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Principal Director of Culture in the Creative Industries Policy Division of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Dr. Janice Lindsay.

Culture Ministry Begins Process To Have Reggae Inscribed on UNESCO’S List

The Ministry of Youth and Culture is moving to have reggae inscribed on the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO) representative list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This was disclosed by Principal Director, Culture and Creative Industries...

Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell.

Negotiations in Final Stage with Another Oil Company for Licence to Explore

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Derrick Kellier, and students, Amir Nelson (left) and Alison Johnson (centre) plant an orange tree at the Orange Hill Primary School, on February 5. Mr. Kellier launched a tree planting project at the school.

Tree Planting Project Launched At Orange Hill Primary School

Chairman of the Western Medical Association (WMA), Dr. Garfield Badal (left), with recipients of the 2015 WMA Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) award, at a ceremony held on January 24. From second left are: Jessica McKnight, Antonio Colman and Candice Owens.

WMA Continues to Support Students

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting (left), greets Chairman of the Negril Resort Board, Cliff Reynolds, during the official opening of the newly refurbished Negril Police Station in Westmoreland yesterday (February 2). The project was funded by the Tourism Enhancement Fund at a cost of $50 million.

Minister Bunting Reports Double Digit Drop in Major Crimes

10 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Government Supporting Creative Economy Development

The Government led by Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has been developing Jamaica’s cultural and creative industries in support of the country’s numerous world-renown cultural icons and brands, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Anthony Hylton has observed. He noted however that despite these efforts, there is the need for data to accelerate growth in the sector. Minister Hylton was...

10 years ago Culture

Culture Passport Holders to Benefit from Black History and Reggae Month Activities

Primary and secondary school students who are already registered participants under the Ministry of Youth and Culture’s Culture Passport programme are to benefit from targeted initiatives being hosted by the Ministry’s Culture Agencies and selected cultural communities during February, which is being observed as Black History and Reggae Month. Culture Passport allows young people to experience Jamaica’s culture and heritage....

10 years ago National Security

Negril Police Station Renovated

The Negril Police Station in Westmoreland has been refurbished and upgraded by the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment through the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF). The project entailed overhaul of the roofing; construction of a new lecture theatre, holding area, identification room, perimeter wall, and barracks to accommodate some 70 police personnel; retrofitting of the administrative building, among other things. Addressing...

10 years ago Tourism

Dr. McNeill Hails Tourism Workers

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, is lauding the hard work of employers in the tourism sector in ensuring that destination Jamaica retains its competitive edge in world tourism. He said apart from Jamaica’s natural resources, the human resources in the hotel industry continue to make a big difference. “Hospitality workers are the bedrock of our world-class...

Science, Technology, Energy and Mining State Minister, Hon. Julian Robinson (right), displays a poster promoting the KingstOOn Animation Conference and Afro-descendant Festival, during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank forum at the agency’s head office in Kingston, on February 2. Looking on is World Bank Country Representative for Jamaica, Galina Sotirova.

10 years ago CommerceKingstOOn

Gov’t Targeting Job Opportunities in Global Animation Industry

The Government is moving to position Jamaica to tap into potential job opportunities in the global animation industry, estimated to be worth over US$222 billion and for which there is a demand for 30,000 animators. Industry experts believe that of this number, 5,000 can be filled by persons from the Caribbean and, in this regard, the administration is moving to...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), receives a gift from Vice-Principal of the Runaway Bay All Age School, Simone-Lowe Miller (right), at the opening of the Infant Department at the Runaway Bay All Age School, in St. Ann, on February 3. At centre is the school

10 years ago Education

Good Nutrition A Must For Children – Education Minister

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has emphasised the importance of good nutrition for the nation’s children, noting that 128,000 early childhood students across the island are being provided with lunch and breakfast by the Government. Speaking at the official opening ceremony for the Infant Department at the Runaway Bay All Age School, in St. Ann, on February 3,...

Police Officer assigned to the Community Safety and Security Branch (CSSB) Safe Schools Programme, Corporal Fitzroy Rochester (centre) is flanked by students from Calabar High School, who recently participated in the Suncity High School Disc Jockey Competition.

10 years ago National Security

Students Encouraged to Avoid Life of Crime Through Disk Jockey Competition

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is encouraging students to avoid a life of crime and violence, through a disc jockey competition. ‘Fighting Crime with Rhymes’ is an initiative of the JCF’s Community Safety and Security Branch (CSSB), which empowers students with information to discourage crime and violence among the youth, as the JCF seeks to continue its mandate to empower...