Winners of past Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) National Festival of the Performing Arts competitions will have the opportunity to showcase their talent at upcoming local and national events. Director of Arts Development, Training and Acting at the JCDC, Andrew Brodber, told JIS News that artistes will be drawn from an “ongoing recording system” managed by the JCDC. He said...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, on June 16 launched Emancipation and Independence celebrations for 2016 under the theme ‘Let’s Get Together and Feel Alright’. The launch was held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston. The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) will celebrate the country’s 54th year of Independence with a series of activities slated...

The dream of Venezuelan Revolutionary Leader, Símόn Bólívar, to unite the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean through culture is being realised at the Símόn Bólívar Cultural Centre (SBCC). Scores of Jamaicans and Latinos twisted, swayed and twirled as they did the one-two-three salsa steps, at a recent event dubbed “Latin Mania” at the Centre in North Parade, downtown,...

Several pieces of legislation are to be amended through the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport. “We are looking at the most important piece of legislation, the Anti-Doping in Sport Act, where some amendments are needed. I am hoping we can fast-track that before the Olympics in August,” says Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange....

Jamaican dancers are being encouraged to participate in the World Reggae Dance Competition. The competition is organised by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), an agency of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport. It aims to give national and international exposure to talent that exists in Reggae/Roots Dance. Participants compete in the categories of Roots Reggae, Reggae Contemporary/Classic,...

Culture and Entertainment Minister, the Honourable Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange, has charged the Creative Production and Training Centre Limited (CPTC) and its new board to uncover creative means of promoting Brand Jamaica globally and use its products as vehicles to explore new partnership opportunities within the global arena of creative productions. Speaking at the launch of CPTC’s JamVision cable channel, formerly...

Primary school students in Montego Bay are to benefit from the Project Yourself Cultural Arts Programme (PYCap), which was launched on Tuesday, May 24. The 10-week project, which commences in June, is being implemented by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) under the theme: ‘Crafting a Future Through the Arts’. It will comprise training sessions and workshops targeting the visual...