The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced major changes to the gospel song component of the annual Jamaica Festival. “Whereas in the past it was the Jamaica Gospel Song competition, this year it is the Jamaica Gospel Star competition,” said Minister Grange. She said the format of the competition has changed. Unlike its...

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission has completed the process of selecting the finalists for the Jamaica Festival Song Competition for 2021. The selection panel, led by Chief Judge Donovan Germain, has selected 12 finalists, instead of the customary 10, for the professional competition which is celebrating its 55th anniversary this year. The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the...

Due to the forecast of thunderstorms, the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has cancelled the outdoor concert which was scheduled for International Reggae Day on Thursday, July 1, 2021 at Port Royal. Instead, the Ministry will host the world premiere of the docufilm ‘Dennis Emmanuel Brown: The Crown Prince of Reggae; the Man and the Music’ indoors at...

 

St. Catherine High School, the alma mater of Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is expected to have a new performing arts centre by the end of this year. Ground was officially broken for the centre at a ceremony on Friday (June 18), in which the Prime Minister participated. Supreme Ventures Limited donated the first $5 million towards the...

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has said that in spite of the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic which caused closure of the Institute of Jamaica it has allowed the Institute time to assess, re-tool, re-engineer and build back better and stronger to serve its clients at home and in the Diaspora and...