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Director, Children and Family Programmes at the Child Development Agency (CDA), Audrey Budhi (2nd right), speaks to residents of Yallahs about child care and protection issues during the CDA’s recent sensitisation walk thru’ held in the St. Thomas community. At right is Children’s Officer, Lorna Braham.
Director, Children and Family Programmes at the Child Development Agency (CDA), Audrey Budhi (2nd right), speaks to residents of Yallahs about child care and protection issues during the CDA’s recent sensitisation walk thru’ held in the St. Thomas community. At right is Children’s Officer, Lorna Braham.

CDA Stages Child Protection Walk in Morant Bay

By: E. Hartman Reckord, April 16, 2015
The Child Development Agency (CDA) will stage a sensitisation ‘Walk Thru’ in Morant Bay tomorrow (April 17), to draw attention to the problem of child abuse and how residents can...
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (right), discusses issues affecting children with Chair of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), Dr. Pauline Mullings. Occasion was the launch of Child Month on April 15, at the GraceKennedy offices, downtown Kingston. Child Month will be celebrated in May under the theme: ‘Child Safety and Security –Our Priority’.

Several Activities Planned for Child Month in May

By: Judith A. Hunter, April 16, 2015
Chairman of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Senator K.D. Knight (third right), symbolically hands over keys to the renovated Símon Bolívar Cultural Centre to Board Chairman of the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) Programmes Coordination Division, Dr. Deborah Hickling (third left), during a ceremony at the centre’s location in downtown Kingston, on April 2. Also pictured (from left) are: Senior Project Manager, UDC, Peter Risden; Executive Director of the IOJ, Anne Marie Bonner; Director, UDC, Sonia Hyman; and General Manager, UDC, Desmond Malcolm. The multi-purpose centre, which was renovated by the UDC at a cost of $4.13 million, was officially handed over to the IOJ for its management and operation.

Símon Bolívar Cultural Centre to Open in a Week

By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, April 3, 2015

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Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna. (FILE)
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