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Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan (right) and Acting CEO, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Enthrose Campbell (left), present JIS Heritage Photo Competition winner Roshielle Powell with her prizes. Occasion was an awards ceremony at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew, on Wednesday (December 14).

Winners in 2022 Jamaica Information Service Heritage Competition Awarded

Students responding to the invitation from the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) to highlight the country’s most significant post-Independence achievement by participating in the agency’s 2022 Heritage Competition were awarded for their outstanding essays, posters, graphics, and photographic entries. Sixteen finalists,...

Lisa Callender’s ‘Warrior Shield VI: Queen of the Blue Mountains’ is part of the ‘Reimagining Nanny’ collection, in honour of National Hero, Right Excellent Nanny of the Maroons, which is on display at the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), downtown Kingston.

Nanny Reimagined as Protector of the Natural Environment

Members of the Mudra Art Group perform during ‘Malang’ (‘Boundless Spirits’), an evening of Indian cultural dance, which was staged recently at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus.

UWI Hosts Evening of Indian Dance Forms

Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Business Development Corporation, Harold Davis.

JBDC to Launch Creative Voices Survey

Founder and President of the Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS), Dr. Claire Nelson. performs a poem by cultural icon, Louise “Ms. Lou” Bennett-Coverley, at ‘Jamaica Fest’ held recently at the Hall of the Americas at the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington DC.

Jamaica’s Culture Lights Up US Capital City

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Inaugural Sam Sharpe Lecture Slated for Dec. 22

The inaugural Sam Sharpe Lecture, scheduled for the Montego Bay Cultural Centre on Thursday December 22, will target the youth population. Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister (West), Hon. Homer Davis, told JIS News that “there is a genuine need for the Jamaican youth to be educated and informed about the work and worth of National...

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Storyteller, Dr. Amina Blackwood Meeks, Launches Book

Professional storyteller, Dr. Amina Blackwood Meeks, has launched a book titled, ‘The Children Ought to Know’. The publication is a compilation of presentations, information and stories delivered at storytelling conferences and festivals over the past 10 years. The launch formed part of week-long activities for the 2022 Storytelling Conference and Festival, from November 13 to 20, under the theme: ‘Webs...

Artistic Director of the annual Ananse SoundSplash Conference and Storytelling Festival, Dr. Amina Blackwood Meeks.

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Ananse Storytelling Festival from November 13-20

The 2022 Ananse SoundSplash Conference and Storytelling Festival, from November 13-20, will pay tribute to ‘Jamaica 60’ under the theme: ‘Webs of Greatness’. Artistic Director for the event, Dr. Amina Blackwood Meeks, told JIS News that this year’s festival will be held in hybrid format. She said that the festival “has eight legs, each one signifying the legs of the...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), greets Head of the Development Cooperation at Global Affairs Canada, Christian DaSilva, during the launch of the Gender Equality Programming initiative, on Friday (November 4). The event took place at the residence of Canada’s High Commissioner to Jamaica, in St. Andrew. Others (from second left) are Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, and Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Emina Tudakovic.

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$4M in Grant Support Being Provided Under Gender Equality Programming Initiative

Community organisations promoting gender equality and general empowerment programmes are to benefit from a Can$4 million grant. This is being facilitated under the Gender Equality Programming initiative, which was launched at the St. Andrew residence of Canada’s High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Emina Tudakovic, on Friday (November 4). The initiative, being coordinated through the Canadian High Commission in Jamaica,...

Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson (left), converses with Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Paula Llewellyn, during the LASCO/Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Saluting Our Heroes and Chairman’s Award ceremony held on October 28 at the AC Marriott Hotel, Kingston. In special recognition of the JCF’s 155th Anniversary this year, 155 top-performing servicemen and servicewomen have been selected for the LASCO/JCF Saluting Our Heroes and Chairman’s Award.

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PHOTO: LASCO/JCF Saluting Our Heroes Award

Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson (left), converses with Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Paula Llewellyn, during the LASCO/Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Saluting Our Heroes and Chairman’s Award ceremony held on October 28 at the AC Marriott Hotel, Kingston. In special recognition of the JCF’s 155th Anniversary this year, 155 top-performing servicemen and servicewomen have been selected for the...

(FILE) Olivia Gordon, student of The Mico University College, stands beside her winning entry. She was the winner of the Photo component of the JIS 2020 Heritage Competition.

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Submissions for JIS Heritage Competition Extended to November 6

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) has extended the deadline for the submission of entries for its annual Heritage Competition to Sunday, November 6 at midnight. Students at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels are being encouraged to take advantage of the opportunity to express their views on Jamaica‘s most outstanding achievements since gaining Independence, through essay and visual arts. Primary-level...

President of the Crown Council of Ethiopia, His Imperial Highness Ermias Selassie (third right, seated), being entertained by drummers while at Culture Yard in Trench Town, on October 18. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, is seated at second right.

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Jubilant Welcome for Ethiopian Prince at Culture Yard

President of the Crown Council of Ethiopia, His Imperial Highness Ermias Selassie, received a jubilant welcome to Culture Yard in Trench Town, where he was presented with gifts and entertained by drummers. The Prince, who visited the museum at the facility on October 18, was greeted by scores of elders and members of indigenous/Afrocentric groups, who gifted him with paintings,...