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The Marcus Garvey Youth Information Centre (YIC) is slated to open tomorrow (Aug. 19) in St. Ann. The facility, named in honour of the late National Hero and son of St. Ann, will be sited at the Marcus Garvey Skills Training Centre in the parish. It is a project of the National Centre for Youth Development (NCYD), which is the...

As the international community marks the 123rd anniversary of the birth of Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey today (Aug.17), Chairman of the St. Ann Homecoming and Heritage Foundation, Herbert Murdock is urging residents of the parish to share their knowledge of the National Hero with their children and grandchildren. "We need to tell our children and grandchildren that Marcus Garvey...

Jamaicans in New York celebrated the nation's 48th year of Independence at the annual anniversary ball held on Saturday (Aug. 14) at the Hilton Hotel in New York City. Organised by Jamaican Independence Celebration Foundation Inc., under the patronage of Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, the black tie event attracted some 600 Jamaican nationals and friends...

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon Olivia Grange, has extended an invitation to Jamaicans living overseas to start planning to be in Jamaica for the country's 50th anniversary of independence in 2012. Miss Grange was addressing more than 800 Jamaicans and friends of Jamaica from the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan who attended Saturday night's (August 14) grand ball,...

Jamaicans in the United Kingdom (UK) are being urged to support the Mary Seacole memorial statue appeal, which is seeking to place a permanent monument to the Jamaican Crimean War heroine, outside the Houses of Parliament at Westminster in London. High Commissioner to the UK, His Excellency Anthony Johnson, made the appeal yesterday (Aug.15), as he addressed the fifth annual...

Jamaica's Honorary Consul to Pennsylvania, Dr. Alston Meade, has said that the celebration of the country's 48th anniversary of Independence was a fitting occasion to reflect on its sterling achievements. "Independence, perhaps more so than any other occasion, is a time for reflection on where we are as a nation, where we have been and where we are going," he...

Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, was today (August 12) presented with the first copy of the new Child Health and Development Passport, ahead of its official launch on August 18. The health passport, which forms an integral part of the country's National Strategic Health Plan, is slated for implementation on September 1. The project is being carried out in...

The Broward County South Regional Library, in Pembroke Pines, will continue its salute to Jamaica's 48th anniversary of Independence this Saturday (August 14), with a book launch and discussion, and signing by Chairman of the Asafa Powell Foundation, Delano Franklyn. Mr. Franklyn will present excerpts from two of his recently authored publications - 'Michael Manley: The Politics of Equality' (2009)...

Residents of Portland turned out on Independence Day (August 6), to participate in a civic ceremony, held in the Port Antonio town square. The event was organised by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), to observe the country's 48th anniversary of independence. Addressing the function, Mayor of Port Antonio, Councillor Floyd Patterson said Jamaicans should reflect on the sacrifices made...

Jamaicans in New York observed the country's 48th year of independence, at a Thanksgiving Service, held at the Beulah Church of the Nazarene, in Brooklyn, on Sunday, August 8. "The spirit of independence can never die," Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding said in a message to the Jamaican community, read by Consul General in New York, Mrs. Geneive Brown...

The Jamaican Embassy in Washington, D.C. was abuzz with activities over the 48th independence anniversary week-end. Jamaican Festival Songs filled the air, against a backdrop of videos featuring grand gala events of previous years, providing a real treat in which everyone was able to savour the country's culture. Jamaica's Alternate Representative to the OAS, Ann Scott (second from left), explains...

The Miami skyline was a sight to see from August 6 to 9, as the landmark Miami Tower stayed illuminated in the colours of the Jamaican flag - black, green and gold - in commemoration of Jamaica's 48th anniversary of Independence. The landmark Miami Tower shines in Jamaican colours Located at International Place, in downtown Miami, the Tower was illuminated...