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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...

Global Brand Manager at GraceKennedy Limited, Anthony Lawrence; Chairperson, National Child Month Committee, Dr. Pauline Mullings; and Child Rights Associate at the Caribbean Child Development Centre, Heather Gallimore, share a light moment at the National Child Month Committee’s annual Youth Forum, held on November 1, at the St. Andrew Parish Church Hall, 16 Ellesmere Road.

Youth Urged to Prepare to Take Rightful Place in Society

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Youth and Culture, Sydney Bartley. (FILE)

Youth Ministry to Stage Reasoning Sessions With Young People

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (centre), and Chef, Brian Lumley (right), listen keenly to a point being made by Entrepreneur, Keneea Linton-George, during the launch of Youth Month 2013 on October 14 at 689 by Brian Lumley in New Kingston.

Hundreds of Young People to Benefit from Employment and Training

Minister of Youth and Cuture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (right) greets Member of Parliament for North Central Clarendon, Pearnel Charles, at the National Heritage Week Thanksgiving service held yesterday (Oct. 13), at the Power of Faith Deliverance Ministries in May Pen, Clarendon.

Museums Free to the Public During Heroes Weekend

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Students to Take Part in Youth Forum on November 1

Over 200 high school students from St. Catherine, St. Thomas, Kingston and St. Andrew, ranging from 14 to 18 years, are expected to participate in the National Child Month Committee (NCMC) annual Youth Forum, scheduled for Friday, November 1, at the St. Andrew Parish Church. The forum is one of several activities organised by the NCMC to observe Child Month...

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Minister Hanna Attends United Nations Child Rights Meeting

Minister of Youth and Culture, the Honourable Lisa Hanna is currently attending the United Nations Third Committee High Level Debate on the Rights of the Child scheduled for October 16-18 at the UN Headquarters in New York. On Wednesday (October 16) the Minister will deliver Jamaica’s statement on the implementation of the country’s national programme of child protection and child...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Sandrea Falconer addresses a Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister. (FILE)

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Youth Minister to Take Part in UN Panel Discussion

Youth and Culture Minister, Hon. Lisa Hanna, will be travelling to New York on October 15 to participate in a United Nations (UN) panel discussion on ‘Regional Co-operation for the Protection of Children from Violence’. The discussion is taking place within the framework of the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee Debate on the Rights of the Child. Minister with responsibility...

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (2nd left), participates in the ‘open discussion’ segment of a symposium on the issue of child sexual abuse in Jamaica, held on Friday (Oct. 4), at the Webster Memorial United Church in Kingston. Communications specialists, Fae Ellington (left), moderated the session, which included (from third left): Psychiatrist Dr. Frederick Hickling; former head of the Centre for Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA), Superintendent Gladys Brown; Guidance Counsellor at the St. Andrew High School for Girls, Catherine McCook; and Minister at the church, Rev. Astor Carlyle.

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Minister Hanna Again Calls on Jamaicans to Protect Children from Abuse

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, is again imploring all well-thinking Jamaicans to play a greater role in protecting the nation’s children against all forms of abuse, in particular, sexual abuse. “If you see a child acting in a particular manner, you have a duty...not only your moral responsibility, but you have a duty by law to protect...

Chairman of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce’s (JCC) Civic Affairs/Inner-city Development Committees, Sameer Younis (at podium), addresses successful participants in the JCC’s Youth Leadership Training Programme, during a graduation ceremony, held at the JCC’s offices in Kingston, on October 3.

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Inner-City Youth Take Part in Leadership Training Programme

The relationship between the police and residents of several inner-city communities should see marked improvement following their participation in the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce’s (JCC) Youth Leadership Training Programme. Held in collaboration with the University College of the Caribbean (UCC), the training course is an initiative of the JCC’s Civic Affairs and Inner-city Development Committees. The aim is to improve...

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Vasciannie Hails New Caribbean Cookbook

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States (US), His Excellency Stephen Vasciannie, has hailed the publication of a new Caribbean cookbook by retired international public servant, Dorel Callender, noting that it offers unique glimpses into the region and its people. He said the book, entitled: ‘A Caribbean Mom’s Table’, links cuisine with social, cultural, and other aspects of the region’s history...

Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna browses through a book with students from Allman Town Primary. The Child Development Agency held a community forum at the school, under the theme:

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Parents Urged to Keep Close Tabs on Children

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, is urging parents to be vigilant in monitoring their children and know what they are doing on social media. “Know who your child’s friends are. Know what they are doing on Facebook, know what they are doing on BB, know what they are doing on Skype, know what they are doing on...