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Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna. (FILE)
Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna. (FILE)

Minister of Youth and Culture Concerned About Child Trafficking Report

The Minister of Youth and Culture, the Honorable Lisa Hanna, notes with concern yet another news story of a child being sexually abused or ‘trafficked’ in a ring of prostitution.  She said that while the country has made strides in...
Registrar at the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), Mr. Greig Smith.
Registrar at the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), Mr. Greig Smith.

Reduction in Number of Missing Children
Community Relations Officer at the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP), Carlton Powell (right), interacts with students at the Irwin High School in St. James, recently. The students were encouraged to be positive role models.
Community Relations Officer at the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP), Carlton Powell (right), interacts with students at the Irwin High School in St. James, recently. The students were encouraged to be positive role models.

CSJP Encourages Irwin High Students To Be Positive Role Models
Participants in the Parade Gardens parenting workshop take time out to converse with the Art of Living Foundation (AOLF) International Programme Director, Dushyant Savadia (2nd left), and Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ)/Community Renewal Programme (CRP) Technical Specialist, Socio-Economic Development, Charmaine Brimm (right).
Participants in the Parade Gardens parenting workshop take time out to converse with the Art of Living Foundation (AOLF) International Programme Director, Dushyant Savadia (2nd left), and Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ)/Community Renewal Programme (CRP) Technical Specialist, Socio-Economic Development, Charmaine Brimm (right).

CRP Parenting Workshops for More Inner-City Communities
Registrar, Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), Creig Smith (left), cuts the ribbon to display the computers, printers and uninterruptible power supplies that were given to the Jamaica Library Service for the purpose of assisting in the search and rescue of children who go missing. The handing over ceremony was held at the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library, 2 Tom Redcam Drive, in Kingston, on March 3. Looking on (from right) are: Director General of the Jamaica Library Service, Mrs. Karen Barton; Child Protection Specialist, United Nations Children’s Fund, Jamaica, Janet Cupidon Quallo and Political Officer, Embassy of the United States of America, Rebecca Molinoff.
Registrar, Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), Creig Smith (left), cuts the ribbon to display the computers, printers and uninterruptible power supplies that were given to the Jamaica Library Service for the purpose of assisting in the search and rescue of children who go missing. The handing over ceremony was held at the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library, 2 Tom Redcam Drive, in Kingston, on March 3. Looking on (from right) are: Director General of the Jamaica Library Service, Mrs. Karen Barton; Child Protection Specialist, United Nations Children’s Fund, Jamaica, Janet Cupidon Quallo and Political Officer, Embassy of the United States of America, Rebecca Molinoff.

OCR Hands Over Computers to JLS

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Youth

600 Persons Trained in Search and Rescue for Missing Children

More than 600 Jamaicans have been trained by the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) in standard operating procedures that are necessary in the search and rescue of missing children. It is part of the Ananda Alert System, designed to ensure the swift and safe recovery of children who go missing or are abducted. Registrar of the OCR, Greig Smith,...
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Members of the Clarendon Parish Development Committee Benevolent Society, with banner displayed, distribute handbills during an anti-crime march through Lionel Town in Clarendon, recently.
CultureVision 2030Youth

March Against Crime and Teenage Pregnancy in Clarendon

Hundreds of business operators, workers, residents and students of Lionel Town, Clarendon, protested against crime and other social challenges facing the parish at a march throughout the town last Friday, January 30. The event was organised by the Clarendon Youth and Child Protection Committee (CYCPC). Data garnered in the crafting of the Clarendon Local Sustainable Development Plan is showing an...
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Registrar, Office of the Children’s Registry, Greig Smith. (FILE)
Youth

OCR Urges Parents and Guardians to Provide Proper Supervision

The Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) is disturbed at news of the number of bodies of children found over a seven day period, ending January 29. Reports from the media are that the body of a five year old girl from St. Mary was discovered last week by a family member who went to check on the child. In...
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Registrar at the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), Greig Smith.
Youth

Decline in Number of Children Reported Missing in 2014

The Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) is pleased to announce that preliminary statistics as reported to us by the Missing Person Monitoring Unit (MPMU) of the Jamaica Constabulary (JCF) indicate that there has been a ten percent (10%) decline in the number of children reported missing for the period January to December 2014 when compared to the corresponding period...
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Governor GeneralVision 2030Youth

Youth Urged to Prepare for Logistics Hub

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, is again urging young people to prepare to take advantage of opportunities that will be presented through the Global Logistic Hub Initiative. He said they should seek the necessary skills training and certification to seize employment and entrepreneurial opportunities. The Governor-General was addressing the ‘I Believe Initiative,’ Youth Consultative Conference for...
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Director, Taxation Policy Division, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Ian Scarlett, emphasises a point during a presentation to business students at a lecture, hosted by the School of Business Administration at the University of Technology (UTech), in Kingston, on September 11. Mr. Scarlett’s presentation focused on the Government’s Economic Reform Programme (ERP).
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentFinance & Public ServiceVision 2030Youth

Young Jamaicans Urged to Create Employment for Themselves

Director, Taxation Policy Division, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Ian Scarlett, is urging young Jamaicans to use the training they have received at various academic institutions and create employment opportunities for themselves. “The days of going to school, graduating from university and getting a job or having someone employ you, those days are numbered. It now means that you have...
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