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‘Our grief must become action’

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Janet SilveraJournalist at Jamaica Gleaner

August 31, 2026

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‘Our grief must become action’

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Jamaicans are being challenged to break the culture of silence surrounding the abuse of children, with Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert, minister of state in the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, declaring that communities often see the warning signs long before the police do.

Dalrymple-Philibert’s impassioned appeal came as 10-year-old Shani Coke, who was raped and murdered in her community of Troy, Trelawny, was being laid to rest.

“[The] police cannot know; they don’t live there with us, not all the time. It is our responsibility to stand up,” Dalrymple-Philibert told mourners.

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