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Government Moving to Retrieve Taino Artefacts
The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport is moving to retrieve precolonial indigenous sculptures being housed at the British Museum in the United Kingdom (UK). These are Taino wooden sculptures – the ‘Boinayel figures’ and ‘Birdman’. Minister of Culture,...
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National Museum of Jamaica Gets Grant to Purchase Equipment
The National Museum of Jamaica has received a grant of €17,662, 00 (J$2.7 million) to purchase two air conditioning units, a standby generator and a computer. The grant is a gift from the Gerda Henkel Foundation and the Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development, established in The Netherlands, Europe, in 1996 as a tribute to His Royal Highness, Prince...
Jamaicans Encouraged to be Eternally Grateful for Visionary Forefathers’ Sacrifice
Minister of Culture, Gender Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, is encouraging Jamaicans to be eternally grateful for the commitment and foresight of the nation’s forefathers, as Jamaica observes National Heritage Week 2020. Speaking during the National Heritage Week Thanksgiving Church Service at the William Knibb Memorial Baptist Church in Falmouth, Trelawny, on Sunday (October 18), Ms. Grange noted that...
Former Prime Minister Hugh Shearer’s Birthplace to be Declared a Heritage Site
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the birthplace of late former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Hugh Lawson Shearer, in Martha Brae, Trelawny, is to be declared a heritage site. Additionally, she said the family house in the community, in which he grew, is to be restored. The Minister was speaking during the National Heritage...
Grange: Toots to get Heroes Park burial
The Minister of Culture, Gender Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced that the Reggae legend, Toots Hibbert, will be laid to rest in National Heroes Park. Minister Grange said this had become possible thanks to the generosity of the family of the late Charles Hyatt — the actor, broadcaster, director and author — whose remains were due...
William Knibb Baptist Church to Host Heritage Week Service
The National Heritage Week Thanksgiving Church Service will take place on Sunday, October 18 at William Knibb Memorial Baptist Church, 31 King Street, Falmouth, Trelawny, beginning at 9:30 a.m. The service, under the theme ‘Celebrating a Heritage of Resilience and Pride’ will also mark the 250th anniversary of the parish and International Day of Rural Women. Members of the public...
National Gallery of Jamaica Hosts Virtual Last Sundays
The National Gallery of Jamaica’s upcoming virtual Last Sundays on October 25, 2020 will be featuring a musical performance by vocalist Courtni as well as interviews with The Hon. Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture Entertainment Gender & Sports and Barbara Blake Hannah, Cultural Advisor at the MCGES regarding the ‘Jamaica Jamaica!’ exhibition. The video performance will premiere on the YouTube...