Plans are in high gear for the 2022 Emancipation Jubilee, which will be held at the Seville Heritage Park in St. Ann on Sunday (July 31), beginning at 8:00 p.m. The event, under the theme ‘Reigniting the African Spirit,’ is being organised by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT), an agency of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport....

The scheduled activities for the main celebration period of Jamaica’s Diamond Jubilee began on Wednesday, July 27 and will run until Sunday, August 7. Speaking in the House of Representatives on July 26, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, said the celebration of Jamaica 60 will follow the tradition of having a significant commemoration of Jamaica’s...

The Independence Float and Street Parade will return as part of the country’s 60th anniversary celebrations, beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Emancipation Day (August 1) in St. Andrew. The event will start at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre on Hope Road, then head on to Half-Way Tree then to Oxford Road, after which it will turn on Tom Redcam Drive...

Entry to this year’s Emancipation Jubilee at the Seville Heritage Park in St. Ann, will be free of cost. The event will be held from July 31 into Emancipation Day on August 1. Emancipation Jubilee will honour the contribution of the African ancestors through song, dance, drumming, drama, food and fashion. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia...

The winner of the Jamaica 60 Festival Song Competition will be announced at the National Indoor Sports Centre, National Stadium Complex, today (July 28). The event is slated to commence at 8:00 p.m. The 10 finalists in this year’s competition are Jamaica Sweet Again, by Dez I Boyd; Jamaica Nice Again, by Inspiyah; Rock to da Beat, by Intrestt; I’m...

The Jamaica Festival Queen Competition continues to be a valuable platform that enables young women to advocate for important issues that impact national development. Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, met with the competition’s 2022 finalists on Tuesday (July 26) in a courtesy call at the Office of the...

Jamaicans throughout the United States, including in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Florida, California, Seattle, Illinois and New York, are set to celebrate “Jamaica 60” with a range of activities over several days. The events have been organised by the Embassy of Jamaica, the consulates in New York and Miami, and various honorary consuls, alongside various...