The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says she feels immense pride after watching Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake compete in the men’s 100 metres at the IAAF World Championships currently underway in London. Minister Grange and Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Holness, were among hundreds of Jamaicans who gathered in Half Way Tree...

Hundreds of Jamaicans and friends of Jamaica gathered at the Methodist Central Hall in Westminster, London, on July 29 for the Jamaica55 Independence Service of Praise and Thanksgiving, hosted by the Jamaican High Commission. In a special message, read by High Commissioner, His Excellency Seth George Ramocan, Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness said the 55th anniversary is an...

The Enterprise Team for the Privatisation of the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) will serve for another 20 months. This follows Cabinet’s approval of the extension of the team’s tenure from July 2017 to March 10, 2019. This was disclosed by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, during Wednesday’s (Aug. 2) post-Cabinet press briefing at...

The Universal Service Fund (USF), in observance of Jamaica 55, has committed to giving away 55 devices across Jamaica. The agency will also be giving away five grand prizes at the Jamaica 55 Grand Gala on Independence Day, August 6, at the National Stadium in Kingston. The 55 devices will be given away randomly to persons across the country. “We...

Roderick Watson of Norwood, St. James, is a happy and proud landowner today. The tiler, who has lived in Norwood for 24 years, recently received the title for the property he calls home. He was among more than 100 residents of the community, who were presented with titles for property that they occupy, some for well over two decades. The...

The Government will be spending £410,000 on ‘Jamaica House’ in the United Kingdom to showcase the island during the World Championships. Jamaica House will be held in London at the Indigo O2 Arena from August 5 to 13. The facility will open daily to the public from midday and will be the official hospitality house of the Jamaican delegation at...

Members of the Diaspora residing in the Washington DC metropolitan area, Atlanta and New York will celebrate ‘Jamaica 55’ with a number of activities from August 5 to August 13. The events, organised by the Embassy of Jamaica under the leadership of Ambassador Audrey Marks, will be supported by Diaspora organisations. Activities get underway with the Jamaica Association of Maryland’s...