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Director of Corporate Services, Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Elizabeth Smith.
Director of Corporate Services, Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Elizabeth Smith.

Entries now open for annual Jamaica Customer Service Song competition

Talented young Jamaicans are invited to enter the third annual Jamaica Customer Service Song competition. The contest, which will be held virtually this year to allow for social distancing, is part of activities to observe National Customer Service Week 2020...
Outstanding Jamaican vocalist, Ken Boothe (centre), gives thanks after being being presented with a Reggae Icon Award at the 2020 Independence Day celebrations, held inside the National Arena on Thursday (August 6). Sharing the moment are Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left) and President of the Senate, Senator, the Hon. Tom Tavares-Finson.
Outstanding Jamaican vocalist, Ken Boothe (centre), gives thanks after being being presented with a Reggae Icon Award at the 2020 Independence Day celebrations, held inside the National Arena on Thursday (August 6). Sharing the moment are Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left) and President of the Senate, Senator, the Hon. Tom Tavares-Finson.

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Popular Jamaican singer, Marcia Griffiths, holds her Reggae Icon Award while performing at the televised Independence Day celebrations, held at the National Arena on Thursday (August 6).
Popular Jamaican singer, Marcia Griffiths, holds her Reggae Icon Award while performing at the televised Independence Day celebrations, held at the National Arena on Thursday (August 6).

PHOTOS: Performances during the televised 2020 Independence Day celebrations
Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation and Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis (centre), with the ‘Spirit of Independence’ awardees during Thursday’s (August 6) Independence Day Civic and Awards Ceremony. The event was held at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre under the theme: ‘Jamaica 58… Resilient and Strong’.
Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation and Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis (centre), with the ‘Spirit of Independence’ awardees during Thursday’s (August 6) Independence Day Civic and Awards Ceremony. The event was held at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre under the theme: ‘Jamaica 58… Resilient and Strong’.

Sixteen Stakeholders Honoured During Independence Day Ceremony In St. James
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), converses with Opposition Leader, Dr. Peter Phillips, during Thursday’s (August 6) flag raising ceremony at Statue Park, just outside the National Stadium in Kingston. The event was among the activities marking the country’s 58th Independence Day Anniversary under the theme: ‘Resilient and Strong. Let’s Celebrate Jamaica’.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), converses with Opposition Leader, Dr. Peter Phillips, during Thursday’s (August 6) flag raising ceremony at Statue Park, just outside the National Stadium in Kingston. The event was among the activities marking the country’s 58th Independence Day Anniversary under the theme: ‘Resilient and Strong. Let’s Celebrate Jamaica’.

PHOTOS: Most Hon. Andrew Holness attends Independence Day Flag Raising Ceremony at the National Stadium

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JIS Heritage Competition Now Open

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Heritage Competition for 2020 is now open. This annual event targets students attending primary, secondary and tertiary learning institutions. Primary-level students are required to submit an essay under the theme ‘Identify a Jamaican from our past or an institution that exemplifies the statement from our National Pledge “I promise to stand up for justice, brotherhood...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange
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‘Emancipendence’ 2020 Message from Minister Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport

Happy Emancipendence Jamaica! Fellow Jamaicans, we celebrate the 58th anniversary of our nation’s Independence and 182nd anniversary of our Emancipation amid the impact of a global pandemic, COVID-19, which has upended our society and threatened our lives and livelihood. And yet, it is not lost on us that we have in our veins the blood of our ancestors whose life-giving...
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Fireworks for Jamaica 58 Independence Celebration

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced that there will be fireworks over Kingston at the climax of the Independence Spectacular on Thursday (August 6). The fireworks show — lasting five minutes — will come at the end of the Independence Spectacular which is being staged as a virtual edition of the annual...
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Minister Grange announces Independence honour for Shaggy, Marcia Griffiths and Ken Boothe

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced that the Jamaican music stars, Shaggy, Marcia Griffiths and Ken Boothe will be honoured during the nation’s Independence celebrations on Thursday (August 6). The three will be presented with Jamaica Reggae Icon Awards at the Independence Spectacular, a virtual edition of the annual Independence Grand Gala,...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre); Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left) and Custos of Kingston, Hon. Steadman Fuller, recite the National Pledge, at the Emancipation and Independence Church Service, held at the Portmore Church of God in Edgewater, St Catherine, on Sunday (August 3)
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Jamaicans Encouraged To Recommit To Nation Building

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, has called on Jamaicans to recommit to the task of nation building as the country approaches Independence Day on August 6. “It provides an invaluable opportunity for us to reflect and recommit our hearts and minds to the continuous and crucial task of nation building,” he said, in a speech read...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, speaking at the Emancipation and Independence thanksgiving service at the Portmore Church of God in South Edgewater, St. Catherine, on Sunday (August 2).
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Minister Grange Says Jamaicans Have Been “Resilient And Strong” In COVID-19 Fight

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says Jamaicans at home and abroad have been “resilient and strong” in the fight to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. She was speaking at the Emancipation and Independence thanksgiving service held on Sunday (August 2) at the Portmore Church of God, South Edgewater in St Catherine. The service was held...
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