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Jamaica Day will be celebrated this Friday, February 20, Director of Culture in Education Programme at the Ministry of Education (MOE), Amina Blackwood Meeks, has confirmed. Mrs. Blackwood Meeks made the disclosure during an interview with JIS News on Monday (February 16). "Jamaica Day focusses on developing pride in country, and responsible citizenship and locating the students within the history...

Rare photographs providing a unique glimpse into the life of the late reggae king, Bob Marley, are now on display at the Govinda Gallery, downtown Washington DC, U.S.A. The exhibition is entitled, Soul Rebel: An Intimate Portrait of Bob Marley. It comprises some 40 never-before-seen photos taken by Time magazine photographer, David Burnett. In an interview with JIS News, Mr....

Minister of Transport and Works, Mike Henry, has outlined a number of initiatives his Ministry is planning to increase training and employment opportunities in the transport sector for young people. Mr. Henry made the disclosure during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Bucknor Integrated Infrastructure Package/Multi-Purpose Centre at Bucknor/Rectory Lands on Wednesday (Feb. 11). He said that 80 per cent of...

Interim Chairman of the newly formed Reggae Industry Association, Howard McIntosh, says the music industry has to work with all areas of the society to position the music so that the players can receive maximum benefit to "take Jamaica's reggae music to the world". He was speaking at the meeting called by Prime Minister Bruce Golding at Jamaica House this...

The Honourable Olivia "Babsy" Grange, Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports has described as "positive" today's confabulation between the Government and members of the music industry to consider steps to be taken to eliminate the practice of inclusion of unsavoury lyrics in Jamaican music. Minister Grange who convened and chaired the meeting said that, "there was general agreement in...

The Buslingthorpe Park in Chapeltown, Leeds, England, has been renamed the Norma Hutchinson Park, in honour of the late Jamaican-born Councillor and community activist, who passed away some five years ago. Scores of residents of the United Kingdom-based city, including several Jamaican nationals, turned out for the recent occasion. Jamaica's High Commissioner to London, Burchell Whiteman, who was special guest...

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia Grange, has commended the University of the West Indies (UWI), for its foresight in developing programmes that can help to take Reggae music "to a higher level". In a speech read by Principal Director of Culture and Entertainment in the Ministry, Sydney Bartley, at the 12th annual Bob Marley Lecture yesterday (Feb....

Jamalco staged a Bob Marley Birthday Exhibition and Celebration at the Halse Hall Great House, Clarendon, on Friday, February 6, the birthday of the legendary Jamaican musician. Administrative Services Manager, Ms. Sharon Palmer, who gave the keynote address, lauded Marley as one of Jamaica's great ambassadors. She also announced that Jamalco would seek to create greater awareness, particularly among the...

Children's Advocate, Mary Clarke, has lauded the decision of the Broadcasting Commission to rid the public airwaves of all content, which promote the act of 'daggering'. She has asked for the ban to be extended to include all songs, which endorse violence, indecency, profanity and explicit sexual activity. "These songs are in no way uplifting or empowering, but subtly encourage...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, is of the view that cricket is the only part of our colonial heritage that has never been questioned or challenged even in the most vigorous period of anti-colonial fervour and even by the most anti-colonialists. "It is more than just a game. It is something that first brought us international recognition long before reggae, Garvey,...

The Honourable Olivia "Babsy" Grange, Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports has called a meeting for this Friday (February 13) with major stakeholders in the music industry to discuss appropriate action to deal with negative and lewd lyrics in the Jamaican music industry. At a reception for the newly-formed Reggae Industry Association hosted by the Prime Minister at Jamaica...

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia "Babsy" Grange, today commended Jamaican singer, Burning Spear, on winning the 2009 Reggae Grammy. Spear, a native of St. Ann's Bay, was named winner of the Grammy for Best Reggae Album for his "Jah Is Real" at Sunday's annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. This was the second time that Spear(real name...