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Member of Parliament for St. Andrew North Central and Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (third left), comforts Richard Dean (second left), grieving father of abduction victim, Ananda Dean, at the refreshed mural of the young girl on White Hall Avenue, Kingston 8, where Ananda attended a primary school. She was abducted and murdered in 2008. Occasion was a sensitisation session on child protection with members of the Whitehall Avenue community by representatives of several government and child-protection agencies, on May 24. Others (from left) are grandmother of Ananda, Darcy Williams; State Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green; Chief Executive Officer of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Rosalee Gage-Grey and three-year old sister of Ananda, Peyton Dean.

Residents Take Part in Child Protection Sensitisation Session

As part of the ongoing public education campaign on child protection, representatives from several ministries and agencies participated in a sensitisation session with residents of Whitehall Avenue, Kingston 8, yesterday (May 24). Included were the Office of the Children’s Registry...

Chair of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), Dr. Pauline Mullings (left), hugs lower-sixth-form student of the Wolmer’s Girls’ School, Shakeema Evans, during the National Child Month Committee’s (NCMC) annual Children’s Day activity held on May 19 at St. William Grant Park, downtown Kingston.

NCMC Celebrates Nation’s Children

Senior Director for Community Services, Youth Services Division, HEART Trust/NTA, Rayharna Wright.

25,200 Young People to be Employed Under Summer Work Programme

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green. (FILE)

Child Month Message by Hon. Floyd Green

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green. (FILE)

Govt Will Continue To Implement Measures To Recover Missing Children

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left), converses with (from 2nd left) Pastor, Webster Memorial United Church, Rev. Astor Carlyle; Human and Mission Resources Manager, United Church in Jamaica and Grand Cayman, Janet McConnell; and Child Development Agency Chief Executive Officer, Rosalee Gage-Grey, during a child abuse forum on Thursday, May 11. The forum was hosted at the church on Half-Way Tree Road in St. Andrew.

9 years ago InformationYouth

Committee Eager To Complete Deliberations On Revision Of Penalties

Parliament’s Joint Select Committee reviewing the Child Care and Protection, Sexual Offences, and Offences against the Person Acts is eager to wrap up its deliberations on the revision of penalties. State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says while no timeline has been set for the conclusion of the Committee’s work, which started in 2014, the members...

9 years ago Youth

Communities Encouraged to be Proactive in Protecting Children

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...

9 years ago Youth

Parent Outreach Event Slated for Clarendon

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...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), in discussion with Principal of the Best Care Special Education School, Autense France (left), during a tour of the institution in Kingston, on May 4. At centre is Chairman of the Best Care Foundation.

9 years ago Youth

Best Care Special Education School Could be Expanded

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, toured the Best Care Special Education School in Kingston on May 4, to explore the possibility of expanding the school to accommodate more children with intellectual disabilities. Senator Reid told JIS News that the activity is part of a larger thrust by the Government to create a clear policy...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (centre), fields questions at a JIS Think Tank on Thursday, May 4. He is flanked by Registrar at the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), Greig Smith (left); and Chief Executive Officer at the Child Development Agency (CDA), Rosalee Gage-Grey.

9 years ago Youth

Use Child Month to Renew Commitment To Children – Green

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...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses a press conference at the Courtyard Marriott, New Kingston, on May 1, to officially launch a partnership between the Ananda Alert Secretariat and Facebook for the recovery of missing children in Jamaica.

9 years ago Ananda AlertsYouth

Facebook Users to Receive Ananda Alerts

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...

Professor of Child Health, Child Development and Behaviour at the University of the West Indies (UWI), and Patron of the Autism Support Association, Professor Maureen Samms-Vaughan, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.

9 years ago EducationYouth

Children with Autism to Show off Talent at Concert

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...