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...

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...

Over 60 students from Corporate Area high schools will benefit from a heritage project being undertaken by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s (JCDC) 2015 Festival Queen for Kingston and St. Andrew, Michelle Thomas. Dubbed ‘#TOURSBJCM,’ the project focuses on creating awareness and appreciation of Jamaica’s first World Heritage Site, the Blue and John Crow Mountains, through educational tours. The students,...

A Child Protection Committee will be set up in St. Thomas, after a Town Hall meeting on Thursday, October 15 in the parish. The meeting, which begins at 4:00 p.m. at the New Testament Church of God in Yallahs, St, Thomas, is being organised by the Child Development Agency (CDA), a department of the Ministry of Youth and Culture. It...