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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...

Wonder World Child Care Centre in Kingston is the second children's institution to receive a donation of educational material from the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), to promote Jamaica's heritage and culture. The newly published posters of Jamaica's national heroes and symbols were handed over by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the JIS, Mrs. Donna-Marie Rowe, on Tuesday (October 13),...

The Youth Empowerment Strategy (YES), being spearheaded by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, is a ray of hope for many young people from low income communities. Director of YES Sylvester Anderson, tells JIS News that through the initiative, instituted in 2008, young people are receiving assistance to continue their education and pursue entrepreneurial activities. "For the period, October...

Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer (at podium) delivers the first lesson on behalf of Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, at this morning's (Oct. 11) National Heritage Week thanksgiving service, which was held at the Swallowfield Chapel in Kingston. This year, National Heritage Week is being observed from October 11 to 19, under the theme "Believe in Jamaica. Embracing...

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, has described the late musical icon, Mr. Sonny Bradshaw, as the Dean of Jamaican music. Mr. Bradshaw died in a London hospital on Saturday, October 11, after being ill for months. He was 83 years old. "Jamaica has lost another exceptionally creative person with the passing of Sonny Bradshaw. Only a...

Veteran Jamaican musician, Sonny Bradshaw, died in London England last night (Oct. 10) from the effects of a stroke which he suffered in August. Jamaican High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, His Excellency Burchell Whiteman said Mr. Bradshaw's death will leave a significant gap in the Jamaican music landscape. "It is almost impossible to imagine modern Jamaican music without the...

Four-year-old Tennyson Cole will benefit from the first Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy Surgery for spasticity in cerebral palsy, to be performed in Jamaica on Monday (October 12). The surgery will be conducted by noted Paediatric Neurosurgeon from Gillette Children's Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota USA, Dr. Joseph Petronio. He will be collaborating with Professor Ivor Crandon, Head of the Surgery Department and...