Review of Sexual Offenses Act to Resume Soon – Golding

Posted by Abka Fitz-Henley | 27 Nov, 2015 | Latest_MA, MA_Latest News, News

Justice Minister, Senator Mark Golding, says the Government will soon resume sittings of the Committee that’s reviewing wide-ranging reforms to the Sexual Offences Act.

The Committee has not met since last year.

There’s been a reported increase in sex crimes over the past few months.

Senator Golding was responding to concerns raised by Opposition Spokeswoman on Youth, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith.

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Senator Johnson Smith chided the Government for not considering the reforms in a timely manner.

The debate in Parliament comes as the nation marks 16 days of activism to end violence against women and girls.

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Abka Fitz-Henley

Abka Fitz-Henley is a multiple award-winning journalist who is currently the Senior Reporter at Nationwide News Network (NNN). His primary areas of focus are Court, Crime and Parliamentary proceedings. Fitz-Henley was recently recognized in the regional celebrity magazine publication Panache as “The Breaking News Boss”. At 21 years of age, following his 1st year in media, Fitz-Henley was recognized with the Young Journalist of the year award from The Press Association of Jamaica and went on to cop one of the country’s highest recognized journalism prizes, the Journalist of the Year Award. He’s also been awarded the prestigious Corporate Jamaica Broilers Fairplay 1st place Award for investigative journalism and is the recipient of the Caribbean Blog Award for coverage of the infamous Kartel murder trial. Fitz-Henley is also the recipient of the PM Youth Award for Excellence. Over the years, he has appeared as a guest on the BBC World Service and BBC London.