Liberty Hall hosted a soft launch of the redesigned Marcus Garvey Multimedia Museum, located on King’s Street, downtown Kingston, on August 17. The launch was preceded by the 7th annual Marcus Garvey lecture, given by Director/Curator of Liberty Hall, Dr. Donna McFarlane, who presented under the theme: ‘Education for Liberation: The Role of Museums’. The redesigned museum boasts the addition of...

Jamaican song writers and composers have been urged to improve their skills so as to maximise their earnings from their creative work. In a pre-recorded video-taped message aired at a Music Writer’s workshop held on August 12 at the Edna Manley College of Visual and Performing Arts in Kingston, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, said...

Plans are under way to develop the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre into a prime venue for concerts and stage shows, shopping, dining and other activities. The facility, which houses an entertainment centre and the Louise Bennett Garden Theatre, is a popular location for the staging of arts development programmes and national cultural celebrations organised by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Honourable Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange says her Ministry is working closely with the Ministry of Tourism towards maximising earnings from culture and entertainment. To this end, the Culture Ministry is in the process of establishing a National Calendar of major entertainment activities which will be marketed by the Tourism Ministry. “We are committed to...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has implored members of the diaspora to renew their commitment to help advance the country’s development. “I often express the view that Jamaicans domiciled in the diaspora represent the Commonwealth of Jamaica, and as such, you must never cease focusing attention on matters pertinent to Jamaica’s development and quality of life for its...

More than 200 residents of St. James turned out for the Independence Day civic ceremony held at Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay on August 6. Community leaders, students, representatives of the business community and the political directorate, decked out in their black, green and gold colours, attended the function, which was held under the theme ‘Let’s Get Together and...

Jamaicans and friends of the country packed the Dunbarton Chapel at Howard University School of Law, in Washington, for the Service of Thanksgiving in celebration of Jamaica’s 54th year of independence, on Sunday, August 7. In his message, read by Chargé d’affaires at the Embassy of Jamaica, Mrs. Marsha Coore Lobban, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, said Jamaicans...