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Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), and Opposition Leader, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, lay a floral tribute at the 1907 Earthquake Monument in Bumper Hall, South West St. Andrew, during Friday’s (January 13) ceremony to mark the 110th anniversary of the disaster, which devastated Kingston.

Jamaicans Urged to Prepare for Earthquakes

The importance of public awareness and preparedness was highlighted during a ceremony on Friday (January 13), to mark the 110th anniversary of the 1907 Kingston earthquake that claimed more than 1,000 lives and left a trail of destruction in its...

Garvey Family Donates National Hero’s Medal to Jamaica

JCDC Urges the Establishment of Culture Clubs

Principal Director of Culture and Creative Industries in the Policy Division of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Dr. Janice Lindsay (right, front row) joins participants in a lecture to commemorate the 235th Zong massacre of African slaves, at the Institute of Jamaica on Thursday, December 22. Dr. Lindsay delivered remarks on behalf of Portfolio Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange. The audience was participating in a presentation being delivered by Political Ombudsman, Mrs. Donna Parchment Brown.

Culture Minister Says Campaign for Reparation will Continue

Director of the African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank (ACIJ/JMB), Bernard Jankee.

IOJ Hosts Lecture on Massacre of Africans Aboard Zong Slave Ship

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JCDC Auditions Begin January 11

Persons who have submitted entries to the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Performing Arts Competition will have the opportunity to showcase their talents at auditions across the island. The auditions, spearheaded by the JCDC, will run from Wednesday, January 11 to Friday, February 17, 2017. From January 11-12 there will be music auditions at the Manchester Parish Library Cultural Centre...

Principal Director of Culture in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Dr. Janice Lindsay, addresses a forum at The Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston, on December 14. The forum, organised by the Jamaica Association of Composers, Authors and Publishers (JACAP) Limited, was held under the theme: ‘Understanding the Rights and Benefits of Copyright’.

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National Cultural Policy To Be Revised Soon

Revision of the country’s National Cultural Policy is slated for completion in the fourth quarter of the 2016/17 financial year. This was disclosed by Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, in a speech read by Principal Director of Culture in the Ministry, Dr. Janice Lindsay, during a forum at The Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston on...

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Derrick Smith (right), is greeted by Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Donna-Marie Rowe, on his arrival at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge, University of the West Indies (UWI) today (December 15), for the JIS Heritage Competition awards ceremony.

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JIS Commended For Staging Annual Heritage Competition

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Derrick Smith, has hailed the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) for hosting the annual Heritage Competition, which serves to highlight important aspects of Jamaica’s history and culture. “I want to congratulate JIS for conceptualising this project,” he said at the sixth annual awards ceremony held today (December 15) at the...

Students of the Venezuelan Institute for Culture and Cooperation (IVCC), St Andrew, in Venezuelan Joropo dresses. Occasion was the Institute’s annual Christmas Festival, a cultural activity where students learn about the country’s culture through its food, music, dance, dress and various traditions.

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Students of IVCC Take Part in Christmas Festival

Students attending the Venezuelan Institute for Culture and Cooperation (IVCC) in St Andrew learnt a lot about that country’s culture through its food, music, dance, dress and various traditions, at the recent annual Christmas Festival. Held under the theme ‘Christmas in Venezuela’, the Festival also encouraged students to use their Spanish as they explored the cultures of the countries in...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange. (FILE)

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UNESCO Provides Some $10 Million in Grant Funding for Projects

Four local entities have received close to $10 million in grant funding from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to carry out projects in the areas of music, gender, youth development and science. The recipients are Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) for the revival of mento music; Institute of Gender and Development Studies at the University of...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange

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Message from the Hon. Olivia Grange to Mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 2016

On this International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, I wish to speak especially to our men. I know that some of you turn away at the mention of the phrases “gender violence” and “women’s issues”. It’s not that you are all bad and do not care. I know it’s because you don’t see a place for yourselves...

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Garvey Multimedia Museum Renovated at a Cost of $13.6 Million

The Marcus Mosiah Garvey Multimedia Museum at Liberty Hall on King Street, in downtown Kingston, has been renovated at a cost of $13.6 million. The project, which was officially opened on November 17, now features interactive touchscreen exhibits, face-morphing technology and life-size graphics. It was funded by the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), and designed by Chicago-based company Art on the...