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MANDEVILLE — Mayfield All Age School, in St. Elizabeth, celebrated its first Jamaica Day on April 20, with support from parents and the business community, and a special session by Story Teller, Amina Blackwood-Meeks. The day began with a ceremonial flag-raising ceremony, with the students being given reminders of the symbolic meaning of hoisting the Jamaican flag. This was followed...

KINGSTON — The process of transforming young minds and instilling in them, positive values and attitudes, which would steer them from a life of crime, should start in the home, says Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Reginald Budhan. He said that a lot of the interpersonal conflicts, which lead to crime and violence, can be...

KINGSTON — The focus for this year's National Labour Day will be the children, with the theme: 'It takes a village to raise a child'. Labour Day 2011, which will be observed on Monday, May 23, will have 14 national projects - 12 parishes and two municipalities (KSAC and Portmore). Principal Director, Entertainment and Culture at the Ministry of Youth,...

KINGSTON — This year's commemoration of Intellectual Property (IP) Week will feature a workshop for visual artists, staged by the copyright licencing agency, JAMCOPY, at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, on Thursday April 28. Chair of the National Advocacy Committee, Graphic Artists Guild, in the United States, Lisa Shaftel, will be the main presenter. She will speak on matters...

OCHO RIOS — The Jamaica International Kite Festival on Easter Monday April 25, saw thousands of locals and visitors enjoying the gusty winds at the Richmond Estates, St. Ann. Organizing Committee member, Courtney Wallace, told JIS News that the event has proven itself to be the mega one for the Easter weekend on the North Coast, attracting thousands of visitors...

The Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, the Honourable Olivia Grange has described the performance of the Jamaica team at the 2011 Carifta Games as "simply fantastic". The three-day Carifta Games ended yesterday at the Montego Bay Sports Complex in St. James. Minister Grange said: “The entire country can be very proud of the performance of the Jamaican team.  The...

The Government has included $50 million in the budget of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) to establish a secretariat to co-ordinate the legacy aspects of the Jamaica 50 celebrations planned for 2012. Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia “Babsy” Grange, under whose portfolio the JCDC falls, says that the secretariat will ensure that legacies, both tangible and...

KINGSTON — Some $294.2 million is to be used this fiscal year, to fully implement civil works, and officially hand over the Simon Bolivar Cultural Centre at North parade, downtown Kingston.        The project, which is provided for under the Venezuelan Investment Fund (BANDES), is being implemented by the Urban Development Corporation (UDC). It aims to expand and develop...

KINGSTON — The Government will continue to collaborate with the United Nation’s International Children’s Educational Fund (UNICEF) to increase youth access to quality information, skills and services to reduce the risk of HIV infection in 2011/12. The effort will be financed through an allocation of $16.7 million to the Youth Empowerment and Participation Programme in the 2011/12 Estimates of Expenditure,...

KINGSTON — Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, yesterday April 19 presented an elated Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, with the Edna Manley piece, ‘The Trees Are Joyful’, which was recovered and turned in to his Ministry, yesterday. The prized sculpture was stolen from Unity House in Runaway Bay, St. Ann, last week....

Jamaica joins the rest of the world in marking Monday, April 18 as the International Day for Monuments and Sites. The day has been celebrated since 1982 when it was first adopted by UNESCO. The theme for this year is the ‘Cultural Heritage of Water’. Here in Jamaica, our bodies of water have played an integral role in development. This...

MIAMI — International reggae artist, Orville "Shaggy" Burrell is the 2011 recipient of International Humanitarian Award presented by the American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ). He was recognised for his contribution to the health of children in Jamaica through his Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation. Making the presentation at the annual Peacock Soiree, held last Saturday April 9 at Jungle Island...