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The third annual Louise Bennett-Coverley (Miss Lou) Reading Festival takes place next Saturday (January 30) at 2:00 p.m., at the Broward County South Regional Library, in Pembroke Pines, Florida. This event marks the launch of activities at that Library celebrating February as Black History Month. This year's celebration is titled, 'Miss Lou and wi kulcha (culture)' and will include a...

Kingston, January 28, 2010 - The Honourable Olivia Grange, MP, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture has expressed her concern upon learning that Professor Rex Nettleford had fallen ill in the United States. Minister Grange told Professor Nettleford's family that she was "hoping for his speedy recovery to full health. I will keep him in my prayers." Professor Nettleford is...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has congratulated the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) on its latest advertising campaign featuring international sprinter, Ambassador Usain Bolt. In his address at the launch yesterday (January 25) at the Devonshire, Devon House in Kingston, the Prime Minister said that promoting the people of the country was the best way to promote the destination. "Marcus...

Young people from Mandeville in Manchester supported the Jamaica Information Service's (JIS) Haiti relief effort on Saturday (January 23), staging a 'One Million Can Walk for Haiti' fundraising drive in the Manchester capital. The youngsters were drawn from Young Women with a Purpose (Y-WoP) founded by Manchester Festival Queen 2009, Lanisia Rhoden, and A Brighter Day Foundation, a non-profit organisation...

Over 30 dignitaries, officials and delegates from 14 regional countries are currently in Jamaica participating in the inaugural Forum of Ministers with responsibility for Social and Sustainable Development in the Caribbean, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, between January 24 and 26. The forum, being held under the theme: 'Social Development Strategies for the Caribbean Youth in the context...

All is in place for the 14th staging of the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival from January 28 to 30, which, for the first time this year, will be held at the Greenfield Stadium in Trelawny. Executive Producer of the festival, Walter Elmore, told JIS News that with the start of the festival just days away, preparations are well advanced....

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...