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Director of Marketing and Public Relations at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Stephen Davidson.

Corporate Entities Urged to Sponsor JCDC Competitions

Corporate entities are invited to sponsor upcoming Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) competitions, to help further arts and cultural development in the country. The JCDC stages annual Festival of the Performing, Visual and Creative Arts competitions to unearth develop and...

Mayor of Kingston, Senator, Councillor Dr. Angela Brown Burke, addresses the first monthly meeting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) for the new year, held on January 12, at the KSAC’s head office at Church Street, downtown Kingston.

KSAC Looking to Capitalise on Creative City Designation

Political Ombudsman, Hon. Donna Parchment Brown (centre), is assisted by Acting Director of the University of the West Indies Western Campus, Patrick Prendergast (left), and Secretary General, Jamaica National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Everton Hannam (right), to open the Abeng 88.7 FM Radio Station on Wednesday (January 6), in the Accompong community in St. Elizabeth.

Accompong Maroons Launch Abeng 88.7 FM

Students of Ardenne High School and their teachers show off the Marcus Garvey Award for Excellence they won at the National Performing Arts Excellence award ceremony, held at the Institute of Jamaica Lecture Theatre, recently. Coordinated by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission, the award ceremony sees the Marcus Garvey Award for Excellence presented to the school or group that has earned the highest level of achievement in the National Festival of the Performing Arts Competition, which covers the areas: Dance, Drama, Music, Speech and Traditional Folk Forms. Ardenne High School took home the coveted award for the fourth year in a row.

JCDC Encourages Persons to Enter Speech and Literary Arts Competition

Political Ombudsman, Hon. Donna Parchment Brown, addresses the opening ceremony for the annual Accompong Maroon celebrations on January 6, in Accompong Town, St. Elizabeth.

Accompong Maroons Hailed for Retaining African Traditions

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Youth Ministry Rolls out New Social Intervention Initiatives

Since 2012 the Ministry of Youth and Culture has impacted and trained over 51,000 young people through its programmes at the Youth Information Centres, the National Youth Service (NYS), the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) and other cultural agencies. In keeping with its mandate the Ministry will this month introduce a number of new programmes and initiatives which will focus...

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JCF Partners With Suncity Radio to Reach Out to the Youth

The Community Safety and Security Branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), is connecting with the nation’s youth, through its Fighting Crime with Rhymes programme. At the launch of the SunCity High School Disc Jock Competition, held on January 13, at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Bishop Dr. Gary Welsh, said the JCF is...

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Kingston to Come Alive for Reggae Month

The creative city of Kingston will come alive during the month of February with the staging of several events and activities, as the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment marks the 9th annual Reggae Month. Reggae Month will be held from February 1 to 29 under the theme: ‘Reggae Mekyah’. This year’s observance dubbed ‘Reggae Month – It’s Kingston for February’,...

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JCDC Targets 500 Entries for Visual Arts Competition

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) expects to hit the 500mark for entries in the Jamaica Visual Arts Competition and Exhibition this year. Director for Marketing and Public Relations at JCDC, Stephen Davidson, told JIS News that the “number (of entries) has been in the 400s (in the past), so (JCDC is) hoping to hit the 500 mark in terms...

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New Categories for JCDC Performing Arts Competition

New categories have been introduced in the annual Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Festival of the Performing Arts Competition, for which entries are now being accepted. The categories are in the areas of drama and music. Interested persons have until January 15 to make their submissions. Drama Development Specialist of the JCDC, Dwayne Brown, told JIS News that improvisation has...

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Applications Open for JCDC Culinary Arts Competition

Applications are now being accepted for the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s (JCDC) Culinary Arts Competition to be held in May. Culinary Arts Development Specialist at JCDC, Paula Thomas Williams, told JIS News that this year’s competition will focus on smart cooking for healthy living and healthy eating on a budget. “A lot of persons are being diagnosed with lifestyle illnesses...

Executive Director of the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), Anne-Marie Bonner (left), congratulates recipient of the 2015 Musgrave Gold Medal Award, Professor Orlando Patterson (2nd left), and Silver Medal awardee, Dr. Myrna Hague-Bradshaw, at the presentation ceremony held on Monday (January 4), at the Institute’s downtown Kingston headquarters. Looking at right is Chairman of the IOJ’s Council, Ambassador Burchell Whiteman.

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Musgrave Medals Awarded to Orlando Patterson and Myrna Hague-Bradshaw

The Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) has honoured Professor Orlando Patterson with the 2015 Musgrave Gold Medal for distinguished eminence in Literature, and Dr. Myrna Hague-Bradshaw with the Silver Medal for outstanding merit in the field of Music. Chairman of the IOJ’s Council, Ambassador Burchell Whiteman, in congratulating the honourees, said they have inspired others through their work, and “have been...