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The induction of 22 new Youth Ambassadors should help to ensure that the voices of Jamaican youths will be heard more strongly on the national and international stage. The young people, aged 18 to 26, were recently inducted at King’s House, where they received the charge and instruments of office from the Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick...

Field Services Director with the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC),  Marjorie Leyden-Vernon says plans for  a civic ceremony to commemorate 127th birthday of  National Hero, the Right Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, on February 24, is well advanced. The ceremony will be held at Blenheim, in the parish of Hanover,  the birthplace of the National Hero.  In an interview with JIS...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness says culture is a vital aspect of Jamaica’s national heritage and its continued incorporation into the education system is essential. “We have to therefore use the tools of culture, use our creativity to infuse that into our curriculum so that it gets directly to the minds of the students,” Minister Holness said. He was...

Twenty-two young persons were presented with instruments of office, to begin their two-year tenure as Youth Ambassadors for Jamaica, on Tuesday February 8. The Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, assisted by the Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, presented the instruments to the Youth Ambassadors, at the ceremony in the Tea Garden at...

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Olivia Grange, has called on the country’s youth ambassadors to become agents of change and to develop practical and sustainable plans that will have an impact on young people. “Create linkages and partnerships that can benefit the youth of this country. Don’t just become people who talk, become agents of change. You have been...

A series of programmes celebrating Reggae’s impact on the British music, culture and society will be aired on the BBC 4 television, beginning on February 11. The programmes are a part of the BBC 4 Britannia series and will show how Reggae came from Jamaica in the 1960s to influence, over the next 20 years, both British music and society....

Jamaicans can enjoy free concerts on Wednesday evenings in February, at the Edna Manley College of Performing Arts, in Kingston, as part of activities to celebrate Reggae Month 2011, under the theme: ‘From Di Root…To Di World’. The concerts will be held on February 9, 16 and 23, beginning at 7:00 p.m.  This  Wednesday’s concert, labeled ‘Classical Rhythms’ will feature...

Toronto's new Mayor, Rob Ford, has continued the trend of his predecessors by proclaiming February 6 as Bob Marley Day. This is the 20th year, and Mayor Ford, who was elected in October 2010, is the sixth Toronto Mayor to officially proclaim the day. The Proclamation was read at a ceremony held on Thursday, February 3, at Toronto City Hall,...

The deadline for submission of applications in the dance, music, speech, drama and traditional folk forms of the 2011 Festival of the Performing Arts and Children’s Gospel Song Competitions, has been extended to Friday, February 11. Programme Director at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Dorrett Thaxter, said the date has been extended to allow more persons to enter the...

KINGSTON — The Male Desk at the Bureau of Women’s Affairs is in the process of developing an action plan to address critical issues relating to men. In her 2010/11 Sectoral presentation in the House of Representatives on February 2, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, said the desk, established in April 2009, serves to enhance the...

Jamaica’s lead community development agency, the Social Development Commission (SDC), is being reorganized so that it can provide greater service to communities and citizens. The Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, who has portfolio responsibility for the SDC, informed yesterday (February 2) that the agency’s regional structure is being transformed into a parish arrangement in an effort...

A youth advisory council is to be set up, with the appointed members to meet with Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange on a quarterly basis, to review priority policies and programme geared at youth development. Minister Grange, who made the announcement during her contribution to the 2010/11 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives yesterday (February...