Jamaicans are being encouraged to plant trees to support the ‘Trees for Life’ initiative, aimed at strengthening the island’s diverse flora and improving its resilience to climate change. Trees for Life is a campaign being undertaken as part of the Yallahs/Hope (River) Watershed Project with support from the Forestry Department, National Environment & Planning Agency (NEPA) and the Ministry of...

A statue is to be commissioned by next year to complete the Workers Monument located in the vicinity of the Kingston Craft Market on Ocean Boulevard, downtown Kingston. This commitment was given by Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, at a Rededication and Remembrance ceremony today (May 22), at the site of the monument. The monument...

The Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation will be preparing a long-term management plan for the maintenance of the Ward Theatre in downtown Kingston. Mayor of Kingston, Senator Delroy Williams, told JIS News that there are plans to put a management team in place. “Of course, we have started that planning already. I don’t want to say much about it,...

Jamaicans are being encouraged to come out and clean up their communities on Labour Day, which is being observed on Tuesday, May 23. Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Dr. Janice Lindsay, made the call while speaking at a Jamaica Information Service Think Tank on Thursday (May 18) at the agency’s head office in...

Jamaicans are being urged to bring back the spirit of volunteerism as the country prepares to participate in a slew of Labour Day activities islandwide on Tuesday, May 23. “We have to get back to why it was in the first place that the whole initiative of Labour Day resonated with Jamaica the way it did, and I cannot think...

The Labour Day Secretariat in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport is targeting the planting of 155,000 fruit and ornamental trees on Labour Day, May 23. Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Janice Lindsay, said the move is in keeping with the theme for the day, ‘Restore, Preserve and Beautify’, and will involve collaboration with the Forestry...

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange has expressed sorrow at the passing of the Jamaican reggae/dancehall artiste Frankie Paul (Paul Blake). The Minister said that although she was aware of Paul's recent illness, his death came as a surprise this morning. Frankie Paul had been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the University...