Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says he wants more structures built in Black River, St. Elizabeth, similar to the Zong Monument, to serve as tangible reminders of the African ancestors and the town’s significant place in the country’s history. The Zong Monument was constructed to remember those who lost their lives in the Zong Massacre of 1781,...

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) will reward students across the island for their creative, original works at the agency’s annual Heritage Competition Awards Ceremony on Wednesday (December 23). Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, will deliver the keynote address at the made-for-television event, which will be aired on the Jamaica News Network (JNN) at 7:00 p.m. and on the...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says Jamaica will pursue the inscription of other elements to UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The Representative List contains elements that demonstrate the diversity of a country’s cultural heritage and raises awareness about its importance “We were successful in having the Reggae music of Jamaica...

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, will chair the meeting of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage. The meeting from tomorrow (Monday, December 14) to Saturday, December 19 is being held online because of the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. Among other things, the Committee will consider 40 requests for inscription on the...

Kingston Creative, in partnership with JAMPRO, hosted a Creative Entrepreneur Meetup called Best Pitch Forward. On November 27 at 5 pm, twelve lucky creative entrepreneurs pitched for a pool of funds to kick start their respective creative projects! Best Pitch Forward was an exciting opportunity for creative entrepreneurs to share their creative ventures with a panel of three investors. From...

A National Committee is being set up for the planning of activities to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of Jamaica’s Independence in 2022. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sports, Hon. Olivia Grange, said a Secretariat for Commemorative Events and Special Projects at the Ministry will have responsibility for “the planning, implementation and monitoring of activities” for Jamaica’s 60th Anniversary of...

The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, has announced that the Ministry has submitted yet another Jamaican cultural form, Revivalism, Religious Practice of Jamaica, to UNESCO for Inscription on its prestigious Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Minister Grange said, “Since the Inscription of Reggae in 2018, I instructed my Technical Committee that going forward,...