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Jamaicans can attend a digital arts festival, free of cost this coming weekend. The two-day festival, designed to showcase cutting edge technology used in enhancing the fine arts, is being hosted by the Creative Production and Training Centre (CPTC). Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the CPTC, Angela Patterson, says that the Jamaica Digital Arts Festival is a combined fun day...

Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Desmond McKenzie, has reaffirmed the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation's (KSAC) commitment to preserve the city's intangible cultural heritage. He cited efforts to restore the Ward Theatre, preservation of National Hero, Marcus Garvey's legacy at Liberty Hall, and the establishment of the Simon Bolivar Cultural Centre as evidence of the cultural development of downtown Kingston. The...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, has called on local government authorities to make more use of culture in promoting economic activities. He was addressing the opening ceremony of the international local government conference of the Intercity Tangible Cultural Co-operation Network (IICCN), today (September 15), in downtown, Kingston. Noting that the Caribbean had an enormously powerful heritage that was as...

The Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon Sir Patrick Allen, Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding and His Worship the Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Desmond Mckenzie, are to attend the Inter-city Intangible Cultural Co-operation Network (ICCN) International Workshop's opening at the Jamaica Conference Centre Kingston at nine Tuesday morning (September 15). The workshop, being held under the theme, 'Local Government...

An all day workshop, which focusses on teaching young people how to create a vision to achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals and the Organisation of American States (OAS) Human Prosperity Goals, is being organised for 75 National Secondary School Student Council (NSSC) leaders, youth ambassadors, and members of community youth organisations and the National Parent Teachers Association of...

Festival Queen for Clarendon, Zuleika Jess, brought cheer to paediatric patients at the May Pen Hospital on Monday (Sept. 7), when she visited the facility as part of her social outreach programme. Miss Jess, who was accompanied on her visit by Cultural Organiser for the parish, Matthew Lawrence, toured the Paediatric Ward, where she read to and played with the...

His Worship the Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Desmond McKenzie, has said that the upcoming Intercity Intangible Cultural Co-operation Network (ICCN) Conference, scheduled for September 15-17 at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, will give the City a boost in showcasing its rich cultural heritage. "We are hoping that Kingston will be seen not just as the commercial centre of...

The Somerset community in Manchester received the top prize of $500,000, in the recently held Digicel Best Community Competition. The Social Development Commission (SDC) facilitated event saw 27 communities entering the competition, with last year's third placed participant, Somerset, coming out on top. Community Development Officer of the SDC, Shamarrah Gilbert, told JIS News that the community members were wiling...

Young persons in Newlands, Portmore, St. Catherine were recently given the chance to spend a day outside the community, being exposed to various opportunities that could help them to improve their lives. The "development exposition" catered to young people aged 15-25, and was organised by the St. Catherine office (Region 5) of the Social Development Commission (SDC) in collaboration with...

In just over two weeks, construction will start on a specially designed complex to house the National Centre for Youth Development (NCYD), at Brooks Park in Manchester. The complex will provide space and equipment to empower young people, in the NYCD'S quest to disseminate critical information to youths in the parish for social development. Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of...

Approximately $1 million is being spent by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) to restore the statue of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Paul Bogle, which is located in front of the Morant Bay Courthouse in St. Thomas. Restoration of the statue is expected to be completed by October this year. It was recently removed from its base by the...

Rayon Dwyer is a 21 year-old student of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, St. Andrew, who is aspiring towards a career in either medicine or the forensic sciences. To this end, he is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree, majoring in bio-chemistry at the institution, and entering his third year in that programme in the 2009/10...