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Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (right), in discussion with the Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission , Delroy Gordon (centre) and Bishop Delford Davis (left), representing the Jamaica Association of Full Gospel Churches, after the Emancipation and Independence Thanksgiving Church service, held on July 27 at the Church of the Open Bible, in Kingston.
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (right), in discussion with the Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission , Delroy Gordon (centre) and Bishop Delford Davis (left), representing the Jamaica Association of Full Gospel Churches, after the Emancipation and Independence Thanksgiving Church service, held on July 27 at the Church of the Open Bible, in Kingston.

Culture Minister Thanks Past Leaders

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, has thanked past Jamaican leaders and those who have helped “to fashion our sense of who we are and our national identify.” “We are also thankful for the lessons of those who...
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, addresses the Jamaica Teachers
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, addresses the Jamaica Teachers' Association Co-operative Credit Union Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) bursary awards function, held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston, on July 25.

JTA Credit Union Awards Bursaries to Outstanding GSAT Students
Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Board Chairman, Aston Cooke (right), presents an award to Tashauna ‘Shauna’ Williams (left), after she was announced the first Big Stage National winner at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre in Kingston on Sunday, July 20.
Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Board Chairman, Aston Cooke (right), presents an award to Tashauna ‘Shauna’ Williams (left), after she was announced the first Big Stage National winner at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre in Kingston on Sunday, July 20.

‘Big Stage’ Winners Elated
Executive Director of the National Gallery of Jamaica, Dr. Veerle Poupeye.
Executive Director of the National Gallery of Jamaica, Dr. Veerle Poupeye.

National Gallery to be Developed into State-Of-The-Art Facility
Director and Curator of Liberty Hall, Dr. Donna McFarlane, speaking at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.
Director and Curator of Liberty Hall, Dr. Donna McFarlane, speaking at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

Several Activities to Celebrate 100th Anniversary of UNIA

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Experience Jamaica on National Family Day

The Ministry of Youth and Culture has partnered with the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment to give Jamaican families an opportunity to experience dozens of hotels, sites and attractions at discounted rates on National Family Day, August 2, 2014. The Minister of Youth and Culture, the Honourable Lisa Hanna, MP who announced Family Day as one of the features of...
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Jamaica Festival Live Music Tuesdays Gets Underway

Jamaica Festival will this evening roll into the parishes of St. Mary, Portland and St. Ann as Live Music Tuesdays gets into high gear. As part of the redesigned Jamaica Festival programme, Live Music Tuesdays aims to develop live band music across the island, through the unearthing and showcasing of what is popularly known as ‘duppy bands’.    ‘Duppy bands’ typically...
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National Finals of Gospel Song Competition July 27

The National Finals of the Jamaica Gospel Song Competition will be held on Sunday, July 27 at 7:00 p.m., at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre, under the theme: ‘Moving Forward’. Subject Specialist for Gospel and Church Services at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Leighton Jones, said final preparations for the show are in high gear. “We’re doing well, the...
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Ancestral Kumina Drum Repatriated to Jamaica

The Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna, MP has received a Jamaican ‘cyas’ drum used in the Kumina religion, which had been in the United States for a quarter of a century. The drum which belonged to the late Kumina leader Imogene ‘Queenie’ Kennedy had been in the possession of the Smithsonian Institute’s Director of Cultural Heritage...
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JCDC Launches Electronic Version of Winning Short Stories

The electronic version of ‘Gold Anthology’, a collection of gold medal winning short stories from the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Festival was launched on July 22. This collection, which was launched in book format in November last year, features top entries from 1999 and 2006, with contributions from Dionne Jackson Miller, Rudolph Wallace, Michael Record and Carroll Edwards, among...
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Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna. (FILE)
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Minister Hanna appoints Children’s Home Review Committee

The Minister of Youth and Culture, the Honourable Lisa Hanna, MP has appointed a committee to review the operations of children’s homes in light of the unauthorised implementation of sexual education programmes in six privately-operated residential care facilities by the group Jamaicans for Justice. The Review Committee will be led by Chair of the Child Development Agency Advisory Board, Mrs...
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Executive Director of the National Youth Service (NYS), Melvin Smith, telling JIS News about a book drive to assist children’s homes.
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NYS Begins Book Drive for Children’s Homes

The National Youth Service (NYS) has partnered with several entities to begin a book drive, which involves the collection and donation of books to libraries and reading rooms in children’s homes. Persons are being encouraged to participate in the project by donating new and gently used books suitable for children between 3 and 18 years of age. The books should...
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