State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, is encouraging residents to be more proactive in safeguarding children in their neighbourhoods. “Be vigilant in your communities. Once you suspect something, make a report. The law says if you know something, you must say something,” he said. He was speaking at a Programme of Advancement through Health and Education...

The National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) will commence its 2017 Parent Mentor Programme on Tuesday, May 9 with an outreach event dubbed ‘From Street Talk to Real Talk’. The activity is part of the NPSC’s Effective Parenting Intervention Framework (EPIF) and will be held in the communities of Rocky Point and Hayes in Clarendon. Head of the Commission’s Parenting Support...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says the observation of Child Month provides an opportunity for Jamaicans to reflect on and renew their commitment to the nation’s children. He noted that the theme for the month, ‘Take Action! Break the Chain of Abuse Against our Children’, serves as an urgent reminder that “all...

Starting Monday (May 1) Ananda Alerts will be delivered to Facebook users in Jamaica. This is under a partnership between the Ananda Alert Secretariat in the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) and the online social media and social networking service for the recovery of the island’s missing children. Ananda Alerts will be delivered to Facebook users’ newsfeeds in targeted...

Children with autism and other developmental disabilities will show off their talents in the performing arts at an Autism Awareness Month concert at Emancipation Park, New Kingston on May 6. The event, to get under way at 4:00 pm, will culminate activities for Autism Awareness Month, which is being observed globally in April. The concert was originally scheduled for April...

Chair of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), Dr. Pauline Mullings, is appealing to Jamaicans to support the work of the Committee. Addressing a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on April 20, Dr. Mullings said that the 54 year-old committee is mandated to ensure that May is observed in Jamaica as Child Month through planned activities. She pointed out that the NCMC...

Some $50 million has been spent by the Child Development Agency (CDA) to refurbish the Summerfield Child Facility in Clarendon, which houses 31 teenage girls. Speaking at the official reopening on April 18, State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, said the work had been put in to make sure that the staff and...