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Group Chief Human Resource Officer at GraceKennedy Limited, Dr. Cassida Jones presents, top awardee, Jaffet McDonald, formerly of Guys Hill High School with a plaque. Jaffet was one of the 22 students from non-traditional high schools across the island who were recognised for their outstanding academic achievement at the National Child Month Committee Youth Academic Achievement Awards Ceremony held recently at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston. Looking on (centre) is Director of Children and Family Programmes at the Child Development Agency, Audrey Budhi.
Group Chief Human Resource Officer at GraceKennedy Limited, Dr. Cassida Jones presents, top awardee, Jaffet McDonald, formerly of Guys Hill High School with a plaque. Jaffet was one of the 22 students from non-traditional high schools across the island who were recognised for their outstanding academic achievement at the National Child Month Committee Youth Academic Achievement Awards Ceremony held recently at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston. Looking on (centre) is Director of Children and Family Programmes at the Child Development Agency, Audrey Budhi.

Child Month Committee Awards High Achievers

By: Judith A. Hunter, May 14, 2014
Twenty-four students from 22 non-traditional high schools, the Salvation Army School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, and the Lister Mair Gilby High School were recognised for their outstanding achievement...
Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison (left), is greeted by Chairman of Kingston Bookshop, Hon. Steadman Fuller, who is also Custos of Kingston. Occasion was a teachers’ luncheon and awards ceremony held on Tuesday, May 6, at the Terra Nova Hotel, where Mrs. Gordon Harrison was the keynote speaker.

Children’s Advocate Cautions Schools Against Protecting Sexual Predators

By: Garfield L. Angus, May 9, 2014
Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison (left), is greeted by Chairman of Kingston Bookshop, Hon. Steadman Fuller, who is also Custos of Kingston. Occasion was a teachers’ luncheon and awards ceremony held on Tuesday, May 6, at the Terra Nova Hotel, where Mrs. Gordon Harrison was the keynote speaker.

Teachers Encouraged to Foster Positive Environment for Children

By: Garfield L. Angus, May 7, 2014

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Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Delroy Gordon (left) presents a trophy to Best Junior Poet in the JCDC 2013 Jamaica Creative Writing Competition, Ava-gay Bennett.
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Chief Executive Officer of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Rosalee Gage-Grey (right), in discussion with the Councillor for the Dallas Division, Kingston and St. Andrew, Patricia Morgan, representing the Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Angela Brown Burke, at a national consultation on the proposed amendments to the Adoption (Children of) Act 1958, held on April 23 in New Kingston.
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