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Prime Minister Youth Awardee for Excellence in Youth Service, Seidg Rowe, with proud mom Paulette Williams.
Prime Minister Youth Awardee for Excellence in Youth Service, Seidg Rowe, with proud mom Paulette Williams.

PM Youth Awardee Seidg Rowe Loves Volunteering

Nursing student by day, volunteer by night and a full time mother, that is life for 21-year-old Seidg Rowe, the Prime Minister’s Youth Awardee for Excellence in Youth Service. The single mother and final year nursing student at the International University of the Caribbean (IUC), has for the past ten years devoted herself to...
Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison (second left) in discussion about the rights of the child, with (from left): Custos of St. Ann, Hon. Norma Walters; Justice of the Peace from St. Mary, Jeanette Rose-Bryan; and Assistant Commissioner of Police in Charge of Area Two, Elan Powell.
Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison (second left) in discussion about the rights of the child, with (from left): Custos of St. Ann, Hon. Norma Walters; Justice of the Peace from St. Mary, Jeanette Rose-Bryan; and Assistant Commissioner of Police in Charge of Area Two, Elan Powell.

Children’s Advocate Commends Justice System
Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison (left); addresses the opening ceremony for the third in a series of training seminars being staged by her office for Justices of the Peace and police personnel, to familiarize them with the ‘Child Justice Guidelines’ handbook. At right is Manager for Public Education and Special Projects at the Office of the Children’s Advocate (OCA), Nicole Hayles. The seminar is being held at the Jewel Runaway Bay Beach Golf and Resort, in Runaway Bay, St. Ann, from April 16 to April 17.
Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison (left); addresses the opening ceremony for the third in a series of training seminars being staged by her office for Justices of the Peace and police personnel, to familiarize them with the ‘Child Justice Guidelines’ handbook. At right is Manager for Public Education and Special Projects at the Office of the Children’s Advocate (OCA), Nicole Hayles. The seminar is being held at the Jewel Runaway Bay Beach Golf and Resort, in Runaway Bay, St. Ann, from April 16 to April 17.

OCA Hosts Training Seminars to Promote Child Justice Guidelines
Executive Director of the Legal Aid Clinic (LAC), Hugh Faulkner, is encouraging citizens to utilise the services of the Mobile Justice Unit
Executive Director of the Legal Aid Clinic (LAC), Hugh Faulkner, is encouraging citizens to utilise the services of the Mobile Justice Unit

Legal Aid Council Helping to Protect the Rights of Children
Executive Director of the Institute of Jamaica, Anne Marie Bonner.
Executive Director of the Institute of Jamaica, Anne Marie Bonner.

IOJ Invites Public Sector Workers to Open House

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Jamaica Visual Arts Competition Showcase Opens Monday

Works by Jamaican artists will be showcased at the upcoming Jamaica Visual Arts Competition and Exhibition 2014 Travelling Showcase, scheduled for April 14 to 25. The event, which will take place at the Bloomfield Great House, at 8 Perth Road, Mandeville, Manchester, will exhibit original works of art that received the highest awards in the 2013 Jamaica Visual Arts Competition....
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Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (right), makes a point while addressing a press briefing at the Ministry, in St. Andrew, today (April 8), where she provided an update on the latest reports on child abuse. Beside the Minister is Chief Executive Officer of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Mrs. Rosalee Gage-Grey.
Culture

Youth Ministry Ramping Up Fight Against Child Abuse

The Government will be embarking on several initiatives to continue the fight against child abuse, including widening partnerships to strengthen the response to the problem. Noting that abused children often become abusers of other children, Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, says the national plan of action, will include a Cabinet submission for a comprehensive “integrated response to...
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Chief Executive Officer, Child Development Agency, Mrs. Rosalee Gage-Grey.
Culture

Gage-Grey Appointed CEO of CDA

The Public Service Commission has announced the appointment of Mrs. Rosalee D. Gage-Grey as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Child Development Agency (CDA), with effect from March 1, 2014. A Senior Executive with over 25 years experience, she began her career in the Public Service in 1987 in the then Income Tax Department. After successfully completing the Revenue Agents...
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Budget 2014/2015Culture

$18 Million for National Child Diversion Programme

The Government has budgeted $18 million for initiatives under the National Child Diversion Programme, which deals with children involved in conflicts with the law, outside of formal judicial proceedings. The funds have been set aside in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure, currently being reviewed by the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives. Financed by the United Nations International...
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Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (3rd left), speaking at a press briefing, held on April 8, at the Ministry in St. Andrew, where she presented a report on child abuse. Others (from left) are: Senior Advisor to Minister Hanna, Mrs. Sadie Keating; Chief Executive Officer of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Mrs. Rosalee Gage-Grey, and Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mrs. Sherrill O’Reggio-Angus.
Culture

Jamaicans Urged To Reach Out To Children

An appeal has been made by Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, for responsible members of the society to reach out to children with care and protection. “The society must view itself as a key part of the healing of our children in State care,” the Minister said, while giving an update on the latest reports on child...
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Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right, centre) and Minister of Youth and Culture, Lisa Hanna (to the PM’s left), with the 2013 recipients of the Prime Minister’s Youth Awards for Excellence after the ceremony, held on April 6 on the lawns of Jamaica House, Kingston, under the theme: ‘Celebrating Jamaican Youth…the Courage of Perseverance’.
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25 Persons and Groups Get PM’s Youth Awards for Excellence

Twenty-three outstanding young Jamaicans and two youth groups are the 2013 recipients of the Prime Minister’s Youth Awards for Excellence. The two youth groups are the Youth Organisation for Upliftment and the National Interschool Brigade. The awards ceremony was held on the East Lawns of Jamaica House, Kingston, on April 6, under the theme: ‘Celebrating Jamaican Youth…the Courage of Perseverance’....
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Budget 2014/2015CultureParliament

$173.6 Million to Boost Youth Development Programme

A sum of $173.6 million has been allocated to the Youth Development Programme to help unattached youth with their transition into adulthood and the world of work. The funds have been set aside in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The programme, which falls under the Ministry of Youth and Culture, provides training, on the...
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