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The Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture (MYSC), in collaboration with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will be hosting the first Forum of Ministers Responsible for Social and Sustainable Development in the Caribbean at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston from January 24-26, 2010. The forum will bring together Ministers, public authorities, experts and representatives...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture (MYSC), Faith Innerarity, emphasises the importance of the first Forum of Ministers Responsible for Social and Sustainable Development in the Caribbean that will be hosted at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel from January 24 - 26, 2010. The occasion was a JIS Think Tank session today (Jan. 19) at the agency's...

Entries for the 2010 Festival of the Arts competitions organised by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) are now being accepted. Individuals, schools and community groups, who wish to enter the Performing Arts competitions in dance, music, drama, traditional folk forms and speech, as well as the National Children's Gospel Competition, must do so by Friday, January 29. The deadline...

All parents or family members, whose child has been missing for two years or more, are asked to contact the Missing Children's Support Programme. The programme is operated by the Hear the Children's Cry Committee. Please call 929-0431 or 822-0483, or e-mail hearchildrencry@yahoo.com, or write or go to the office at 48 Constant Spring Road, Kingston 10. This information will...

Governor-General His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, has said that the celebration of 'Jamaica Day' in schools is an ideal way to instil the spirit of nationalism in citizens that is necessary for the social development of the country. "Jamaica Day provides a good opportunity for all Jamaicans to partner with young people to help define and create...

The Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) is in the process of revising the Act which governs the protection of the island's heritage. The Trust has been embarking on a series of island wide consultations with members of the public on the proposed amendments to the JNHT Act in a bid to make it stronger and more effective. The JNHT has...

American born R&B songstress, Erykah Badu, will make her second performance in Jamaica on Friday, January 29, at the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival in The Greenfield stadium, Trelawny. Erykah Badu burst onto the music scene with a highly anticipated and critically acclaimed 1997 debut album, Baduizm. That album debuted at #2 on the Billboard charts, and its lead single...

Hundreds of persons flocked the Maroon Town, Accompong, St. Elizabeth, on Wednesday January 6 for the annual heritage celebrations, characterised by the usual traditional dances, music, rituals, feast, speeches and the blowing of the Abeng. The date marks the anniversary of the birth of Cudjoe (Kojo), the most powerful and important Maroon leader of the 18th century, whose successful exploits...

The Office of the Children's Advocate (OCA) continued to assist in protecting the nation's children by intervening in matters related to the infringement of their rights throughout 2008/2009. According to the OCA's annual report for the period, the office closed 43 of the 83 cases, which were brought forward from the previous year, and 40 are at various stages of...

The annual Alligator Pond regatta, with boat races as the main attraction, was revived on January 1, 2010. This event, which began in Manchester some 20 years ago as a New Year's Day spectacle, had been reduced to a fragmented activity, with no boat races. Programmes Co-ordinator at the Manchester Parish Development Committee, Ms. Angela Lawrence, told JIS News that...

About 20 children, who are patients of the Cornwall Regional Hospital's (CRH) Paediatric Ward, received a pleasant surprise, Wednesday (December 30), when Pastors from the United Children's Ministry visited and showered them with carols, prayers and gifts. The event was part of the Ministry's annual Christmas visit to schools, hospitals and childcare institutions across Jamaica. This is done in partnership...

On Wednesday, January 6, thousands of Jamaica and a few in-the-know foreigners will travel to St. Elizabeth to partake in one of the country's best kept secrets - the annual Maroon Festival in Accompong. The day usually starts with a ceremony paying respect to Maroon ancestors at the Peace Cave, which is thought to be the site of the signing...