Construction of a museum to honour and memorialise Jamaica’s first National Hero, the Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, will be finished during the country’s 60th year of Independence, says Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange. She said that the facility, which is being erected at 32 Marcus Garvey Way in St. Ann’s Bay, St. Ann, where...

The media launch for the second annual DC World Reggae Festival will take place on Friday (August 19) and will be addressed by Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Audrey Marks. The Festival, which has now been scaled down to a one-day event on Saturday (August 20) at the RFK Festival Grounds, will feature Beres Hammond, Beenie Man, Tina Savage,...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (fifth from left), and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (third from left) are flanked by riders during a stop at Emancipation Park while on the Kingston leg of the Discover Jamaica by Bike ‘Jamaica 60’ cycling tour on Saturday (August 13). The tour ended at the Holiday Inn,...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right) with popular visually impaired musician, Kimiela ‘Candy’ Isaacs during the recent Jamaica Praise Gospel Concert. The event which was held at the National Indoor Sports Centre at the National Arena, was one of several commemorative activities for Jamaica 60.

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Hon. Leslie Campbell has said that Jamaicans are not short on inspiration. He was speaking at the Ecumenical Service of Thanksgiving held Sunday, (August 14) at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, 101 Jackson, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America (USA), to celebrate Jamaica’s 60th anniversary of Independence. Mr. Campbell...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says while there is a tendency to downplay the building of monuments, they are important historical reminders which should be viewed and treated with respect. Mr. Holness was speaking at the unveiling of the official statue of the Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante at the Hanover Parish Library, Lucea on Friday (August 12)....

Harmony Beach Park in Montego Bay came alive with the colours and sounds of Jamaica on Sunday (August 7), for the first-ever staging of the Grand Gala in the western end of the island. The spectacular event was in celebration of the country’s 60th year of Independence, under the theme 'Reigniting a Nation for Greatness'. It was a patriotic display...