Some 250 students from 25 secondary schools across the island are expected to converge at the St. Andrew Parish Church Hall on Friday (November 6), for the National Child Month Committee’s (NCMC) annual Youth Forum. The event, set to get underway at 10:00 am, is the final activity on the NCMC’s calendar of events for 2015. Chairman of the NCMC...

Twenty-eight year-old Sheldon Owen is on a mission to do as much as he can to help persons in need, children and the elderly. It is this mission which inspired him to form the charity foundation he has dubbed, ‘Owen’s Charity Cause’, which is to be launched next year. Mr. Owen and his three support staff are currently formulating the...

Often when Jamaica’s rich cultural heritage comes up for discussion the topics range from iconic music artistes to our collage of culinary treats. But Jamaica’s natural gifts, its indigenous flora and fauna and sprawling mountain ranges, are also considered as part of our cultural legacy. This year, with the UNESCO designating the Blue and John Crow Mountains a World Heritage...

National Heroine, The Rt. Excellent Queen Nanny of the Maroons, will be honoured at a Nanny Day celebration, in Moore Town, Portland, on National Heroes Day, Monday, October 19. Moore Town, which is the home of the Windward Maroons, is a village in the Blue Mountains. The annual event, which begins at 10:00 a.m., will feature cultural performances and drumming...

The annual wreath laying ceremony, to honour those who fought for freedom and nationhood, will begin celebrations for National Heroes Day this year. The ceremony, usually held in the afternoon, which will get underway at 7:50 am on October 19 at National Heroes Park. Government officials will pay homage to Jamaicans, who have received the nation’s highest honour, the Order...

Only four months after securing Jamaica’s first ever historic listing to UNESCO’s prestigious World Heritage List, with the Blue and John Crow Mountains, the Government of Jamaica is set to begin the process of safeguarding the island’s Reggae music. The Ministry of Youth and Culture is embracing the collective experiences of its Latin American counterpart, Argentina which successfully inscribed its...

The Jamaican High Commission in London hosted a special tribute to the late cultural icon, Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley, OM, OJ, MBE, on October 9, as part of its activities to mark Black History Month. “Miss Lou has had a very profound impact on Jamaica and Jamaicans across the world,” said Jamaica’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Her Excellency, Aloun...