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Young Tahalia Mitchell performs a dub poetry piece during today’s (June 19) staging of the Unite For Change National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston.
Young Tahalia Mitchell performs a dub poetry piece during today’s (June 19) staging of the Unite For Change National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston.

Expose Child Abusers

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has made an impassioned plea for Jamaicans to expose known perpetrators of child abuse, even if they are relatives or friends. “Don’t cover up child abuse whether it is happening in your...
Registrar at the Office of the Children’s Registry, Greig Smith (left), listens to Simonia Bradbury (right), during one of her visits to the OCR’s office in Kingston, in relation to her 13-year old daughter, Jennira Jane,*who has frequently run away from home. The teen has been recovered and is now in the care of the state. Listening at centre is Mrs. Bradbury’s older daughter, Shoquana Miller.
Registrar at the Office of the Children’s Registry, Greig Smith (left), listens to Simonia Bradbury (right), during one of her visits to the OCR’s office in Kingston, in relation to her 13-year old daughter, Jennira Jane,*who has frequently run away from home. The teen has been recovered and is now in the care of the state. Listening at centre is Mrs. Bradbury’s older daughter, Shoquana Miller.

State Assumes Care of Runaway Teen as Focus on Missing Children Intensifies
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
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

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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).
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CRP Parenting Workshops for More Inner-City Communities

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) has moved to capitalise on the success of one of its latest Community Renewal Programme (CRP) initiatives - the staging of Parenting and Stress Management workshops over three days in the community of Parade Gardens, downtown Kingston, in November 2014. Held under the theme: ‘Know Your Child’, the workshops were staged in collaboration with,...
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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.
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OCR Hands Over Computers to JLS

The Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) on Tuesday, March 3, handed over six computers to the Jamaica Library Service (JLS), to assist 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. The computers along with the printers and...
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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.
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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)
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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.
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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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