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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...

With Restorative and Community Justice (RCJ) Week 2011 coming to a close on the weekend, Justice Reform Co-ordinator in the Ministry of Justice,  Beverley Little, is   appealing  to  persons to support the Grand Gala Concert at Emancipation Park on Saturday, February 5. "This concert will feature several top local artistes and promises to be a fun filled family event. So...

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, has disclosed that the country's first ever National Youth Survey will be completed by the end of this financial year. She described the survey, which is being done in collaboration with the Statistical Institute of Jamaica, as a "road map to developing evidence-based policies for the nation's youth". The Youth Minister,...

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...

Archival materials belonging to Jamaica’s late Ambassador of Culture, Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley (Miss Lou), will be turned over to McMaster University, located in Hamilton, Canada. The presentation will take place on Sunday, February 13, during an event dubbed, ‘Walk Good: A Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Miss Lou', which will be held at McMaster University’s DeGroote School of...

Jamaica's High Commissioner to Canada, Her Excellency Sheila Sealy Monteith, has called on Jamaicans in Canada to start planning events to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Jamaica's Independence in 2012. Speaking recently with Jamaicans living in Montreal, the High Commissioner urged them to put in place an organising committee to lead the planning and implementation of the activities “to mark...

The internationally acclaimed National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica (NDTC) returns to South Florida on February 13 for a special one night performance at the Coral Springs Center for the Performing Arts. The performance, in observance of Black History Month in February, will pay tribute to late Vice Chancellor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Rex...