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Businesses Encouraged To Sponsor Contestants In The Miss Jamaica Festival Queen Competition

Businesses can be a part of the upcoming Miss Jamaica Festival Queen Competition by sponsoring a contestant in their parish. Sponsors will be among the key stakeholders who are expected to participate in the crowning of the parish queens selected...
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, displays the transcript of National Hero, Right Excellent Marcus Garvey’s trial in the United States of America, during a statement to the House of Representatives on Tuesday (January 21).
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, displays the transcript of National Hero, Right Excellent Marcus Garvey’s trial in the United States of America, during a statement to the House of Representatives on Tuesday (January 21).

Marcus Garvey’s Pardon Must Pave the Way for His Exoneration – Minister Grange
Deputy Governor-General, Hon. Steadman Fuller (centre), shares a photo opportunity with Poet Laureate of Jamaica for 2025 to 2028, Professor Kwame Dawes (second left), and members of his family during Wednesday’s (January 22) ceremony of investiture, held at King’s House. Pictured (from left) are his niece, Janel Polson; sister, Adjoa Dawes; and niece, Abigail Dawes.
Deputy Governor-General, Hon. Steadman Fuller (centre), shares a photo opportunity with Poet Laureate of Jamaica for 2025 to 2028, Professor Kwame Dawes (second left), and members of his family during Wednesday’s (January 22) ceremony of investiture, held at King’s House. Pictured (from left) are his niece, Janel Polson; sister, Adjoa Dawes; and niece, Abigail Dawes.

Professor Kwame Dawes Appointed Fourth Poet Laureate of Jamaica
Incoming Poet Laureate of Jamaica, Professor Kwame Dawes.
Incoming Poet Laureate of Jamaica, Professor Kwame Dawes.

Investiture Ceremony to Be Held for New Poet Laureate of Jamaica
The Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jamaica`s First National Hero
The Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jamaica`s First National Hero

Grange Welcomes Garvey Pardon, Continues Push for Exoneration

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Production Manager at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission and Coordinator of the Miss Jamaica Festival Queen Competition, Andrea McCurdy.
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Deadline for Miss Festival Queen Competition is March 14

The deadline for the submission of applications for the Miss Jamaica Festival Queen Competition is midnight on March 14, 2025. Applications for the competition can be submitted online at https://jcdc.awardsplatform.com/. The Festival Queen Competition, which forms part of the Emancipation and Independence celebrations, is organised by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC). The competition begins with eliminations at the parish...
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Students from the Clan Carthy Primary School doing a speech titled “Laughing Ago Spoil” at the 2024 staging of Mello-Go-Roun held at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston.
CulturePress Release

Final Call for National Festival of the Performing Arts Entries: Deadline January 10

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) is reminding prospective performers for the 2025 National Performing Arts Festival that the deadline for entries is this Friday, January 10 at midnight. The JCDC had originally set the deadline for Friday, December 13, 2024, but extended it to give participants more time to navigate the Commission’s new automated application platform, JCDC Awards Force....
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Acting Director of Product Development and Community Tourism at the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Kerry- Ann Lowe Mullings, presents Pastor of the Catadupa Christian Fellowship Church, in St. James, for his contributions to the Catadupa community. Occasion was the Sam Sharpe Day Celebrations, held in the community, on December 27.
CultureTourism

Sam Sharpe Honoured On December 27

A ceremony to honour the life and legacy of National Hero the Right Excellent Samuel Sharpe for his role in the historic Emancipation War of 1831-1832 was held in Catadupa, St. James, the parish of his birth, on December 27. The event was designated Sam Sharpe Day Celebrations, held in collaboration with the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) and the...
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Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2024, Omolora Wilson (centre), is flanked by first runner-up, Miss Manchester, Shannoya Houston (left), and second runner-up, Miss Kingston and St. Andrew, Daindra Harrison (right), during the August 3, 2024 coronation held at Independence Village in Kingston. (FILE)
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New Age Limit for Miss Jamaica Festival Queen Competition

The criteria for the Miss Jamaica Festival Queen Competition have been updated to make the annual pageant, a key part of the Emancipation and Independence celebrations, more inclusive. These changes will provide more young women with the opportunity to represent their community, parish, and the nation. Traditionally, the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) organizes the Festival Queen competition for young...
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Ten young artists contributed to the child rights mural on Water Lane, downtown Kingston, painted in recognition of World Children’s Day and the 35th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The art enthusiasts transformed their understanding of child rights into vibrant works of art and highlighted the right to religion, rest and play as well as culture, arts and language among others. The completed mural was a collaborative effort involving UNICEF, Jamaica Cultural Development Commission and Kingston Creative.
CultureDevelopmentYouth

Child Rights Come Alive Through Art

Talented young artists from across four parishes showcased their creative talents, bringing the rights of the child to life through an inspiring mural located on the iconic Water Lane, downtown Kingston. This artwork was part of a recent staging of the popular Kingston Artwalk Festival involving UNICEF, Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) and Kingston Creative to celebrate World Children's Day...
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Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, presents Kamili Forrester of Goshen Primary in St. Elizabeth with a gift basket and backpack with stationery for first place in the essay category of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Heritage Competition, during the awards ceremony at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston on December 10.
CultureYouth

Kamili Forrester Proud to be a JIS Heritage Competition Winner

Grade-six student at Goshen Primary School in St. Elizabeth, Kamili Forrester, entered the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Heritage Competition largely because she wanted to enhance her writing skills and test her ability. On December 10, she emerged winner of the essay category and copped the sectional prize for best entry submitted by 10-year-olds. “I feel very happy. I’m proud of...
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Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Enthrose Campbell (right), converses with Founder/Artistic Director, Ntukuma, The Storytelling Foundation of Jamaica, Dr. Amina Blackwood Meeks, who delivered the keynote address at the JIS Heritage Competition Awards Ceremony, held on Tuesday (December 10) at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel, in Kingston.
Culture

Students Urged to Embrace Their Jamaican Heritage

Students are being urged to embrace their Jamaican heritage, which can shape their identity, build unity and connect them to their past. The call comes from Founder/Artistic Director, Ntukuma, The Storytelling Foundation of Jamaica, Dr. Amina Blackwood Meeks, who delivered the keynote address during the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Heritage Competition Awards Ceremony, held on Tuesday (December 10), at the...
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