The Ministry of Youth and Culture congratulates Morgan Heritage on winning the Grammy for Best Reggae Album at the 58 Grammy Awards held last evening at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The group won for their album 'Strictly Roots', which topped the Billboard Reggae Album Chart when it was released last April. “We are extremely proud of the...

Primary and secondary school students who are already registered participants under the Ministry of Youth and Culture’s Culture Passport programme are to benefit from targeted initiatives being hosted by the Ministry’s Culture Agencies and selected cultural communities during February, which is being observed as Black History and Reggae Month. Culture Passport allows young people to experience Jamaica’s culture and heritage....

Parenting workshops, community walk-throughs and recreational excursions for parents are among the many activities scheduled for  the annual Foster Care Week, from February 7 to 13. The week-long activities are being organised by the Child Development Agency (CDA), an agency of the Ministry of Youth and Culture, under the theme:  ‘Share your Home… Foster a Child’. The week will commence...

Friday, February 5, 2016 - Art for Life, a programme that has been conceptualized and implemented by the Ministry of Youth and Culture, has over the years provided an avenue for children in state care to express themselves through the creative arts - dance, dub poetry, music, drama and art. To date, dozens of girls from the South Camp Road...

Some 619, 974 young people between the ages of 15 and 24 have benefitted from interventions by the Ministry of Youth and Culture and its agencies during the period between 2012 and 2015.  Minister of Youth and Culture Lisa Hanna disclosed that face-to-face engagement with youth amounted to 280,049 during the period, while an additional 339,925 were reached via social...

Some 50 youth housed at the Rio Cobre Juvenile Detention Centre for Boys, in St. Catherine, are undergoing rehabilitation, in preparation for their reintegration into society. The Reaching Individuals Through Skills and Education (RISE) Life Management Services is providing training in essential life skills, through its ‘Finding My Voice’ programme. Under the rehabilitation and reintegration component of the programme, the boys...

The Ministry of Youth and Culture notes with regret and sadness the passing of two of Jamaica’s cultural pioneers who have undoubtedly made significant contributions to the cultural and creative industries over the years. Barrington Watson, lauded as one of the most influential post-Independence artistic figures, passed away at his home in Kingston last evening. Watson, from the 1950s to...