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Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna, addressing the Marketing Seminar organised by final year students at the University of Technology School of Business Administration on February 26.
Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna, addressing the Marketing Seminar organised by final year students at the University of Technology School of Business Administration on February 26.

Youth Urged to Choose Career Paths Wisely

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, is imploring young people to choose wisely, when deciding on a career, and conduct research before embarking on particular areas of study. She said this is crucial as several career paths will...
Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna, addressing the Marketing Seminar organised by final year students at the University of Technology School of Business Administration on February 26.
Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna, addressing the Marketing Seminar organised by final year students at the University of Technology School of Business Administration on February 26.

Youth Minister says Traditional ‘Job for Life’ is Gone
The Minister of Youth and Culture, Lisa Hanna, pays tribute to the late Bunny Rugs, lead singer for Third World.
The Minister of Youth and Culture, Lisa Hanna, pays tribute to the late Bunny Rugs, lead singer for Third World.

Minister Hanna hails Bunny Rugs’ contribution to Jamaica’s rich and evolving culture
Registrar at the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), Greig Smith.
Registrar at the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), Greig Smith.

OCR Taking Message to Primary and High Schools
Attorney-at-law, Tania Chambers (left); Chairman, Advisory Board, Child Development Agency (CDA), Maxine Henry Wilson (centre), and Head of the Caribbean Coalition for the Abolition of Corporal Punishment of Children, Hazel Thompson-Ahye, of Trinidad and Tobago, consult on a document during a national consultation on proposed changes to the Child Care and Protection Act (CCPA) and the CCPA Children’s Home Regulations, held in New Kingston on February 11.
Attorney-at-law, Tania Chambers (left); Chairman, Advisory Board, Child Development Agency (CDA), Maxine Henry Wilson (centre), and Head of the Caribbean Coalition for the Abolition of Corporal Punishment of Children, Hazel Thompson-Ahye, of Trinidad and Tobago, consult on a document during a national consultation on proposed changes to the Child Care and Protection Act (CCPA) and the CCPA Children’s Home Regulations, held in New Kingston on February 11.

Stakeholders Discuss Changes to CCPA

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Children’s Advocate Group Holds Discussions with UNICEF Representative

A wide range of issues, including children in state care and matters pertaining to young people were discussed on Friday (March 14) when members of the Children Advisory Panel (CAP) paid a courtesy call on the United Nation’s Children Fund (UNICEF) representative to Jamaica, Mark Connolly. CAP, a child participation programme of the Child Development Agency (CDA) was established in...
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Culture

Security at Granville to be Increased

Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna, has said that security at the Granville Place of Safety in Trelawny will be increased following the absconding and subsequent tragic death of one of the wards last week. The Minister made the announcement during her visit to the place of safety on Sunday. Minister Hanna in offering condolences and words...
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Culture

Bustamante’s Birthday to be Commemorated at Blenheim

Plans are in high gear to commemorate the 130th anniversary of the birth of National Hero, Right Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, to be held on February 24, at his birthplace in Blenheim, Hanover. In an interview with JIS News, Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Regional Manager, Natalie Morris, informed that a Planning Committee, comprising civic, political and other representatives in...
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Culture

Minister Hanna Pays Tribute to Stuart Hall

Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna, MP has hailed the cultural theorist, sociologist and public intellectual, Stuart Hall, who died on Monday, February 10, at the age of 82. Hall, who was born on February 3, 1932 in Jamaica, had been living and working in the United Kingdom since 1951 when he won a Rhodes scholarship. Reacting...
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Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (4th left), seems delighted as British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency David Fitton (left), hands over cheque for $4 million to Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Rosalee Gage-Grey (right), to assist girls at the Homestead Place of Safety, in Stony Hill, St. Andrew, on February 10. Others (from second left) are: Manager at the facility, Sophia Walters, and President of the Rotary Club of St. Andrew, Marie Powell.
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Lifeline for Girls in State Care

The Homestead Place of Safety, in Stony Hill, St. Andrew, has received $4 million from the British High Commission to support skills training and a facility to cater for the girls after they reach 18 years of age. The donation was handed over to Acting Chief Executive Officer, Child Development Agency, Mrs. Rosalee Gage-Grey, by the British High Commissioner to...
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Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right); along with National Housing Trust (NHT) Chairman, Hon. Easton Douglas (centre); and Chairman, YUTE Limited, Joseph M. Matalon hold aloft a cheque for $32 million that the government, through the NHT, is providing in financial support for phase two of the Youth Employment Through Upliftment (YUTE) Build programme. Occasion was the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding for Phase 2 of the Programme, on February7 at the Office of the Prime Minister.
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$32 Million Allocated to Phase two of YUTE Programme

The Government, through the National Housing Trust (NHT), is providing $32 million in financial support for phase two of the Youth Upliftment Through Education (YUTE) Build programme. Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller was one of the signatories on Friday (February 7), to a second Memorandum of Understanding among the NHT, the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing,...
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All Island 50-Day Happiness Tour kicks off on March 20

In an effort to help Jamaicans better cope with the daily stresses of life, Choose Life International (CLI) will embark on a 50-Day Happiness Tour across the island, beginning on March 20. The initiative, which is also in keeping with the United Nations International Day of Happiness being observed on the same date, will see CLI volunteers spreading a message...
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