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Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal yesterday presented gold awards to some 19 young people from high schools and community groups across the island,for successfully completing various pursuits under the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Jamaica. At a ceremony at King’s House, the youngsters received the highest honour for their outstanding achievement in skill areas, community service, recreation and expedition in...

Cabinet has approved Jamaica's accession to the Second Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, speaking on April 21 post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, said that the Optional Protocol, which is one of...

The Office of the Children’s Advocate (OCA) has initiated a study on the profiles of children who have run afoul of the law, in order to facilitate the development and implementation of necessary and appropriate prevention and intervention strategies. The findings of this study, the agency has said, is expected to be released during the 2011/12 financial year. In its...

The Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), will roll out a series of workshops and consultations next month, to discuss a national strategy for making the youth an integral part of the planning and implementation of all Government policies and programmes. The move is in keeping with the concept  of  "youth mainstreaming"...

RISE Life Management Services Limited is looking to expand its programmes to assist more at-risk youth and to extend its reach outside of the corporate area. “Because our focus is the at-risk youth and their family members, we would like to provide an opportunity for more and more young people, who are not able to get jobs on their own...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has charged Jamaican youths to use technology to develop themselves, their communities and the country. He said that, increasingly Jamaicans are being empowered to do greater and better things, based on the development that emerges from research and technology. "We, as Jamaicans, cannot allow the technology to pass us," he urged...

Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, Senator Warren Newby, has said he will be working to re-establish the National Youth Club movement. Senator Newby said that this would enable the engagement of more youths in national development, particularly as it relates to Vision 2030. "We realise and recognise the value that these community-based youth organisations add...

The Seymour Panton Mentorship Centre, located on the grounds of the Rusea's High School in Lucea, Hanover, was officially opened on Saturday (February 20). The centre, a project of the Rusea's Old Students Association (ROSA), was built at a cost of some $4 million, and named in honour of the President of the Court Of Appeal, who is a past...

The National Council for Youth Development (NCYD) in collaboration with the Social Development Commission (SDC) will be conducting a national youth club survey and audit to ascertain the capacity of the clubs, as part of efforts to restructure community-based youth organisations. This is according to Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, Senator Warren Newby, who was...

The Task Force on Child Abuse Prevention (TFCAP) will host an Information Fair and Mini Exhibition at the Port Maria Primary School, St. Mary, tomorrow(June 10), beginning at 8:30 a.m. under the theme, "Preserve the Environment, Protect Our Children." The day's activities will feature presentations relating to four of the environments in which a child operates: school, community, home and...

The launch of the Ananda Alert- Jamaica's response to a missing child report- took place this morning (May 19) at a highly charged and emotional ceremony with tear jerking appeals by Mrs. Nardia Campbell, mother of the murdered 11-year-old Ananda Dean, in whose memory the programme has been named. Mrs. Campbell, who was called upon to give remarks at the...

Microsoft Corporation will be providing Jamaica with the software called the Child Abducting Tracking System - CATS, which is used by major police forces worldwide to help track missing children. This was disclosed by Minister of State who has responsibility for the Department of Local Government in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Bobby Montague. The software valued at...