The leadership of the Revival Movement has announced the cancellation of the First Quarter Revival Gathering which is traditionally held on the first Thursday in March each year in Watt Town, St. Ann. Revivalists make spiritual pilgrimages to Watt Town each quarter. The decision to cancel the event, which was scheduled for March 4, is in keeping with measures to...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Denzil Thorpe, lays flowers on the tomb of religious revivalist, painter, sculptor and cultural force, Mallica “Kapo” Reynolds, in commemoration of the 110th anniversary of his birth on February 10, at the National Heroes Park in Kingston. Kapo was one of the greatest artists in Jamaica’s ‘Intuitives’ artistic movement....

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has hailed the beginning of Chinese New Year and welcomed the Year of the Ox. Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, begins today and includes two weeks of celebration. Minister Grange, while congratulating Chinese Jamaicans on carrying on the tradition, has urged them to ensure...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, has lauded the reggae fraternity for the continued dedication to the music in spite of the challenges caused by the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. She praised practitioners for using various platforms “to make a decent living and to sustain the music’s power across the globe”. “Collectively, they have...

 

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the construction of the Red Stripe Experience museum at the picturesque Rick’s Café in Negril, will add to the country’s cultural assets and boost the country’s tourism product. “What makes this attraction unique and what I particularly love about it is that it presents a fusion of the island’s natural physical assets...

Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, is calling for the urgent implementation of reparations for Africans and persons of African descent impacted by racial injustice. She said that reparations should address the moral, economic, political and legal obligations of States in relation to past and present atrocities rooted in slavery and colonialism, such as racial discrimination, xenophobia...