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Late cultural icon, the Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley, will be honoured during the month of September.
Late cultural icon, the Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley, will be honoured during the month of September.

JCDC Hosts Activities to Honour Miss Lou on 94th Birthday Anniversary

By: Elaine Hartman Reckord, September 5, 2013
The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) will be staging a series of activities in September to mark the 94th anniversary of the birth of late cultural icon, the Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley....
: Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), listens keenly as Rastafari Millennium Council International Ambassador, Queen Mother Moses (right), makes a point, during the closing ceremony of the Kingston-leg of the Rastafari Studies Conference and General Assembly 2013, held on the campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, on August 15. At centre is Director, Centre for Gender and Development Studies: Regional Co-ordinating Unit, University of the West Indies, Professor Verene Shepherd.

Special Team to Meet With Elders of Rastafarian Community

By: Athaliah Reynolds-Baker, August 16, 2013
Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding (centre), listens to a point being made by Permanent Secretary in his Ministry, Carol Palmer (second left). Also pictured (from left) are: Director of Implementation for Restorative Justice and Child Justice Reform, Ruth Carey; Deputy Representative in Jamaica, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Deirdre Kiernan; and Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon-Harrison . Occasion was a consultation for Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) on the Draft National Child Diversion Policy at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston, on August 15.

Cabinet Approves Amendment to Law to Protect Children

By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, August 15, 2013

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NCYD Stages Youth Forum on August 12

The National Centre for Youth Development (NCYD) will be staging a Youth Forum at the Law Faculty Theatre, at the University of the West Indies, on Monday, August 12, beginning...
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By: Akino King , August 12, 2013
Employees of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) doing the Maypole dance, at a recent flag-raising ceremony to mark the agency’s 50th anniversary, at the Commission’s head office, 3-5 Phoenix Avenue, in Kingston.
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JCDC Raises National Flag for Anniversary

As part of activities to mark its 50th anniversary, the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), held a special flag-raising ceremony on August 4, in front of the agency’s head office...
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By: Elaine Hartman Reckord, August 7, 2013