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Whereas the OCG cannot independently verify the authenticity of the photographs, as represented above,
the images appear to portray the unpaved area surrounding a structure with a visible play area adjacent to
the edifice.
The OCG also took note of a media article which was dated September 21, 2015, which expressed further
allegations concerning the Prickly Pole Primary and Infant School. The article indicated,
inter alia
, the
following:
“A press advisory from Vinette Robb, Chairman of Prickly
Pole Primary and Infant School, on Monday said the school
wants to also address the “misleading and reckless”
statements by Minister of Youth and Culture Lisa Hanna
following the student’s death, and what they say was her
blaming the child’s death on a planned political protest in
her South East St Ann constituency.
…
Following the child’s death, Hanna issued a statement
sending a strong message to parents, school officials and
community leaders “to shy away from practices that infringe
the rights of our children or interfere with their overall
wellbeing and also expose them to moral danger, which are
both offences under the Child Care and Protection Act
(CCPA)”.
…
“There was a planned protest in the constituency by
parents, teachers and residents, protesting claims made by
Minister Lisa Hanna that monies to the tune of nearly $3