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Located on the North Coast of the island, New Seville, in St. Ann, is said to be the place where one of the first encounters among the peoples of the Americas, Africa and Europe, took place. The 301-acre property, on which the Seville Great House/Heritage Park is situated, still has relics that tell a story about the people who inhabited...

Plans are far advanced for a civic ceremony to commemorate the 129th anniversary of the birth of National Hero, the Right Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, on February 24. The event will be held in Blenheim, Hanover, the birthplace of the National Hero. Members of the planning committee, comprising representatives from the Hanover Parish Council and the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission...

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna has announced measures by her ministry to address the welfare of juveniles remanded to correctional centres. Minister Hanna issued the statement following a visit, along with a team of child care practitioners and psychiatrists, to the juvenile sections of the Fort Augusta Correctional Centre in St. Catherine and the Horizon Remand Centre...

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, says she will be engaging the Maroon communities in a cultural mission for the protection of Jamaica’s children. “We want to engage Accompong and other Maroon communities to collaborate with the Government this year to initiate a cultural transformation in our country,” Minister Hanna said, as she addressed the 275th anniversary celebrations...

Work will get underway next month on the construction of a state-of-the-art library and computer centre in the community of Accompong in St. Elizabeth. The project is being funded by recording artiste and music producer, Mystic Bowie, a resident of the area, who is living overseas. Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony on Sunday (January 6), Minister of Education, Hon. Ronald...

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, has called on communities to return to traditional values, where children and the elderly receive support and protection as a cultural norm. The Minister, who has portfolio responsibility for children, noted that the modern society has departed from traditional values that once held communities together, and that many parents have left their...

The Centre of Excellence programme is achieving success in improving the performance of students in six upgraded high schools, many of whom were functioning below grade level. University of the West Indies (UWI) Lecturer and consultant to the programme, Dr. Joan Ernandez, says that while the targeted institutions are reporting different results, they are moving in the right direction.  “We...

The Seville Heritage Park in St. Ann has reopened after extensive restoration works by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT), just in time for the start of the winter tourist season. A popular heritage attraction for students and visitors, the site had been closed since April 2011 to facilitate rehabilitation of the great house and install a multimedia interactive attraction....

On January 6, hundreds of Jamaicans and overseas visitors will once again travel to Accompong, St. Elizabeth, to experience a taste of the Maroon culture. There, they will spend significant sums of money in the community as they learn more about its people and their rich heritage. It is experiences such as this that has given hope to the younger...

Youngsters at the Homestead Child Care Facility in Stony Hill, St. Andrew, were afforded the opportunity to interact informally with Youth and Culture Minister, Hon. Lisa Hanna, during her surprise visit to the institution on Friday December 21. The wards were treated to musical renditions courtesy of the Glenmuir High School Choir, much to the delight of many who rocked...

Twenty young people from the community of Sligoville, St. Catherine, are now certified tour guides, after completing a two-week training course under the Tourism Product Development Company's (TPDCO) Team Jamaica Tour Guide Programme. The initiative, which was piloted by the Sligoville Heritage Foundation, was the central component of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Youth Poverty Alleviation...

More than 200 at-risk youths have completed a six month on-the-job training programme under the Citizen Security and Justice Programme II (CSJP II), in partnership with the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF). The participants, who are from a total of 25 CSJP communities in the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA) and Montego Bay, provided skilled labour to the JDF in the areas...