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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...

The National Child Month Committee (NCMC) on November 28 hosted a youth forum under the theme 'Our Children's Investment, Tomorrow's Gain' in order to allow youths to air their concerns. Chairperson for Committee, Dr. Pauline Mullings who addressed the forum at the Stella Marris Pastoral Centre in Kingston emphasized that the forum was designed to showcase the youth. "Youth Forum...

Minister of Education and Youth, Maxine Henry-Wilson, yesterday (July 4) urged graduates of the Gaynstead High School to prepare themselves for a new kind of world, which was fraught with opportunities, but also challenges and threats. At the annual school-leaving exercise held at the Swallowfield Chapel in Kingston, Mrs. Henry-Wilson told the graduates that they lived at a time, where...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Kenneth Hall has called on young persons overseas to take advantage of opportunities that exist in Jamaica, in order to contribute to the development of the country. Addressing a group of young persons recently at the first Future Leadership Conference organized by the Jamaican Diaspora-Canada Foundation (JDCF), at the Revivaltime Tabernacle in Toronto,...

Computer training at the Cascade Primary and Junior High School in Portland has been boosted significantly, with the recent presentation of 11 lap top computers to the institution by a past student. The donation, which was made recently by Herbert Wallen, Regional Director for Product Marketing at the Boeing Aircraft Company in Washington D.C., in the United States, brings to...

The Educational Foundation for Children's Care Incorporated (EFCCI) in Florida, has embarked on a project to assist children in Jamaica. This non-profit organization, which was officially launched on February 12 at the Signature Grand in Fort Lauderdale, has acquired 47 acres of land in Four Paths, Clarendon, on which the Foundation is proposing to construct 'Eden Valley Village', which will...

The children's ward at the Percy Junor Hospital in Spaldings, Clarendon has received several items from Christine Garrow, a Jamaican living in the United States, who has also decorated the ward. The donation was made on Friday, January 27 at a get-together for the children on the ward. Included in the items are a television set, books, a bookshelf, dolls,...

The Child Development Agency (CDA) will be celebrating the first ever National Foster Care Recognition Week from February 12 to 19, under the theme: 'Family is Love'. Observation of the special week results from the agency's intensive push to channel more wards of the state into foster care and out of government institutions. According to Alison Anderson, Chief Executive Officer...

More than 200 students participated in a presentation on Restorative Justice, yesterday (January 23), at the Holy Trinity High School in Kingston. The event was staged as part of the initiative by the Ministry of Justice to educate students about the principles of restorative justice. The Ministry is employing a strategy of zoning high schools, which are in close proximity...

In an effort to promote greater awareness and understanding about the importance of family life for the healthy development and protection of children, the Child Development Agency (CDA), has launched a national poster contest for children between the age of 6 and 12 years, under the theme: 'Family is Love'. Director of Policy, Planning and Evaluation at the CDA, Audrey...

Minister of Industry and Tourism, Aloun Ndombet Assamba, has appealed to students to make use of every educational opportunity to prepare for a productive future and to contribute to the country's development. The Minister, who was addressing the annual Youth Tourism Awareness Conference where she spoke on the topic: 'Tourism and Me,' told the students to consider what their lives...