The Jamaican delegation at World Expo 2020 Dubai will celebrate National Day with six days of activities starting February 14. The National Day celebration is one of the most prominent moments in any nation’s programme of activities during the six-month-long Expo. Jamaica’s National Day is Friday, February 18. “Several ministries, departments and agencies have collaborated to bring together a cohesive...

Entrepreneur and fashion lecturer at the University of Technology (UTech), Donald Mirander, is encouraging students interested in the creative industry to get formal training in their respective disciplines. Mr. Mirander, who was speaking at the Jamaica Creative Career Expo on Thursday (February 10), said that in becoming certified professionals, creatives will better understand their value and be stronger businesspersons. The...

Ten young persons were awarded paid internships at the first Jamaica Creative Expo, held on February 10. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, presented the individuals with certificates at the one-day Creative Expo, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston. It was attended by scores of tertiary and high-school students who are interested in pursuing...

As Jamaica prepares to celebrate Jamaica Day 2022 on February 25, the Ministry of Education and Youth (MoEY) is encouraging government ministries and agencies to spruce up their building in true Jamaican style as part of the ‘Best Decorated Building Competition’. Senior Education Officer, MoEY, and Chairman of the Jamaica Day Planning Committee, Marlon Williams, told JIS News that buildings...

Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange (left) and Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, observe a moment of silence for the late reggae icon, Dennis Brown, at a ceremony commemorating the 65th anniversary of the singer’s birth, held on February 1 at National Heroes Park in Kingston. Dubbed the ‘Crown Prince of Reggae’, he...

Reggae Month, which is observed annually in February to celebrate the impact of the musical genre on Jamaica’s social, cultural and economic development, was officially launched on Sunday (January 30). The launch was held at the Go for God Family Church in Kingston and hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport. The Ministry is aiming to promote...

Jamaica has lost one of its icons of media and culture, Carey Fitz William Robinson. The journalist, author, playwright, and historian passed away at his St. Andrew home on Thursday (January 27), at the age of 97. Mr. Robinson is well known as the voice of the long-running television programme, Hill an' Gully Ride. The weekly programme took viewers on...

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) will be hosting a virtual workshop on short story writing and exploring genres, on Thursday, January 20. The workshop, organised by the Arts Development and Training Department of the Commission, is part of a series of virtual creative-writing workshops scheduled to take place before the JCDC 2022 Competitions. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and...

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says the Ministry’s ECCI Covid-19 Grants programme has been oversubscribed and has stopped taking new applications. “We anticipated about one thousand applications for the individual grants of $60,000 each to members of the Entertainment, Culture and Creative Industries.  We’ve had a very good response in a very short time...