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Minister of Culture Silveria Jacobs. (File photo)
PHILIPSBURG--As the Carnival season quickly approaches with jump-ups, pageants, calypso eliminations and parades ahead of the opening of the Carnival Village, Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Silveria Jacobs stressed several key factors in a Carnival season address to the population on Thursday.
She said to the parents, “Keep your children close during the jump-ups and parades, and ensure they attend age-appropriate events. We are a community and we need to come together and be the village that raises the child. As Minister of Youth, I believe we must ensure our youth are not over-exposed to nor engage in the excesses associated with alcohol consumption and sexually suggestive conduct which seem to be accepted as the norm.
