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Record 1,055 Applications For National Youth Parliament
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is reporting that it has received a record 1,055 applications for the 2021 cohort of National Youth Parliamentarians. Since its inception in 2003, the programme has received between 500 and 700 applications annually. State Minister in the Ministry, Robert Nesta Morgan, told JIS News that “the Ministry is very excited to have a...
CPFSA To Get Therapeutic Centre
A Child Therapeutic Centre is to be constructed for the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) during the upcoming fiscal year. The facility will offer psychological support to children who have undergone severe emotional trauma and are in need of therapeutic intervention. A sum of $684.4 million has been allotted to undertake this and other activities under the Basic...
Executives Of NYCJ To Be Elected March 29-30
Members of youth clubs and youth organisations, who are registered with the National Youth Council of Jamaica (NYCJ), will have an opportunity to elect their executives at the national and parish levels on March 29 and 30. An independent body, the NYCJ is the umbrella organisation for youth clubs across Jamaica. It seeks to foster youth participation at the community...
CPFSA Looking To Recruit 150 Foster Parents
The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) is looking to recruit 150 foster parents this year under its foster care programme. As part of the recruitment drive, the agency will be staging promotional walk-throughs in Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth; Mandeville, Manchester; and May Pen, Clarendon on Thursday (Feb.18), and at Fairview, St. James; and Ocho Rios and Belle Air...
Children Deemed Uncontrollable to Be Separated from Juveniles Convicted or Charged
The Ministry of National Security is now in discussion with the relevant authorities to see to the appropriate relocation of 26 juveniles deemed uncontrollable who are in the custody of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS). This was announced by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda who said arrangements are being made...
Working Group Convened to Address Issues Identified at Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Centre
The Ministry of National Security has convened a working group to address some of the issues highlighted in the recently concluded special investigation report into the Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Centre by the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM). Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda who made the disclosure, noted that the group will focus particularly...