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Poet Laureate of South Africa, Professor Keorapetse Kgositsile (centre), in discussion with Acting High Commissioner, John Clarke (left) and Poet Laureate of Jamaica, Professor Mervyn Morris, following the Poetry Reading, on September 6, in Pretoria.

Jamaican and South African Poet Laureates Share Stage

South Africans and Jamaicans were treated to a symbolic and historic event on September 6 in Pretoria, as Poet Laureates of Jamaica and South Africa, Professor Mervyn Morris and Professor Keorapetse Kgositsile respectively, shared the stage at the National Library,...

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (left), signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide $5 million in scholarships to students of the college, under the Access to Higher Education Partnership (AHEP) programme, on Thursday (September 11) on the grounds of the college. Other signatories are Board Member of the National Youth Service (NYS), Rev. Lenworth Sterling (centre); and Chairman of Brown's Town Community College, Dr. Michael Whittingham.

Government Launches Scholarship Programme at Brown’s Town Community College

Senior Acting Programmes Director in the Ministry of Youth and Culture, Miguel Williams (left), is in discussion with Chairman of the Possibility Programme, Robert Gibbs; and Director of the Possibility Programme, Lolita Phillips (right), at the opening of a reading room at the Goodwin Park Boys Hostel on South Camp Road on September 8. The books were collected through the National Youth Service’s (NYS) Summer Programme book drive.

Goodwin Park Boys Hostel Gets Reading Room

Youth and Culture Minister, Hon. Lisa Hanna (left seated), signs a copy of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) formalizing implementation of the Ministry’s Access to Higher Education Partnership Programme (AHEPP) at the College of Agriculture, Science, and Education (CASE), during signing Wednesday’s (September 3) signing ceremony at the institution, in Portland. The programme, being administered by the National Youth Service (NYS), will see 50 scholarships, valued $100,000 each per annum, being awarded to students deemed in need of assistance to finance their tuition and other associated expenses. Also signing are: CASE Board Chairman, Ambassador Derrick Heaven (centre, seated); and NYS Board member, Lorenzo Ellis (right, seated). Observing the formalities, from left, are: CASE President, Rev. Dr. Mary Nichols; College Guidance Counsellor, Bishop Joslyn Williams; Principal Director, Technical Services, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Peter Thompson (partly hidden); and NYS Community Services Director, Omar Newell.

Youth Ministry Provides $15M in Tertiary Level Scholarships

Late cultural icon, Dr. the Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley, will be honoured at a special tribute concert on September 7.

‘An Evening with Miss Lou’ Tribute Concert on September 7

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National Secondary Students Council Nomination Deadline Extended

The National Secondary Students Council (NSSC) has extended the nomination period for positions on its executive body to Tuesday, September 30, 2014. The NSSC is the Umbrella Organization for Students’ Councils across Jamaica and represents over 300,000 students in all public secondary institutions. The NSSC is a student advocacy movement which seeks to promote student interests and rights, while encouraging...

Registrar, Office of the Children’s Registry, Greig Smith, addressing a press conference, held at the Office of the Prime Minister, on September 3.

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Missing Children Down

The Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) is reporting a decline of 19 per cent in the number of children reported missing for the period January to June 2014, when compared to the corresponding period in 2013. This was disclosed by Registrar of the OCR, Mr. Greig Smith, during a press conference held at the Office of the Prime Minister,...

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‘An Evening With Miss Lou’ Celebration Set For September 7

A celebration themed, “An Evening With Miss Lou” to honour the life and work of Jamaica’s cultural icon will be held on the 95th anniversary of her birth, Sunday, September 7 at the Louise Bennett Garden Theatre, 36 Hope Road in Kingston. Organized by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), an agency of the Ministry of Youth and Culture, the...

Executive Director of the Caribbean Development for the Arts, Sports and Culture Foundation and Chairman of the Organizing Committee, Mr. Garnett Reid (right) in discussion with (from left), Chairman of the Caribbean Development for the Arts, Sports and Culture Foundation, Miss Merline Daley; Deputy Chairman, Dr. Horace Phillips and Chairman of the Selection Committee, Caribbean Hall of Fame Awards for Excellence, Dr. Jean Small, at the launch of the Caribbean Hall of Fame Awards for Excellence, held at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston, on August 28.

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Nominations Open for Caribbean Hall of Fame Awards

Nominations are open for the 12th Caribbean Hall of Fame Awards for Excellence 2014, in the categories of the Arts, Music, Culture and Sports. The awards are hosted by the Caribbean Development for the Arts, Sports and Culture Foundation, a non-governmental organization (NGO). It is expected that 30 Caribbean nationals will be honoured for their contributions in the fields of...

The Young Lions Drummers show off the skills that brought them gold medals in the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s (JCDC) 2014 Festival of the Arts competition, at a civic ceremony commemorating the 127th anniversary of the birth of the Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, held on August 17 at Lawrence Park in St. Ann.

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Garvey Has Left Jamaica A Template For Development – Taylor

University of the West Indies (UWI) lecturer, Dr Orville Taylor, says that National Hero, the Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey has left Jamaica a template for national development, which is still relevant today. He was delivering the keynote address at the civic ceremony commemorating the 127th anniversary of Garvey’s birth and his 50th year as National Hero, held on August...

Director and Curator, Jamaica Music Museum, Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), Herbie Miller.

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Independence Signature Conversations a Success

After the successful staging of this year’s Independence Signature Conversations, there is a call for the event to be an annual one. ‘Signature Conversations’ was one of the programmes that the Ministry of Youth and Culture introduced for Jamaica Festival 2014 and involved a series of free public discussion sessions during the months of July and August, to inform and...

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon Lisa Hanna, addresses the civic ceremony marking the 127th anniversary of the birth of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Marcus Garvey, held at Lawrence Park in St Ann’s Bay on Sunday, August 17. She implored Jamaicans to “ensure that at all times, we remember Garvey.”

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Garvey Was Ahead Of His Time

Jamaica’s first National Hero, the Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, has been described as a man ahead of his time, who would have had greater impact on world events, had he been part of this generation. Speaking at the civic ceremony commemorating the 127th anniversary of the birth of Mr. Garvey, and his 50th year as National Hero, at Lawrence...