Students of the Unity Basic School look at old electronic items on display at the Jamaica Day Exhibition at the institution in St. Catherine on Friday (March 1). The items included a DVD player, antenna radios and televisions, vintage desktop computers, typewriters and cassette players.

A rehabilitation plan is being crafted for Vale Royal by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT). This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Information in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Robert Morgan, while responding to questions from members of the Standing Finance Committee of the House, which is reviewing the 2024/25 Estimates of Expenditure, on...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), looks on as Jamaican entertainer, Winston “Yellowman” Foster, greets the audience during the Reggae Gold Awards presentation ceremony and 2024 Jamaica Music Museum Hall of Fame Inductions on Thursday (February 29) at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston.

American actress, Sundra Oakley, is encouraging Jamaican students pursuing careers in the creative industries to believe in themselves. The actress, who was born in Queens, New York, USA, and has strong Jamaican roots, was guest speaker at the third Jamaica Creative Career Expo. The event was held recently at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston. Ms. Oakley told the...

The vibrant spirit of local culture was on full display during the Jamaica Day National Civic Ceremony at William Knibb Memorial High School in Trelawny on February 23. The grand event, held under the theme ‘Celebrating Jamaica: Authentic and Unique… A Fi Wi TREND A Dweet’, was also celebrated simultaneously in two cities in the American state of Iowa –...

Jamaican artistes and entertainment industry practitioners are being encouraged to utilise the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport’s entertainment registry. This urging came from Portfolio Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, while speaking during Tuesday’s (February 27) Visa and Immigration Symposium at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), to commemorate Reggae Month. The National Registry of Entertainment and Creative Industry Practitioners,...

The Blenheim, Hanover birthplace of National Hero and Jamaica’s first Prime Minister, the Right Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, where a floral tribute ceremony commemorating the 140th anniversary of his birth was held on Saturday (February 24).

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, lays flowers at the shrine of National Hero and Jamaica’s first Prime Minister, the Right Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, on Saturday (February 24). The occasion was a floral tribute ceremony at National Heroes Park in Kingston marking the 140th anniversary of Sir Alexander’s birth.

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, addresses the Jamaica Creative Career Expo held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston on Wednesday, February 21. Over 1,000 senior high school and tertiary students as well as creative practitioners and entrepreneurs attended the Expo, organised by the Ministry’s Jamaica Creative Unit.