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Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (second right), interacts with students from various high schools across the country, while admiring a ‘Reset di ting’ t-shirt, prior to the start of a youth seminar at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, on November 20. The seminar was held under the theme: ‘Reset di Ting! The Courage to do Things Differently’, and formed part of the activities to celebrate Youth Month 2013. (FILE)
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (second right), interacts with students from various high schools across the country, while admiring a ‘Reset di ting’ t-shirt, prior to the start of a youth seminar at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, on November 20. The seminar was held under the theme: ‘Reset di Ting! The Courage to do Things Differently’, and formed part of the activities to celebrate Youth Month 2013. (FILE)

Youth Policy To Focus On Preparing Young People For World Of Work

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, says the revised National Youth Policy, when completed, will sharpen its focus on entrepreneurship, skills training and preparing young people for the world of work in the global village. “We have put...
Programmes Manager of the National Youth Service (NYS), Naketa West (right), assists NYS Graduate Work Experience Programme Intern, Cecelia Samuels, while on the job at the NYS head office in Kingston.
Programmes Manager of the National Youth Service (NYS), Naketa West (right), assists NYS Graduate Work Experience Programme Intern, Cecelia Samuels, while on the job at the NYS head office in Kingston.

Graduate Work Experience Pilot Gets High Marks
Executive Director of the NYS, Melvin Smith.
Executive Director of the NYS, Melvin Smith.

NYS Rolls Out Graduate Work Experience Programme
Minister of Youth & Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna.
Minister of Youth & Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna.

Jamaica takes World Heritage seat
Registrar at the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), Greig Smith.
Registrar at the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), Greig Smith.

World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse Message from the Children’s Registrar

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Executive Director of the NYS, Melvin Smith.
Culture

Graduates to Take Part in Work Experience Programme

Some 30 persons will begin a Graduate Work Experience Programme (GWEP) on Monday, November 18, at public and private institutions in the eastern parishes. The programme, organised by the National Youth Service (NYS), is designed to provide graduates from 17 to 24 years of age with an opportunity to develop workplace skills, while increasing self confidence and developing their ability...
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Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Child Development Agency, Rosalee Gage Grey, who gave details of the Prayer vigil to be held in Half-Way Tree.
Culture

Prayer Vigil for Children November 19

A prayer vigil and concert titled, ‘Bless the Children’, will be held at Mandela Park, Half-Way Tree, in Kingston, on Tuesday, November 19, beginning at 5:00 p.m. The event, which is part of Youth Month activities, is being held in commemoration of World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse. It is organised by the Child Development Agency, an arm...
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Registrar at the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), Greig Smith.
Culture

Information on Child Abuse is Confidential

Registrar of the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), Greg Smith, is assuring the public that reports of child abuse are handled in a confidential manner at the OCR. “I want to assure the public that once you make a report to the Children’s Registry that information is kept confidential,” he said. Mr. Smith told JIS News that under section...
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Culture

Clarendon Parish Council to Engage Young People in November

The Clarendon Parish Council will be staging a number of activities during Youth and Community Month in November aimed at guiding young people towards more responsible behaviours. In an interview with JIS News, Mayor of May Pen, Councillor Scean Barnswell, said that the activities, which will include school visits, will also target parents. He said there is need to steer...
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Minister of Youth & Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna.
Culture

Minister Hanna Leads Caricom Delegation in Funding Discussion with UNESCO

Paris, November 9, 2013 - The Minister of Youth and Culture the Honourable Lisa Hanna, MP will lead a delegation of Caricom Ministers and Ambassadors in a meeting with the leadership of UNESCO on Monday (November 11) to secure funding for education, youth and culture initiatives. UNESCO has been reducing spending since losing about a fifth of its annual income...
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Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison.
Culture

Children’s Advocate Recommends Strategies to Keep Children Off the Streets

Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison, is recommending the implementation of “individualised preventative programmes” to address the issue of children, who live/work on the streets. These interventions are intended to be parish specific, as according to Mrs. Gordon Harrison, “the problem as it appears in Kingston is not as it appears in Ocho Rios or St. James.” She was speaking on...
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