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More than 1,500 students across the island benefited from the new posters and other heritage materials that were donated by the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), during Heritage Week, which began on October 11. Speaking with JIS News today (October 17), Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the JIS, Mrs. Donna-Marie Rowe described the experience as one of a kind. "Our outreach...

The newly established Flagstaff Heritage Tours Visitor Centre, in St. James, was officially opened by Minister of Tourism, Honourable Edmund Bartlett, on October 15. It is expected that this venture will provide more employment opportunities for the residents, which should result in a better standard of living for all. The heritage tour features three trails from the town centre in...

Children are the most vulnerable members of society and in order for them to grow up and become positive contributing members, it is very important that they get a good start in life. No one is more aware of this than the members of a Canadian-based charitable organisation set up to serve the children of Jamaica, and its President Mrs....

Students at the Woodlawn School of Special Education, in Mandeville, Manchester, paid tribute to the National Heroes, on October 14, by rendering cultural items, as part of Heritage Day celebrations. The students, who are intellectually and physically challenged, sang, danced and performed skits to celebrate the nation's seven National Heroes. Also participating in the event were parents of the students,...

Thousands of students and teachers from various schools flocked the Seville Heritage Park, St. Ann's Bay, on Wednesday (October 14), for the Jamaica National Heritage Trust's (JNHT) annual Heritage Expo. The event was held in collaboration with the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), and sought to promote Jamaica's rich heritage through exhibitions, speech presentations, music, story telling, puppetry and dance....

Teachers and students of Wilson's Run Primary School, Trelawny, had their spirits lifted after receiving gifts of Heritage materials from the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) on Thursday (October 15). Wilson's Run Primary was thrust into the media spotlight recently, when a local television station carried news of the concerns of residents about the Ministry of Education providing more teachers for...

Executive Director of the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT), Mrs. Laleta Davis-Mattis, is encouraging Jamaicans to learn more about their history and culture by visiting heritage sites in their parish. Mrs. Davis-Mattis was speaking at the JIS weekly Think Tank held yesterday (October 14) at the agency's head office on Half-Way-Tree Road. She said the main focus for Heritage Week...

Twelve Caribbean nationals were yesterday (October 14) awarded Musgrave Medals by the Institute of Jamaica, in recognition of notable contributions in the literary, scientific and artistic fields. At the awards ceremony held at the Institute's lecture hall theatre in downtown Kingston, the Gold Medal was presented to Professor Maureen Warner Lewis for her contribution in the field of literature. A...

Restoration work, valued at some $72 million, is on-going at Fort Charles and the Historic Naval Hospital at the Port Royal National Heritage Site. The project is being financed under the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), with assistance from the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund. Executive Director of the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT), Laleta Davis-Mattis, said that...

On National Heroes Day, Monday (October 19), Director of the Jamaica Folk Revue, a Miami-based cultural group, Norma E. Darby, will be among Jamaicans receiving national honours from Governor-General, His Excellency the Most, Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, at Kings House. Mrs. Darby has been awarded the Badge of Honour for Meritorious Service by the Government, for service to Jamaica and...

For some 40 years, the Government of Jamaica has formally recognised those Jamaicans, who, by their service and contribution, have had a meaningful and significant impact on national life. Under the National Honours and Awards Act, promulgated on July 18, 1969, provision is made for those outstanding Jamaicans to be conferred with one of the honours of the Orders of...

A total of 104 outstanding Jamaicans, who have contributed to nation building, will be recognised at the National Honours and Awards Ceremony, on National Heroes Day, Monday, October 19, on the lawns of King's House in Kingston, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Heading the list of recipients this year is Professor Mervyn Eustace Morris, who will receive the Order of Merit...