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Research Fellow of the African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank (ACIJ/JMB), Kesia Weise (left), and a member of the Nonsuch Primary Heritage Club, Hugh Wilson (second left), look at items in an exhibition on the Blue and John Crow Mountains (BJCM), which opened on February 16 at the library of the ACIJ/JMB, 12 Ocean Boulevard in the Kingston Mall, downtown, Kingston. The exhibition, titled: ‘Celebrating the BJCM – Jamaica’s First World Heritage Site’ is opened to the public until the end of March 2016. At rights is President of the Nonsuch Primary Heritage Club, Daynia Deans.
Research Fellow of the African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank (ACIJ/JMB), Kesia Weise (left), and a member of the Nonsuch Primary Heritage Club, Hugh Wilson (second left), look at items in an exhibition on the Blue and John Crow Mountains (BJCM), which opened on February 16 at the library of the ACIJ/JMB, 12 Ocean Boulevard in the Kingston Mall, downtown, Kingston. The exhibition, titled: ‘Celebrating the BJCM – Jamaica’s First World Heritage Site’ is opened to the public until the end of March 2016. At rights is President of the Nonsuch Primary Heritage Club, Daynia Deans.

Exhibition Opens On Blue and John Crow Mountains

By: E Hartman Reckord, February 18, 2016
An exhibition on the Blue and John Crow Mountains (BJCM) opened on February 16, at the library of the African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank (ACIJ/JMB), 12 Ocean Boulevard, in...
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (third left), and Chief Executive Officer of the CHASE Fund, W. Billy Heaven (second left), break ground for the Liberty Hill Infant School, in Discovery Bay, St. St. Ann, recently. Others (from left) are: People's National Party (PNP) candidate for North West St. Ann, Dr. Dayton Campbell and Chairman of Liberty Hill Infant School, Coyed Jarrett. The school, which was destroyed by fire in 2014, will be rebuilt by the CHASE Fund at a cost of $24.4 million.

CHASE Continues to Support Critical Areas of National Development

By: Garwin Davis, February 18, 2016
Director of Culture and Creative Industries Policy Division in the Youth and Culture Ministry, Dr. Janice Lindsay (second left), presents Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Rosalee Gage Grey, with culture passports, at the CDA offices in downtown, Kingston, on February 17. Observing the hand over are: Director of Community Cultural Services at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Marjorie Leyden Vernon (left) and some wards of the State.

CDA Head Says Wards of The State Will Benefit From Culture Passports

By: Chad Bryan, February 17, 2016

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Team Leader for the Children and Family Support Unit of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Carmen Mullings (right), speaking to participants who attended the CDA’s Parenting Seminar at the Alpha Institute in Kingston, last year June.
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