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Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right, centre) and Minister of Youth and Culture, Lisa Hanna (to the PM’s left), with the 2013 recipients of the Prime Minister’s Youth Awards for Excellence after the ceremony, held on April 6 on the lawns of Jamaica House, Kingston, under the theme: ‘Celebrating Jamaican Youth…the Courage of Perseverance’.

25 Persons and Groups Get PM’s Youth Awards for Excellence

Twenty-three outstanding young Jamaicans and two youth groups are the 2013 recipients of the Prime Minister’s Youth Awards for Excellence. The two youth groups are the Youth Organisation for Upliftment and the National Interschool Brigade. The awards ceremony was held...

Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister, Ambassador Burchell Whiteman (left) presents mentor within the National Mentorship Programme, Dr. Elizabeth Watson with her instrument of appointment during the presentation ceremony held at King’s House on March 28. The National Mentorship Programme is an element of the National Respect Agenda Campaign (NRAC) where past students in the society are invited to act as mentors at the class level at their former high schools.

Jamaicans Giving Back Through Youth Mentorship

Registrar at the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), Greig Smith.

Children’s Registry Looks to Adopt Best Practices from Canada

National Safe Schools Coordinator at the Community Safety and Security Branch, Corporal Tanesia Johnson, says the initiative is helping to reduce violence in schools and foster positive behaviour in many students.

Safe Schools Programme Having Positive Impact on Students

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (right), speaks with Executive Director of the National Youth Service (NYS), Melvin Smith, prior to the start of a ceremony, held at the Courtleigh Hotel in Kingston, on February 6, to officially launch the NYS’ Graduate Work Experience Programme (GWEP).

NYS Graduate Work Experience Programme Launched

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (left), greets nominees for the Prime Minister’s Youth Awards for Excellence for 2011 and 2012, prior to the ceremony at Emancipation Park on March 24 last year.

12 years ago CultureVision 2030Youth

94 Nominated for PM’s Youth Awards for Excellence

Ninety-four outstanding young persons have been nominated for the Prime Minister’s Youth Awards for Excellence. The awards, established in 1998, recognise young Jamaicans who have contributed to the nation’s development and who have excelled in different areas, including sport, international achievement, academics, leadership, arts and culture, journalism, youth in service, entrepreneur and agriculture. Chairman of the Prime Minister’s Youth Awards...

12 years ago Youth

OCR Does Study Tour to Improve Service Delivery

The Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) recently concluded a study tour in Toronto, Canada, aimed at improving its service delivery in dealing with reports of missing and abused children. “Some benefits expected to be derived from the tour include developing protocols and strategies for dealing with missing children, and strengthening public education activities in dealing with missing and abused...

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (right), reads to students of St. Richard’s Primary School on Tuesday, May 7, 2013, in recognition of Read Across Jamaica Day.

12 years ago Year in Review 2013Youth

Major Focus on the Safety of Children in 2013

In 2013, the Ministry of Youth and Culture pursued several initiatives to address the issue of child safety and to reduce and prevent child abuse. Chief among them was the strengthening of the Child Development Agency (CDA) and the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR). Efforts were also made by the Ministry and its agencies to reduce youth unemployment by...

12 years ago Youth

Children’s Registry to Open Westmoreland Parish Office

The Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) will be opening a parish office in Westmoreland on January 20 as the agency continues to extend its reach across the island. The establishment of the Westmoreland parish office, which will be based in Sav-La-Mar, is part of activities by the agency to mark its 7th anniversary this month, under the theme: ‘Be...

Chairman of the Board of the Washington based non-profit organization, Embracing Orphans, Carl Robanske, which has donated a house in Reading, Montego Bay, to the Child Development Agency (CDA) for use as a transition home for female wards of the state preparing to exit state care, as he address the official opening ceremony for the facility named "My Father

12 years ago Youth

CDA Opens Transition House in Montego Bay

Female wards of the state, 16 to 18 years old who are preparing to exit state care, now have a transition facility that they can call home, Montego Bay, St. James. "My Father's House", a facility made available to the Child Development Agency (CDA), by United States-based charity organisation, Embracing Orphans, is the newest addition to the CDA's facilities. It...

Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Child Development Agency, Mrs. Rosalee Gage-Grey addresses the official opening of a transition house for female wards of the state, My Father

12 years ago Youth

CDA to Increase Responsiveness

The leadership of the Child Development Agency (CDA) has indicated that the focus for 2014 will be to increase the level of responsiveness to the needs of the more than 5,000 children for which the agency is responsible. Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the CDA, Rosalee Gage-Grey gave this commitment on Friday January 3, while giving the main address...

Principal Director of the National Spatial Data Management Division of the Ministry of Water, Land, Environmment and Climate Change, Rohan Richards (right), speaks with a participant during the recently held GIS Technical Seminar at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus. Mr. Richards says the division has been working with the Office of the Children’s Registry to see how utilsing the GIS technology can help with enhancing the Ananda Alert Missing Children Recovery Programme.

12 years ago Youth

Ministry Wants More Professionals to Use GIS

The Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, is increasing its public awareness effort to get more professionals to utilize the geographic information system (GIS) in their work. “One of the things we want to do is increase the use of GIS throughout government and throughout the country, because we realize that it is a very important tool,” Principal...