The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) is now accepting entries for its Heritage Competition. The annual event targets students attending primary, secondary and tertiary learning institutions. This competition forms part of the JIS’ thrust to engage students in national discussions and to widen their knowledge about Jamaica’s heritage. Chief Executive Officer of the JIS, Donna-Marie Rowe, in encouraging the students to...

Nine short movies created by first-time film makers have been selected under the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s (JCDC) FI WI Short Film Competition. The top finalists are Daindra Harrison (Skammed); Courtney Russell & Samantha Bent (Bad Timing); Lee-San Gayle (Meeting the Past); Akeem White (Too Much Massa); Rachel Chin (If You Ask Me); Naceve Blackstock (Consequence); Jhanelle Davy (The Will...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has expressed deep sadness at the passing of music pioneer and one of the founding fathers of Reggae, Rainford Hugh Perry affectionately known as “Lee “Scratch” Perry. Lee “Scratch” Perry died this morning while under care at the Noel Holmes Hospital. He was 85 years old. Perry was a pioneer in the development of dub music in the...

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has partnered with the Consul of Jamaica in Namibia to stage the ‘Afrikan Unity- The Spinal Chord’ virtual symposium, from August 17 to 20. The event is being held to commemorate the 134th anniversary of the birth of Jamaica’s first National Hero, the Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey. It aims to highlight...

Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left) in discussion with (from 2nd left) Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, and Horace Dalley, who represented the Leader of the Opposition during Friday’s (August 6) flag raising ceremony at Statue Park, just outside the National Stadium in Kingston....

The Hanover Municipal Corporation on Friday (August 6) hosted a civic ceremony commemorating Jamaica’s 59th year of Independence. The ceremony was held at Bustamante Square, Lucea, in the Parish. In her message, Deputy Mayor of Lucea and Chairman of the Civic and Community Affairs Committee, Councillor Andria Dehaney-Grant, called on Jamaicans to work together for a better country. “Let us...

Some 16 persons in St. James were recognised for their outstanding contributions to the parish’s development, during the St. James Municipal Corporation’s Independence Day Flag Raising and Civic Ceremony, on Friday (August 6). The event was held at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre in the parish’s capital, under the theme “Jamaica 59; Come Mek We Celebrate Online.” Some 10 honourees...