Reggae superstar Jimmy Cliff (left) greets veteran producer Winton ‘Niney’ Holness (right), while Joylene Griffiths-Irving, executive director of the Scotiabank Foundation, looks on. The occasion was a media briefing held at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on Thursday. (PHOTO: JOSEPH WELLINGTON)—- THE plight of the island’s children was the focus of a media briefing at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in St Andrew, last Thursday. Holding centre stage was reggae legend Jimmy Cliff, who spoke about his foundation’s benefit dinner on June 1 at the Pegasus. “I’m pleased to be associated with you who are concerned about our children. I grew up in a country where children were taught to respect elders, and elders to respect children… I’ve always loved children… [So] I made Treat the Youths Right,” said the singer in … Read entire article »