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Registrar at the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), Greig Smith.
Registrar at the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), Greig Smith.

OCR Taking Message to Primary and High Schools

Primary and high school students are learning about child abuse and the process of reporting cases, through a series of consultations organized by the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR). Six schools have so far participated in the initiative, dubbed...
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (right), addresses journalists during a press briefing held at her New Kingston offices on Wednesday, January 15. Also pictured (from left) are: Acting Chief Executive Officer, Child Development Agency, Rosalee Gage-Grey; and Children’s Adviser in the Ministry, Sadie Keating. (FILE)
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (right), addresses journalists during a press briefing held at her New Kingston offices on Wednesday, January 15. Also pictured (from left) are: Acting Chief Executive Officer, Child Development Agency, Rosalee Gage-Grey; and Children’s Adviser in the Ministry, Sadie Keating. (FILE)

Children Removed from Lockups Last Year
Minister of Youth & Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna.
Minister of Youth & Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna.

Minister of Youth and Culture’s Remarks at the 2014 Maroon Celebration
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (2nd right), accepts a cheque valued at $250,000 from former West Indian cricketer, Brian Lara (2nd left), when he visited the Minister’s New Kingston offices on December 30. The cheque, which was accepted by the Minister on behalf of the Child Development Agency (CDA) will go towards the island’s children’s homes. Others sharing in the moment are: Acting Chief Executive Officer, CDA, Rosalee Gage Grey (left); and Advisor in the Ministry, Sadie Keating.
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (2nd right), accepts a cheque valued at $250,000 from former West Indian cricketer, Brian Lara (2nd left), when he visited the Minister’s New Kingston offices on December 30. The cheque, which was accepted by the Minister on behalf of the Child Development Agency (CDA) will go towards the island’s children’s homes. Others sharing in the moment are: Acting Chief Executive Officer, CDA, Rosalee Gage Grey (left); and Advisor in the Ministry, Sadie Keating.

Ministry of Youth and Culture Gets Financial Boost from Famed Cricketer
Director of Marketing at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Stephen Davidson, giving details of the Visual Art Exhibition to be launched on December 8.
Director of Marketing at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Stephen Davidson, giving details of the Visual Art Exhibition to be launched on December 8.

Culture Ministry Launches Visual Art Exhibition

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Minister Hanna Pays Tribute to Stuart Hall

Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna, MP has hailed the cultural theorist, sociologist and public intellectual, Stuart Hall, who died on Monday, February 10, at the age of 82. Hall, who was born on February 3, 1932 in Jamaica, had been living and working in the United Kingdom since 1951 when he won a Rhodes scholarship. Reacting...
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Youth Minister Calls for More Support for Children and Youth with Disabilities

The Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna says her Ministry and its agencies were doing more to reach, accommodate and include people with disabilities - particularly children and youth. Minister Hanna was speaking on Wednesday, December 4, at the Jamaica launch of UNICEF’s State of the World’s Children report 2013 which focuses on children with disabilities. The...
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Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (third left), along with students from various high schools in the Corporate Area, examine a piece entitled ‘Red Coat’, during a tour of the National Gallery of Jamaica Wednesday, December 4, following the official launch of the Ministry’s culture card programme. The card will allow some 100 students to access, free of cost, the museums and galleries of the Institute of Jamaica, Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) events and JAMBIZ productions.
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Museums and Galleries Free for Students With Culture Cards

Approximately 100 students from schools in the Corporate Area are set to increase their knowledge of the island’s rich heritage after being presented with Culture Cards. The card will allow them to access, free of cost, the museums and galleries of the Institute of Jamaica; Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) events and JAMBIZ productions. The project, which was conceptualised by...
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Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (centre left), along with students from various high schools in the Corporate Area listen as Senior Curator (Acting), National Gallery of Jamaica, Oneil Lawrence, tells them about a piece entitled ‘Adam and Eve’, during a tour of the gallery on December 4, following the official launch of the Ministry’s culture card programme. The card will allow some 100 students to access, free of cost, the museums and galleries of the Institute of Jamaica, Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) events and JAMBIZ productions.
Culture

Culture Ministry Launches Culture Card Pilot Programme

The Ministry of Youth and Culture launched the pilot phase of the Culture Card programme at the National Gallery in Kingston on Wednesday, December 4. The launch of the Culture Card initiative, which is in keeping with announcements made by the Hon. Lisa Hanna in her Sectoral Debate presentation in June of this year, is set to expose hundreds of...
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Youth and Culture Minister, Hon. Lisa Hanna (left), addresses a media briefing to announce the opening of nominations for the Prime Minister’s National Youth Awards For Excellence, at a media briefing, held at the Office of the Prime Minister on December 3. Looking on is Youth Award winner, Simon Preston.
Culture

National Youth Month A Success – Minister Hanna

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, has hailed the National Youth Month observances in November as a success. “This Youth Month has been one that we have been very proud of…because we took an approach, which symbolized that we were listening to our young people coming out of our national consultations earlier this year and last year….,” she...
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Newly elected Chairman of the National Youth Council of Jamaica (NYCJ), Nacadian Jones speaks to over 300 community youth organizations at the NYCJ election on Saturday, November 30, 2013 at the Marcus Garvey Technical High School in St. Ann.
Culture

National Youth Council Elects New Executive

The National Youth Council of Jamaica (NYCJ), which represents community youth groups across Jamaica, held its national elections over the weekend and elected a new executive to lead the organisation for the next two years. Nacadian Jones of the Burnt Ground Youth Club in St. Elizabeth, was on Saturday, November 30, 2013 elected as the new Chairman of the NCYJ....
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Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (left), cuts the ribbon symbolizing the official unveiling of the mobile mental health clinic for children in state care called “Smiles Mobile”. Occasion was the official launch of the ‘Reducing the Juvenile Population in State-supported Institutions in Jamaica’ programme at the Alpha Boys’ Home in Kingston on November 27. Others (from right) are Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding; United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Jamaica, Mark Connolly; and Head of Operations for the Delegation of the European Union in Jamaica, Jesús Orús Baguena.
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Gov’t Launches Project to Protect Children in State Care

Government has ramped up efforts to safeguard the welfare of children in state care and those who come in contact with the justice system. This is through the ‘Reducing the Juvenile Population in State-supported Institutions in Jamaica (RJPSI)’ pilot project, which was launched on Wednesday, November 27, by Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, at the Alpha Boys...
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