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With less than a week before the start of the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival, Executive Producer of the festival and President of Turnkey Productions, Walter Elmore, said that preparations are on target. "The stage is already up and the roof is going up now. Most of our skyboxes are up, we are putting in the food court, so we...

Children's Advocate Mrs. Mary Clarke, is reminding the nation that the Office of the Children's Advocate (OCA), is mandated to protect and enforce the rights and best interests of every Jamaican child. "The OCA investigates complaints made by or on behalf of a child whose rights have been infringed upon by any action taken by a relevant authority. The Office...

Late Jamaican and international reggae icon, Bob Marley will be honoured with the first Mayor of London's Heritage Plaque, which will be unveiled on October 26. The plaque will be mounted at 34 Ridgmount Gardens where Bob Marley lived when he fist visited the United Kingdom in 1972. Mayor of London, Ken Livingston and Acting Jamaica High Commissioner, Sharon Saunders...

Alton Ellis, one of Jamaica's pioneering reggae recording artistes, along with Caribbean counterpart Eddie Grant, will be inducted into the International Reggae & World Music Awards (IRAWMA) Hall of Fame this year. Ellis and Grant, considered icons of the pop music industry, will be honoured during ceremonies for the 25th annual staging of the IRAWMA at the world famous Apollo...

More than 700 students at the Priory Primary School and Infant Department in St. Ann are now better aware of Jamaica's heritage and culture as a result of a 'Jamaica Day' activity, which was recently held at the school. The event saw members of staff and students participating in traditional dances, ring games, story telling, folk songs and jonkonnu parade...

The house in which National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante was born at Blenheim in Hanover, is to be rebuilt. Work should begin next month. This was announced by Chairman of the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT), Professor Verene Shepherd, during her keynote address at a civic ceremony to mark the 122nd anniversary of the birth of Sir...

After three weeks of intense competition, the curtains have come down on the Ministry of Finance and Planning's second annual quiz competition, with the Economic Management Division emerging the winning team. At the finals held at the Ministry's National Heroes office yesterday (Feb. 23) the winning team, comprised of Orlin Weise, Nicholas Isaacs, Nadine James, and Ian Scarlett, trounced their...

The Fair Prospect High School is celebrating 35 years of educational service in the parish of Portland, and a number of activities have been planned to mark the milestone. Formerly called the Fair Prospect Secondary School, the institution began operations in September 1970.Principal of the school Sylvia McKenzie said that the celebrations have been extended over the academic year and...

Minister of State for Industry and Tourism, Dr. Wykeham McNeill has said that the annual Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues festival has a tremendous impact on the hospitality industry, as it helps to boost visitor arrivals.He told JIS News, that 22,600 persons attended last year's festival and said he was optimistic that this year's event would be "bigger and better."...

Jamaican Leonard Morris is among a number of New York-area artists whose works are on display at the City University of New York (CUNY) in the United States. The art exhibition, which opened on January 8 and runs through to the end of February, is part of the university's annual tribute to the legacy of late civil rights advocate, Dr....

A bid by a group of community activists to name a section of Church Avenue in Brooklyn, New York in honour of Robert 'Bob' Marley, has been given the green light by the Brooklyn Community Board (CB17). At a meeting held at the Meyer Levin Intermediate School on Wednesday (Jan.18), the motion to re-name a three-mile stretch of the landmark...

The blowing of the abeng, the traditional "war horn" of the maroons and the beating of the gumbay drum, will highlight activities at the 267th annual celebrations of the Accompong maroons in St. Elizabeth. Held under the theme: 'Celebrating our African ancestry.the Ghana connection", activities will begin on Sunday (Jan.1) and culminate with the big celebration on Friday (Jan. 6),...