The Institute of Jamaica’s (IOJ) Jamaica Music Museum (JaMM) is getting a new, state-of-the-art home.  Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, recently broke ground for the development at the corner of East Street and Tower Street in downtown Kingston.  “Today truly marks a milestone,” she said, noting that the new building will be “a living, monumental...

A monument commemorating the memory of the 187 people who perished in the Kendal Train Crash of 1957, in Manchester, was unveiled at the location on September 11, by Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange.  To be named a heritage site, which was developed at a cost of $7.9 million, it will house a memorial park...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, has announced plans to introduce certification courses for music industry practitioners. “We are planning to introduce courses… so you can, in fact, get certification in the areas in which you are involved, such as artiste management, because your experience counts and can be taken into account as credit… for you...

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport is in discussions with industry stakeholders regarding the payment of royalties on artistic works following an artiste’s death. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, made the disclosure during the recent ‘Music Mastery: Empowering The Sound Industry’ workshop, held at the Ministry’s Trafalgar Road offices in New Kingston. “The major record companies, they all...

The Jamaica Library Service (JLS) has named Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2025, Brithney Clarke, as its new Reading Ambassador. The announcement was made during the JLS 2025 National Reading Competition Awards Ceremony, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on Thursday (August 28). Ms. Clarke shared that when she was approached by the JLS about the ambassadorship, it...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, has received the Certificate of Inscription classifying Port Royal as a World Heritage Site. The presentation was made recently at the Ministry, in Kingston, by Regional Director and Representative of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Cluster Office of the Caribbean, Eric Falt. “On behalf of UNESCO...

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment, and Sport is advancing efforts to develop Jamaica’s entertainment and creative industries, a mission now bolstered by the creation of a training institute for practitioners, innovators, entertainers, and creative professionals. Speaking during the recent contract signing between the Ministry and Guardian Life Limited for Group Health Insurance for the Jamaica Entertainers and Creatives Insurance...