“This plan of action is a comprehensive one that looks at the various underlying issues that make children vulnerable to violence and identifies meaningful intervention that can be taken to prevent and or minimise the incidence of violence.
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The Prime Minister told the conference that a National Plan of Action for an Integrated Response to Children and Violence (NPACV) is in full force. These include Jamaica’s designation in 2016, as a pathfinder country, which identifies Jamaica as a regional leader in the global partnership to end violence against children,” he noted. “Our Government is pursuing several initiatives which demonstrate the importance that we place on matters impacting children. Prime Minister Holness signalled Government’s intention to keep international commitments to protect children, by providing “comprehensive, coordinated and multisectoral services for preventing and responding to violence”. “My passion is well known, and I can assure you that our Government will continue to make priority actions geared at protecting our children in meaningful ways,” he told the regional and international children’s advocates. “Work continues at the level of the legislature on four key pieces of legislation to be amended… the Child Care and Protection Act, the Sexual Offences Act, the Offences Against the Person Act and the Domestic Violence Act. James, the Prime Minister noted that key pieces of legislation are being strengthened. Speaking via video link on Sunday (December 2) at the 2 nd Regional Conference of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN), at Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay, St. Andrew Holness, says Government is taking stringent actions geared towards protecting the nation’s children. Henry recently told AP that he expects to hold presidential and legislative elections next year.Īdditional reporting by The Associated Press.#Montego Bay, Decem– Jamaica – Prime Minister, the Most Hon. The presidential killing shocked the nation of more than 11 million people and has deepened the country's political instability, with protesters on Thursday calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry as they decried a spike in crime and demanded better living conditions. He left after one of his assistants died in unclear circumstances.Ĭourt clerks who were helping investigate the killing also have gone into hiding after receiving death threats if they didn't change certain names and statements in their reports. The first judge assigned to oversee the investigation stepped down in August citing personal reasons. The investigation into the killing has faced multiple obstacles and led to the dismissal of a justice minister and the chief prosecutor for the capital of Port-au-Prince. Moïse was fatally shot at his private home in a pre-dawn attack in which his wife, Martine Moïse, was wounded. Police say they also are looking for other people accused of involvement in the killing, including a former Haitian senator and Joseph Badio, who once worked for Haiti's Ministry of Justice and at the government's anti-corruption unit until he was fired in May amid accusations of violating unspecified ethical rules. Haitian authorities have said the mastermind behind the killing and the person or persons who financed it are still at large.
Colombian authorities have said the majority of soldiers did not know the true nature of the operation. More than 40 suspects have been arrested so far in the presidential slaying, including 18 former Colombian soldiers and several Haitian police officers. She said police would release more information soon. Officials were still making calls to different embassies and ministers of foreign affairs to confirm details, Superintendent Stephanie Lindsay said. A police superintendent in Jamaica told The Associated Press on Thursday that authorities have arrested a Colombian man they believe is a suspect in the July 7 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.