Where Is Portia?

[Bricktop]

TIME magazine nominated her as one of the most 100 influential people for 2011 for his stance against homophobia...she needs to speak out against this NOW:

Coach Arrested On Buggery Suspicion

The Centre for the Investigations of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA) this morning arrested a man on reasonable suspicion of buggery.

His name is being withheld pending an identification parade.

It is reported that the man, who is a coach and sports coordinator at a school in the Cross Roads area of Kingston 5, was accosted on the school grounds after reports surfaced last month of his involvement with a male student.

CISOCA is reminding the public that the Police will continue their efforts in bringing these persons to justice.

[Mosiah]

TIME magazine nominated her as one of the most 100 influential people for 2011 for his stance against homophobia...she needs to speak out against this NOW:

Mind how yuh a mix up yuh genders, Bricky!

[Bricktop]

Well there has been talk that....

[Islandman]

She should indeed speak out....and condemn this sexual predator.

Leave the school bwoy dem alone, AND the school girl dem

[Mosiah]

Yuh really want the prime minister to comment on specific cases? Come on now!

[Bricktop]

What you talking bout condemn him...she should come to his defence...remember buggery should be tolerated...isn't that why TIME magazine nominated her for one of the most influential people of the year?

[Islandman]

Not the case specifically, but address the issue.In fact this is the kind of issue she is very good at.

If she have time and energy fe talk bout WI vs Chris Gayle drama she can deal wid this

[Rudi]

Jamaican sexuality/politics is confusing me. Could someone please explain.

[Islandman]

Stronger laws coming to deal with child sex abuse, says PM

BY PATRICK FOSTER Observer staff reporter fosterp@jamaicaobserver.com

Saturday, April 07, 2012






PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller says her administration will be pursuing more stringent measures in dealing with the sexual abuse of children, including harsher penalties for parents and guardians.

"How can anyone hurt a child?" Simpson Miller asked rhetorically during Thursday's launch of the National Road Safety Council (NRSC) poster competition and public education campaign at Jamaica House in Kingston.


Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, chairman of the National Road Safety Council (NRSC), receives a cheque for $2.3 million from Digicel’s Marketing Director Conor Looney. The money, presented on Thursday at Jamaica House, will be used at the council’s poster competition and public awareness campaign. At centre is Dr Lucien Jones, vice-chairman of the NRSC. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, chairman of the National Road Safety Council (NRSC), receives a cheque for $2.3 million from Digicel’s Marketing Director Conor Looney. The money, presented on Thursday at Jamaica House, will be used at the council’s poster competition and public awareness campaign. At centre is Dr Lucien Jones, vice-chairman of the NRSC. (Photo: Garfield Robinson) 1/1


The prime minister, who said she has had discussions with the justice minister on the issue, declined to say what was the focus of the talks, but said parents and guardians as well as offenders would be held for such crimes as they "must never escape serious punishment for hurting a child".

Simpson Miller was speaking against the background of a recent Jamaica Observer report on the alarming levels of sexual abuse of the country's children. The story, published last Sunday, highlighted the horrific incidents of child abuse and rape, with a number of the young victims ending up with sexually transmitted diseases.

"I am sure all of us must be feeling a sense of shame that this could be happening in Jamaica at this time and age," said Simpson Miller, who added that the country had embarked on a "long road from slavery" and is now celebrating its 50th year of Independence.

"We have to take some tough decisions, we will have to do some things; and I don't want to hear anyone cry about any decision taken by the Government or by the law in terms of protecting the children of Jamaica," said Simpson Miller.

"Children are very close to my heart," she added.

Currently, under the Child Care and Protection Act, failing to report that a child is being abused or is in need of care can result in a sentence of six months in prison or a fine of $500,000. The maximum sentence for incest (having sex with a relative) is 16 years' imprisonment.

Other types of abuse attract higher sentences, based on the level of injury done to the child. For instance, hiring a child to work in a nightclub attracts a penalty of $1 million and the risk of having the club closed by the authorities.

Simpson Miller, who chairs the NRSC, also lamented the number of children killed in traffic crashes, but commended the work done by the council in raising road safety awareness in schools.

Each year the lives of more than 300 citizens, a significant number of them children, are cut short because of road crashes, she said. "Let us teach road safety at the earliest age," added Simpson Miller.

In the meantime, telecoms giant Digicel Thursday donated approximately $2.3 million to the NRSC to aid in its poster competition and public education thrust.

The NRSC road safety poster competition is open to the students ages six to 19 years old from all schools across the island. The deadline for entries is May



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[Islandman]

Is he under or over 16? Since CISOCA is involved I see this more as using the buggery law to deal with a child sex abuse issue.

At any rate I did not hear Portia give an opinion on buggery law. Of course it is a primitive law and will eventally be scrapped, Jamaica just needs more time to get to where most of the modern world is on this issue.

Now molesting school children, boy or girl, she needs to step up to that issue and she has.