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Director and Curator of Liberty Hall, Dr. Donna McFarlane, speaking at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

Several Activities to Celebrate 100th Anniversary of UNIA

The life and work of Jamaica’s first National Hero, the Right Excellent Marcus Garvey, will be the main focus of the 100th anniversary celebrations of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). Mr. Garvey founded the UNIA on July 20, 1914,...

Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna. (FILE)

Minister Hanna appoints Children’s Home Review Committee

Executive Director of the National Youth Service (NYS), Melvin Smith, telling JIS News about a book drive to assist children’s homes.

NYS Begins Book Drive for Children’s Homes

Registrar of the Office of the Children’s Registry, Greig Smith addressing a recent JIS Think Tank.

OCR Issues Warning: Leaving Children Without Adult Supervision is a Crime

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

Impact of Garveyism for Conversation on July 20

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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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The 100th Anniversary of the UNIA

The Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) was founded on July 20, 1914 when Marcus Garvey recruited its first member, Miss Amy Ashwood, and held the organization’s first meeting at 121 Orange Street in Kingston. A month later the UNIA began holding weekly public meetings at the Collegiate Hall on Church Street and by 1920 the UNIA was the largest pan...

Executive Director of the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), Anne Marie Bonner, speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank held on July 16 at the agency’s head office in Kingston.

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Institute of Jamaica Seeking to Attract More Visitors

The Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) is putting in place a number of measures to attract more visitors to its East Street complex, downtown Kingston. These include adding a Saturday opening day and introducing new programmes and activities for children and adults. Executive Director of the IOJ, Anne Marie Bonner, said that members of the public can now visit the Institute...

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (second right), is presented with a photograph by Mikhail Henry (second left) of Glenmuir High School, during the Jamaica National (JN) Resolution Project awards ceremony at the Olympia Gallery in Kingston on July 15. Also sharing the moment are: General Manager, JN Foundation, Saffrey Brown; and Chairman, JNBS Foundation, Earl Jarrett. Mikhail got first and third place prizes in the Best Body Image category for his submissions ‘Disjointed Reflections’ and ‘Ready to Lead.’

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Glenmuir High Student Tops JN Photo Award Competition

Glenmuir High School’s Jodi Morgan has copped the coveted Best Photo Award in the 2013/2014 Jamaica National Resolution Project. Her photo, ‘The Real Me’, was selected as the top piece from more than 200 entries from students across the island, who entered the 10th staging of the annual competition. The 18 year old also walked away with the prizes for...

Contestants in the 2014 Jamaica Festival Queen Competition. The coronation will take place on Saturday, July 19, at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre, in Kingston.

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Jamaica to Crown Festival Queen on July 19

On Saturday, July 19, 13 talented young women will grace the stage at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre, in Kingston, to vie for the national title of Miss Jamaica Festival Queen, under the theme: ‘Jamaican Women…Shaping our Culture and our Nation’. The competition has become one of the main platforms for young women who want to contribute to nation building,...

Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Delroy Gordon, speaking about activities for Jamaica Festival 2014 at a JIS Think Tank held on Wednesday, July 9, at the agency’s head office in Kingston.

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More Than 1,000 Persons Discovered Through the Big Stage

More than 1,000 persons have been discovered by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) during ‘The Big Stage’ community talent searches. The Big Stage is one of the redesigned programmes of Jamaica Festival 2014, which showcases talents through community searches. Participants can advance to the Parish Finals when two top performers will be selected for the National Big Stage Finals...

Minister of Youth and Culture, the Honourable Lisa Hanna, MP interacting with performers from International Youth Fellowship (IYF) during the launch of the revitalised Jamaica Festival in June.

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Seventh Day Adventist Church Joins Revitalised Emancipation Celebrations

The Jamaica Union Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist Church has accepted the invitation of the Ministry of Youth and Culture to participate in the celebration of Emancipation as part of the revitalised Jamaica Festival. Emancipation Day, celebrated on August 1, commemorates the abolition of slavery in Jamaica in 1834. Seventh Day Adventist Churches across Jamaica will hold vigils beginning...