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Principal Director of Culture, Creative Industries Policy Division of the Ministry of Youth and Culture, Dr. Janice Lindsay. (FILE))
Principal Director of Culture, Creative Industries Policy Division of the Ministry of Youth and Culture, Dr. Janice Lindsay. (FILE))

Gateway Sign in St. Thomas for Blue and John Crow Mountains

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport will be mounting a third gateway sign to the Blue and John Crow Mountains in Port Morant, St. Thomas. Other signs have been installed at access points to the World Heritage Site...
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, accepted the Anthony Winkler archives from (2nd l-r) Becky, Cathy and Adam Winkler at a ceremony held at the National Library of Jamaica (NLJ) in Kingston yesterday. The moment was also shared with (r) Yvonne Fraser-Clarke, Head of Department, Special Collections Department, NLJ and (left) Joy Douglas, chairman of the NLJ Board of Directors.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, accepted the Anthony Winkler archives from (2nd l-r) Becky, Cathy and Adam Winkler at a ceremony held at the National Library of Jamaica (NLJ) in Kingston yesterday. The moment was also shared with (r) Yvonne Fraser-Clarke, Head of Department, Special Collections Department, NLJ and (left) Joy Douglas, chairman of the NLJ Board of Directors.

Grange welcomes Anthony Winkler archives to the National Library
Veteran journalist and Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Ian Boyne (left), in discussion with Chairperson of the Committee of Management, Excelsior Community College, Patricia Sinclair McCalla (right). At centre is the school’s Assistant Chaplain, Rev. Moses Benguche. Occasion was the institution’s 4th annual Ted Dwyer Lecture which Mr. Boyne delivered at its location in Kingston on March 30.
Veteran journalist and Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Ian Boyne (left), in discussion with Chairperson of the Committee of Management, Excelsior Community College, Patricia Sinclair McCalla (right). At centre is the school’s Assistant Chaplain, Rev. Moses Benguche. Occasion was the institution’s 4th annual Ted Dwyer Lecture which Mr. Boyne delivered at its location in Kingston on March 30.

Jamaicans Urged To Embrace Positive Values and Attitudes
Local entrepreneur and artist of Devine Treasures, Cheryl Thomas-Whytehead (left), displays locally made craft items at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation, 14 Camp Road, Kingston.
Local entrepreneur and artist of Devine Treasures, Cheryl Thomas-Whytehead (left), displays locally made craft items at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation, 14 Camp Road, Kingston.

National Culture Policy to be Unveiled in April
The late Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission, Dr. Delroy Gordon is pictured here in the company of Culture Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange. The two were guests at a JIS Think Tank session last year. Dr Gordon passed away suddenly this morning.
The late Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission, Dr. Delroy Gordon is pictured here in the company of Culture Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange. The two were guests at a JIS Think Tank session last year. Dr Gordon passed away suddenly this morning.

Grange: Gordon’s Passing Leaves Void in Cultural Development Sector

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Gateway Sign In St. Thomas for Blue and John Crow Mountains

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport will be mounting a third gateway sign to the Blue and John Crow Mountains in Port Morant, St. Thomas. Other signs have been installed at access points to the World Heritage Site in Papine, St Andrew and in Port Antonio, Portland. Principal Director, Creative Industries Policy Division, Dr. Janice Lindsay, told JIS...
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Culture

Curator Hails Mobay Cultural Centre

Curator of the National Museum of Jamaica, David Stimpson, says the Montego Bay Cultural Centre is now the place to have an up-close-and-personal experience with Jamaican culture and artefacts. Speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the agency’s Union Street, Montego Bay Regional Office, on March 27, Mr. Stimpson said the museum has two spaces at the...
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Culture

Grange: Walcott’s Passing a Great Loss to the Region

Kingston, March 17, 2017 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange has described Derek Walcott, the St Lucian Nobel Laureate who passed away today (Friday) as a “literary giant.” Reacting to news of Walcott’s death, Minister Grange said the poet was “an important voice for the people of the Caribbean whom he loved so...
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Dancers give an exhilarating performance to a medley of dancehall music, during the 51st Independence Grand Gala at the National Stadium in Kingston. (FILE)
Culture

$200 Million Allocated for Jamaica 55 Celebrations

A special budgetary allocation of $200 million has been approved by Cabinet to support the execution of Jamaica 55 celebrations. This was announced by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, at a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, today (February 22). He further informed that Cabinet also gave approval for the establishment of the Jamaica...
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Keeper of Collection, Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), Jason Ramsay, points to a drum machine donated by Lowell “Sly” Fillmore Dunbar to the Jamaica Music Museum. The musical instrument is one of the many pieces on display at the Jamaica Information Service’s (JIS) head office, 58 Half-Way Tree Road, Kingston in observance of Reggae Month under the theme: ‘Reggae Mecca.’
Culture

Musical Artefacts on Display at The JIS

Musical instruments, including the Bembe, Bata and the Prenten drums, collections of the National Museum Jamaica (NMJ), are now on display at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) 58A Half-Way Tree Road, Kingston. The agency has partnered with the NMJ, a division of the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) to mount the exhibit in recognition of Reggae Month in February under the...
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Budget 2017/2018Culture

Work Continues on Upgrading of IOJ

Work will continue in the new fiscal year on the upgrading of the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) through a $16 million allocation in the 2017/18 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. The objective of the project, which began in February 2015, is to improve public access to Jamaica’s cultural heritage through the provision of advanced audio-visual technology...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange. (FILE)
Culture

Gov’t Looking to Identify Space for Iconic Music Museum

The Government is looking to identify a suitable space for the establishment of an iconic music museum and performing arts centre in Kingston. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, said the Ministry is working with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) Creative City Steering Committee, the Urban Development Corporation and the Kingston and...
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