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Prime Minister Youth Awardee for Excellence in Youth Service, Seidg Rowe, with proud mom Paulette Williams.
Prime Minister Youth Awardee for Excellence in Youth Service, Seidg Rowe, with proud mom Paulette Williams.

PM Youth Awardee Seidg Rowe Loves Volunteering

By: Shari- Ann Palmer, April 21, 2014
Nursing student by day, volunteer by night and a full time mother, that is life for 21-year-old Seidg Rowe, the Prime Minister’s Youth Awardee for Excellence in Youth Service. The single mother and final year nursing student at the International University...
Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison (second left) in discussion about the rights of the child, with (from left): Custos of St. Ann, Hon. Norma Walters; Justice of the Peace from St. Mary, Jeanette Rose-Bryan; and Assistant Commissioner of Police in Charge of Area Two, Elan Powell.

Children’s Advocate Commends Justice System

By: Bryan Miller, April 17, 2014
Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison (left); addresses the opening ceremony for the third in a series of training seminars being staged by her office for Justices of the Peace and police personnel, to familiarize them with the ‘Child Justice Guidelines’ handbook. At right is Manager for Public Education and Special Projects at the Office of the Children’s Advocate (OCA), Nicole Hayles. The seminar is being held at the Jewel Runaway Bay Beach Golf and Resort, in Runaway Bay, St. Ann, from April 16 to April 17.

OCA Hosts Training Seminars to Promote Child Justice Guidelines

By: Bryan Miller, April 17, 2014

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Chief Executive Officer, Child Development Agency, Mrs. Rosalee Gage-Grey.
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Gage-Grey Appointed CEO of CDA

The Public Service Commission has announced the appointment of Mrs. Rosalee D. Gage-Grey as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Child Development Agency (CDA), with effect from March 1, 2014....
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By: JIS Editorial , April 9, 2014