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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange. (JIS File Photo)

Award-Winning Pieces On Display At JCDC Visual Arts Exhibition

Total of 171 award-winning pieces selected from the 2021 Jamaica Visual Arts Competition and Exhibition are now on display at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. The exhibition, spearheaded by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), features paintings, drawings, printmaking,...

International Storyteller, Dr. Amina Blackwood Meeks.

National Storytelling Festival In Progress

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left); speaks with Mexico’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Juan José González Mijares (centre); and General Manager of Caribbean Cement Company Limited, Yago Castro Izaguirre, during a visit to Caribbean Cement’s Rockfort complex in East Kingston recently, to view a mural painted on a silo (in the background). The artwork adds to the ongoing ‘Jamaica Creative: Paint Up Yuh Creative Space’ mural project, which commenced in December 2019, and has been engaging communities in the Kingston Metropolitan Region through strategically located works of public art, while simultaneously providing economic opportunities for artists.

PHOTOS: Minister Grange Views Mural At Caribbean Cement Company

State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge.

Honour Our Ancestors by Taking the Vaccine – Terrelonge

Superintendent of Police in charge of St. Elizabeth, Narda Simms.

St. Elizabeth Police Plan for Christmas Season

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Festival Song Album for Grammy Consideration

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced that the 2021 Jamaica Festival Song Album, featuring the 12 finalists in this year’s competition, is on the long list of entries for a Grammy Award. Minister Grange said: “That means that the Jamaica Festival Song album is being considered among the entries for the Best...

Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2021, Dr. Dominique Reid, speaks at a virtual ceremony today (October 14) to launch her national outreach project, titled, ‘Project Healthy Smiles Jamaica’.

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Festival Queen Launches Oral Healthcare Project

Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2021, Dr. Dominique Reid, is undertaking a project designed to enhance oral healthcare and hygiene amongst youngsters. This is in keeping with one stipulation of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) that contestants of the Festival Queen Competition engage in activities focused on community development. Dubbed, ‘Project Healthy Smiles Jamaica’, the project, which was launched today...

Music Director Specialist at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission, Avery Crooks Campbell.

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Teens Called To Enter Customer Service Song Competition

Young Jamaicans, aged 13 to 17 years old, are being encouraged to enter the annual Jamaica Customer Service Song Competition. Entries for the competition close on Tuesday, September 21. The competition, which targets young people from primary and secondary schools across the island, is a joint venture of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) and the Jamaica Customer Service Association...

The entrance to the Jamaica Pavilion at World Expo 2020 Dubai, which was named one of the

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Jamaica Among ‘Coolest’ Pavilions At World Expo 2020, Dubai

The team Jamaica camp is upbeat after the island’s Country Pavilion was named one of the ‘coolest’ at World Expo 2020, Dubai The ITP Media Group’s subsidiary, Time Out Dubai, recently published an article featuring the “coolest country pavilions” setting up for the global event, which gets under way in October. Jamaica was among just 13 standouts recognised of the...

Filmmaker Wesley Hylton (left) collects a trophy from Adjudicator and Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Dr Lisa Tomlinson, for placing first in the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s FIWI Short Film Competition. The occasion was an awards ceremony held at the Louise Bennett Garden Theatre in Kingston on Thursday (September 2). The short film ‘Too Much Massa’ was produced by Hylton and Akeem White.

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‘Too Much Massa’ Wins JCDC FI WI Short Film competition

Amateur film-makers Akeem White and Wesley Hylton have copped the top prize in the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s (JCDC) FI WI Short Film Competition. The team submitted the film titled, ‘Too Much Massa’ using the Jamaican proverb, ‘Dawg wid too much massa sleep without suppa’ to create the film. In addition to a trophy and cash award, they also walked...

Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Donna-Marie Rowe (right), presents a trophy to student of Morgan’s Pass Primary School in Clarendon, Amani Shrouder, who was the winner of the Essay category in the 2020 JIS Heritage Competition. Photo: Mark Bell

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Entries Now Open For JIS Heritage Competition

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...

Theatre and Drama Development Specialist at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Shaun Drysdale.

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Nine Finalists Selected For JCDC’S FI WI Film Competition

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...