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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (3rd right), gets a heart check from “doctor” Rajhel Williams (2nd right), following the National Workers’ Week and Labour Day thanksgiving service yesterday (May 15), at the Olson Memorial Church of God in Kingston. Looking on are Speaker of the House of Representatives, Pearnel Charles; State Minister in the Ministry of Finance and Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams; and children in their Career Day outfits (from left) Talisa Samuels, as a police officer; Alanzo Harris, as a pilot; and Asandra Blackwood, as a soldier.

Jamaicans Urged to Support Labour Day Projects

Jamaicans are being urged to lend their support to the national project and other activities to be undertaken at the parish and community levels on Labour Day, May 23. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, made...

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

Gov’t to Assist Communities in Reaping Benefits from World Heritage Site Designation

Principal Director of Culture in the Creative Industries and Policy Division of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Dr. Janice Lindsay.

Business Opportunity Workshops for Residents of Blue and John Crow Mountains

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (seated right), and Director and Representative of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) Cluster Office for the Caribbean, Katherine Grigsby, prepare to sign the US$ 60,000 funding agreement for the revision of the National Culture Policy. The support is being provided by UNESCO’s International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD). Observing (from left, standing) are: Secretary General, Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO, Everton Hannam; Principal Director of Culture in the Ministry, Dr. Janice Lindsay; and Cultural Programme Specialist, UNESCO Cluster Office, Yuri Peshkov. The signing ceremony was held on May 5, at the Ministry’s head office in Kingston.

Minister Grange Looks to Position Culture as Growth Driver

Author, Joanne Simpson (left), presents a copy of her book ‘Why Heritage?’ to Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Donna Marie Rowe, at the agency on May 4.

Author Donates Book to JIS

Principal Director of Culture in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Dr. Janice Lindsay, addresses the media launch of the One Love Festival on April 27 at the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Regional Headquarters on Mona Road, Kingston. The festival will be held on May 28 and 29 in Odaiba, Japan.

10 years ago CultureForeign Affairs

Japan Hailed as Strong Supporter of Jamaican Culture

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, is hailing the Japanese Government for its continued support of cultural programmes in Jamaica. Principal Director of Culture in the Ministry, Dr. Janice Lindsay, said Japan endorsed Jamaica’s World Heritage programme through which the Blue and John Crow Mountains was inscribed to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO)World Heritage...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), examines a canister made from calabash at Expo Jamaica 2016 held recently at the National Arena in Kingston. Manager at Things Jamaican, Janine Taylor, points out the features.

10 years ago Culture

Jamaica 55 to Highlight Creative Industries

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the country’s creative industries will be a major part of the ‘Jamaica 55’ Independence celebrations in 2017. Speaking with the JIS News at the recently held Expo Jamaica 2016 at the National Arena, Minister Grange said the occasion will be used to highlight excellence in the arts, craft and...

10 years ago Culture

Gov’t Committed to Safeguarding Legacies

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia “Babsy” Grange, says the Government is committed to safeguarding the legacies of the Rastafarian Movement and others, under the canon of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, to which Jamaica is a signatory. “We want to ensure that the Rastafarian community and Jamaicans recognise the tangible and...

10 years ago CultureEducation

Haile Selassie High to Receive a Donation of $600,000

The Haile Selassie High School, in St. Andrew, is to receive a donation of $600,000 from His Imperial Highness, Prince Ermias Sahle-Selassie, grandson of the late Emperor of Ethiopia, His Imperial Majesty (HIM) Haile Selassie. Announcement of the donation was made on Friday (April 22), at the annual Founder’s Day event, which was held on the lawns of the institution. The...

10 years ago Budget 2016/2017Culture

Cultural Heritage Project gets $96 Million

Public access to Jamaica’s cultural heritage will be improved by a $96 million upgrading project to develop advanced audiovisual technology and more frequent outreach activities. The money will be used to complete the second phase of the construction and diorama for the Natural History Museum of Jamaica’s Exhibition Gallery; and complete the preparatory infrastructure works at three areas of the...

Culture Minister, the Honourable Olivia Grange in deep discussion with Sister Katherine Howell, daughter of Hon. Dr. Leonard Percival Howell, founding father of the Rastafarian Movement. The two discussed the development and declaration of Pinnacle as a Rastafari Heritage Site on Friday, April 22, 2016.

10 years ago Culture

Government Committed to the Declaration and Development of Pinnacle

Minister of Culture, Gender Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange, announced that the Government is committed to the declaration and development of six lots on the Pinnacle lands in Sligoville, St. Catherine as a heritage site for the Rastafarian community. “One lot has already been declared a National Monument by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT), while there...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (2nd right), is in discussion with Jamaica Labour Party Cartetaker for East Portland, Derron Wood (left) following the unveiling of the Port Antonio gateway sign leading to the Blue and John Crow Mountains World Heritage Site in Portland on Wednesday (April 20). Others (from 2nd left) are: Mayor of Port Antonio, Councillor Wayne McKenzie; Head of the Moore Town Maroon Council, Colonel Wallace Sterling; and Member of Parliament for East Portland, Dr. Lynvale Bloomfield. In the background is Custos Rotulorum for Portland, Hon. Lincoln Thaxter. The Blue and John Crow Mountains, which was inscribed to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

10 years ago Culture

Review of National Cultural Policy to Get Underway Shortly

The Government is to shortly sign a funding agreement with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for the review of the National Cultural Policy. This was disclosed by Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, at the unveiling ceremony for the Port Antonio gateway sign leading to the Blue and John Crow Mountains World...