THE slaying of two young boys on the Flower Hill main road in St James on Monday evening has brought the number of children killed since the start of the year to at least 24, prompting a call by C.
Ten year-old Trevel Walker loves to play football and is described by his mother Chrissy as an athletic youth, but a horrific incident has left the youngster’s mobility hanging in the balance. Trevel was shot and injured by gunmen in Wilton.
For some Jamaican children, climbing into warm beds at night or having a strong parental figure to protect and provide for them is an experience they will never know. Instead, these children have been given no other choice but to beg or sell to.
TEACH Caribbean, an educational non-government organisation started by Jamaican Rhodes scholars, will host its inaugural Leadership and Values Conversation Summit for high school students this week. In collaboration with the Office of the Children.
One of Jamaica’s leading sociologists, Orville Beckford, says imposing harsher penalties on persons found guilty of committing crimes against children will not, by itself, reduce the extent to which minors fall prey to vicious criminals..