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Six Jamaicans of Chinese heritage are among eight persons who will receive the inaugural Hakka Achievement Award during a two-day Conference on the Hakka Chinese culture and heritage to take place in Toronto, Canada on December 30 and 31. The Award, which celebrates the Hakka value "of giving equal importance to manual labour and scholarly endeavours", will be handed out...

After a two-year break, the acclaimed local publication, The Jamaica Journal is set to be re-launched on April 1 at the Jamaica Library Service in Kingston. Produced by the Institute of Jamaica, this latest volume features articles of an expository nature, examining educational and innovative research areas such as Life and History, the Arts, Science, Technology and Literature. In keeping...

After a two-year break, the acclaimed local publication, The Jamaica Journal is set to be re-launched on April 1 at the Jamaica Library Service in Kingston. Produced by the Institute of Jamaica, this latest volume features articles of an expository nature, examining educational and innovative research areas such as Life and History, the Arts, Science, Technology and Literature. In keeping...

First form students of Manchester High School got an opportunity last week to participate in a special visit to the historic maroon village of Accompong in St. Elizabeth. The activity was organised by the Mandeville Regional Office of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), the Accompong Maroon Council and the English Department of the school. Maroon Colonel, Sidney Peddie, who welcomed...

The Music and Heritage Committee has launched the 'Jamaica Music Revue' and issued a call to the theatre community to outline proposals for the production and staging of the theatrical production, which will showcase the history and development of Jamaican music. Intended to be an ongoing production utilizing local talent in music, drama and dance, the Revue will portray the...

Captain Henry Morgan's passage from Port Royal, Jamaica to the coast of Haiti will be reenacted, when the Oceans Discovery Foundation in association with UNESCO, Port Authority of Jamaica, the National Commercial Bank, CVM Television and the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) collaborate to present a documentary series. Other partners on the project include the Creative Production and Training Centre (CPTC);...

A unique festival to celebrate the opening of a community centre, the La Condition Publique, in the French town Roubaix, will have Jamaican culture as its focal point. Called I-Land, the festival will last from May 15 to July 18 and its organizers, the La Condition Publique, have said they would seek to explore and contrast elements of life in...

Guyana-born actor, Ron Bobb-Semple will again take the stage in his one-man show titled, 'Looking Back, Moving Forward', which will run from February 26-28 at the Nuyorican Poets Café in Manhattan. In ‘Looking Back, Moving Forward’, Bobb-Semple plays Marcus Garvey and passionately recites some of the Hero’s most famous speeches. He began portraying the Jamaican-born leader nearly 20 years ago...

The Labyrinth All-Age School in St. Mary is constructing a heritage park on the school ground, which is scheduled for opening on National Heroes' Day, October 20, as part of heritage month celebrations. Principal for the school, Etta Mullings, said the main objective of the park was to develop awareness among the youngsters in and around the community, about their...

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), in collaboration with the St. Catherine Parish Council, is planning a number of activities to be held in the parish during Heritage Week. Heritage Week will be observed from October 12 -20 under the theme: 'Embracing Our Heritage .Out of Many One People'The JCDC Cultural Officer for St. Catherine, David Reid, told JIS News...

Madge Linton, Assistant Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture's Early Childhood Unit, has called on parents and educators to work to instill good values and attitude in children at an early age. She said with the most important period of a child's development occurring between birth and five years, it was essential that their attitudinal...

Koichiro Matsuura, Director-General of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), will be making his first official visit to Jamaica on Thursday, May 1 for the opening of the International World Press Freedom Day Conference, to be held at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston from May 2 to 3. It is the first time since the observation...