown; and Chairman, JNBS Foundation, Earl Jarrett. Mikhail got first and third place prizes in the Best Body Image category for his submissions ‘Disjointed Reflections’ and ‘Ready to Lead.’

Glenmuir High Student Tops JN Photo Award Competition

Glenmuir High School’s Jodi Morgan has copped the coveted Best Photo Award in the 2013/2014 Jamaica National Resolution Project. Her photo, ‘The Real Me’, was selected as the top piece from more than 200 entries from students across the island,...
Contestants in the 2014 Jamaica Festival Queen Competition. The coronation will take place on Saturday, July 19, at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre, in Kingston.
Contestants in the 2014 Jamaica Festival Queen Competition. The coronation will take place on Saturday, July 19, at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre, in Kingston.

Jamaica to Crown Festival Queen on July 19
Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Delroy Gordon, speaking about activities for Jamaica Festival 2014 at a JIS Think Tank held on Wednesday, July 9, at the agency’s head office in Kingston.
Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Delroy Gordon, speaking about activities for Jamaica Festival 2014 at a JIS Think Tank held on Wednesday, July 9, at the agency’s head office in Kingston.

More Than 1,000 Persons Discovered Through the Big Stage
Minister of Youth and Culture, the Honourable Lisa Hanna, MP interacting with performers from International Youth Fellowship (IYF) during the launch of the revitalised Jamaica Festival in June.
Minister of Youth and Culture, the Honourable Lisa Hanna, MP interacting with performers from International Youth Fellowship (IYF) during the launch of the revitalised Jamaica Festival in June.

Seventh Day Adventist Church Joins Revitalised Emancipation Celebrations
Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Delroy Gordon, speaking about activities for Jamaica Festival 2014 at a JIS Think Tank held on Wednesday, July 9, at the agency’s head office in Kingston.
Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Delroy Gordon, speaking about activities for Jamaica Festival 2014 at a JIS Think Tank held on Wednesday, July 9, at the agency’s head office in Kingston.

Civil Servants Get 20 Per Cent Discount on Festival Tickets

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Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, lays a wreath at the shrine of National Hero, the Right Excellent Norman Manley, at a ceremony held at the National Heroes Park in Kingston on Friday (July 4), to mark the 121st anniversary of his birth.
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Jamaica Remembers Norman Manley

Jamaica paid tribute to National Hero, the Right Excellent Norman Manley, on Friday, July 4, at a wreath-laying ceremony held at National Heroes Park in Kingston to mark the 121st anniversary of his birth. The event, which featured award winning performances from the just concluded Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) festival of the arts competition, saw floral tributes from Governor-General,...
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Director and Curator, Jamaica Music Museum, Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), Herbie Miller.
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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 is the first activity on the 2014 Emancipation/Independence calendar, is one of the redesigned programmes of this year’s celebrations. It...
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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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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.
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Government Develops Action Plan to Protect Children from Violence

The Government has developed a national plan of action as it intensifies its drive to effectively tackle the issue of violence against children in Jamaica. This was disclosed by Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, who noted that the National Plan of Action for an Integrated Response to Children and Violence aims to create and maintain a protective...
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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
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Minister Hanna Co-hosting International Strategy Meeting on Protecting Children from Violence

Delegates from across the world will be meeting in Jamaica next week to develop strategies to eliminate violence against children. The two-day United Nations Cross-Regional meeting, which begins on Monday (30 June 2014), is being jointly hosted by the Minister of Youth and Culture, the Honourable Lisa Hanna, MP and the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Violence...
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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)
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CDA Report says Children’s Homes had No Authority to Allow JFJ’s Sexual Education Programme

The Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna, MP has received an interim report from the Child Development Agency surrounding the circumstances under which the group Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) implemented its unauthorised sexual education programme in six privately-operated children’s homes. Minister Hanna had instructed the CDA, which has responsibility for the regulation of children’s homes and places of safety, to explain: the circumstances...
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