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Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (4th left), seems delighted as British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency David Fitton (left), hands over cheque for $4 million to Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Rosalee Gage-Grey (right), to assist girls at the Homestead Place of Safety, in Stony Hill, St. Andrew, on February 10. Others (from second left) are: Manager at the facility, Sophia Walters, and President of the Rotary Club of St. Andrew, Marie Powell.
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (4th left), seems delighted as British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency David Fitton (left), hands over cheque for $4 million to Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Rosalee Gage-Grey (right), to assist girls at the Homestead Place of Safety, in Stony Hill, St. Andrew, on February 10. Others (from second left) are: Manager at the facility, Sophia Walters, and President of the Rotary Club of St. Andrew, Marie Powell.

Lifeline for Girls in State Care

By: Garfield L. Angus, February 10, 2014
The Homestead Place of Safety, in Stony Hill, St. Andrew, has received $4 million from the British High Commission to support skills training and a facility to cater for the...
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right); along with National Housing Trust (NHT) Chairman, Hon. Easton Douglas (centre); and Chairman, YUTE Limited, Joseph M. Matalon hold aloft a cheque for $32 million that the government, through the NHT, is providing in financial support for phase two of the Youth Employment Through Upliftment (YUTE) Build programme. Occasion was the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding for Phase 2 of the Programme, on February7 at the Office of the Prime Minister.

$32 Million Allocated to Phase two of YUTE Programme

By: Andrea Braham, February 10, 2014
Public Relations and Communications Manager at the Child Development Agency, Prudence Barnes

CDA to Observe Foster Care Recognition Week, FEB 9 – 15

By: E. Hartman Reckord, February 8, 2014

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Reigning Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2013, Krystal Tomlinson (right), shakes the hand of Business Development Officer, Lasco Financial Services, Susan Broadus (left), after receiving a cheque for $150,000 from Lasco Financial Services, on January 23, at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Head office, in Kingston. The money is to assist Miss Tomlinson with her national outreach project. Others (from left) are: Marketing Officer, Lasco Financial Services, Matthew Blake; Director, Programmes Management, JCDC, Dorrett Thaxter and Chairperson, JCDC Festival Queen Competition, Cindy Breakspeare.
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Festival Queen Gets $150,000 to Fund Project

Reigning Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2013, Krystal Tomlinson, has received a cheque for $150,000 from Lasco Financial Services, to assist with her national outreach project. Miss Tomlinson said the project...
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By: Elaine Hartman Reckord, January 24, 2014