National Museum Jamaica (NMJ), a division of the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), held its annual Primary Exit Profile (PEP) lecture on Tuesday, March 26, to assist primary-level students to prepare for the upcoming curriculum-based test on April 24 and 25. The lecture, held at the IOJ lecture hall on East Street in downtown Kingston, was delivered by teacher at the...

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States and Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS), Her Excellency Audrey Marks, places a floral tribute at the bust of Jamaica's First National Hero, the Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, in the Hall of Heroines and Heroes at the OAS in Washington DC on March 18. Occasion was a ceremony to mark...

Permanent Secretary in Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Dean-Roy Bernard, presenting the Michael Cook Prize for Poetry to Nikki Windross. Occasion was the ‘Poetry in Bloom’ World Poetry Day Awards to celebrate 10 years of the Poet Laureate of Jamaica Programme, hosted by the National Library of Jamaica at Devon House in Kingston, on Thursday (March 21).

Jamaicans and Indian nationals will celebrate Holi Festival at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Old Hope Road, Kingston 7, on Sunday, March 24. Holi is an annual Hindu Festival of Colours, celebrated in India and across the world to welcome the Spring season. This year, the festival falls on Monday, March 25; however, it will be celebrated in Jamaica on Sunday,...

The Arts is a catalyst for health, as it can help in moments when you are feeling down, says Director of Marketing and Communications at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, Coleen Douglas. Addressing the eighth staging of the National Culture Clubs Conference recently, at the Roof Terrace of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), speaks with Ambassador of the Republic of Suriname to Jamaica, Wendy Manushka Paulus-Aminta (right), while members of the Jamaican and Surinamese delegations listen. Occasion was a courtesy call on the Minister at her offices in Kingston on Wednesday (March 13).

The Government will commence implementing the Jamaica Entertainment and Creative Practitioners health and personal accident and life insurance programmes in fiscal year 2024/25. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, made the disclosure during Wednesday’s (March 6) meeting of the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives, whose members are reviewing the 2024/25 Estimates of Expenditure....