Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon-Harrison, is appealing to parents to find creative and age appropriate ways of talking to their children about sexual abuse in an effort to make them more aware of the challenges that they could face. The appeal comes against recent statistics, which show that children continue to fall victims of all categories of abuse. The Children’s Advocate,...

Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon-Harrison, says Jamaican children are affected by violence of all types, as both victims and perpetrators. “Children see violence in the home, in the community and in the school. It is in the local and international media, and it is in the way we exchange one to another, and in the way we go about our daily...

They have refused to be stereotyped and boxed in a corner, choosing instead to defy the odds, and in the process, break down the social construct that seeks to define them and determine their destiny. Orlando Powell, Dwayne Haynes and Shallene Oliver have proven that children who have been put in the care of the State are not destined for...

The venture capital programme, being developed by the Government, will provide the opportunity for local technology experts to access funding to develop their innovative ideas into sustainable business ventures. State Minister in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson, said that there are a number of creative young people, who will not be able to access...

The Ministry of Youth and Culture will be partnering with the Jamaica Biscuit Company to host its annual Labour Day concert on Thursday, May 23, at the Waterfront, in downtown Kingston. Dubbed ‘Excelsior Water Crackers Marching Band Festival and Labour Day Concert’, the event will feature performances from different genres of music, including gospel, vintage, popular, traditional folk form and...

Harbour View is the first of four primary schools in Kingston, St. Andrew and St. Catherine to benefit from a tree planting project organized by the JIS to mark child month. The activity which is supported by the Forestry Department will see a total of forty trees being planted on the school campuses.    The team from JIS led the...

The Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) opened offices in Manchester and St. Ann this month, as the agency continues to facilitate more persons outside the Corporate Area, who need to make reports of child abuse or neglect. The offices have been set up at Child Development Agency (CDA) locations in the two parishes. The Manchester office, situated at 19...