Over the years the Ministry of Youth and Culture has facilitated the construction of a number of Youth Information Centres (YICs) across the island beginning in 2003, when the first YIC was opened in Edgewater, Portmore. Today, the Centre is celebrating its twelfth year anniversary by hosting a series of events throughout the months of July and August, where young...

The Ministry of Youth and Culture through partnership with the Youth Desk of the CARICOM Secretariat will be hosting a five day Train the Trainer (TOT) Workshop and Bankable Business Plan sessions from July 27-31, 2015 at the Council of Voluntary Social Services in Kingston. According to the Minister of Youth and Culture, the Honourable Lisa Hanna, the workshop will...

The Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC) is taking the message of productivity to the youth through its islandwide Sensitisation Programme. The programme is being offered through youth organisations, the National Youth Service and the Youth Information Centre. It seeks to provide participants with knowledge of productivity and its personal, social and economic benefits. Senior Communications Specialist at JPC, Tenneisha Nelson, told...

Minister of Youth and Culture, the Honourable Lisa Hanna has established the Strategic Repositioning of the Child Protection and Residential Sector (SRCPRS) task force, to oversee the strategic review of residential care in Jamaica for children. This task force is chaired by Mrs. Grace Ann Stewart McFarlane, Senior Director in the Children's Affairs Division of the Ministry of Youth and...

Youth and Culture Minister, Hon. Lisa Hanna, says the inscription of Jamaica’s renowned Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) prestigious World Heritage List (WHL) is expected to further boost the country’s heritage tourism product offerings. The inscription, which is Jamaica’s first site listing, was formally announced on July 3,...

July 3, 2015 is a Historic day for Jamaica and Jamaican people as our renowned Blue and John Crow Mountains was inscribed to UNESCO’s Prestigious World Heritage List. This is Jamaica’s first world heritage site. Today the UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee during its 39th session taking place in Bonn, Germany announced the inscription of the Blue and John Crow Mountains...

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) will stage the grand finals of its annual Jamaica Festival Song Competition this Saturday, July 4, at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre in Kingston. Ten finalists will face off at 8:00 p.m. in the contest the JCDC says is aimed at identifying a new and original song that reflects the spirit of the Jamaican...