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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Denzil Thorpe (left), speaks with artist, Alphanso Blake, about his artwork on display, during the 12th staging of the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) small business exposition and conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on May 14.

National Culture Policy Being Finalised

The Government is in the final stages of crafting the National Policy on the Culture and Creative Economy of Jamaica. The policy will, among other things, establish the enabling environment within which the creative sector will operate. Minister of Culture,...

President of the Jamaica Film and Television Association (JAFTA), Analisa Chapman, at a JIS Think Tank.

Film Association Reports Increased Demand for Local Content

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (second right), introduces Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), to Christopher Blackwell, Businessman (left), during a meeting at GoldenEye in Oracabessa, St. Mary, on April 25. At second left is Strategic Adviser in the tourism Ministry, Delano Seiveright.

PM Says Government Will Facilitate Production of Blockbuster Films in Jamaica

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Hon. Olivia Grange (left), converses with Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Denzil Thorpe (centre), and National Labour Day Activities Coordinator in the Ministry, Pat Amos, during a Workers' Week/Labour Day Planning Committee meeting at Jamaica House on Thursday (April 18).

Labour Day Activities Focusing on Children’s Safety

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange discusses the significance of a heritage site featured in the publication 'Jamaica: Heritage in Pictures' by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust with Jamaica's High Commissioner-designate to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, His Excellency Arthur Williams. Mr Williams paid a courtesy call on the Minister at her offices in New Kingston on Wednesday, 10 April 2019.

PHOTOS: Grange Meets High Commissioner-Designate

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), and Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, along with international reggae icon, Dr. the Hon James “Jimmy Cliff” Chambers (centre) and family – Aken Chambers (second left) and Lilly Chambers, during a civic ceremony at the Old Hospital Park in Montego Bay on March 28 for the renaming of Gloucester Avenue to Jimmy Cliff Boulevard.

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Culture Minister Open to Monument Honouring Jimmy Cliff

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says she would support the mounting of a statue in honour of international Reggae icon, Dr. the Hon. James “Jimmy Cliff” Chambers. The Government recently honoured the Grammy awardee and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee by renaming Gloucester Avenue in Montego Bay, St. James, Jimmy Cliff Boulevard. The...

THE BIG MOMENT: Patrons who gathered at the Old Hospital Site in Montego Bay, St James on Thursday, March 28 for the Civic Ceremony to mark the renaming of Gloucester Avenue to Jimmy Cliff Boulevard gave a loud cheer as the sign that will stand at the entrance to the thoroughfare was unveiled. From right to left are Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, Jimmy Cliff

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Jimmy Cliff Boulevard will Inspire Generations of Cultural Practitioners

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says the renaming of Gloucester Avenue in Montego Bay will inspire generations of singers, musicians and cultural practitioners. The Minister was speaking at the official renaming ceremony of the popular stretch commonly called the “Hip Strip” on Thursday, March 28. Minister Grange said: “Reggae music was able to...

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Jimmy Cliff Honour on Thursday

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says her Ministry is collaborating with the Ministry of Tourism and the St James Municipal Corporation to honour the Reggae icon Jimmy Cliff at a special ceremony on Thursday afternoon in Montego Bay, St James. Minister Grange says the hip strip in the city will be renamed in...

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Grange Awards 50 Grants to Boost Cultural Economy in Accompong

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has awarded grants totalling $1.25M to 50 businesses in Accompong as part of her Ministry’s programme to boost economic activity in the culture-rich Maroon community. Minister Grange presented the grants during her Ministry’s Economic Opportunities Workshop in Accompong on Friday (today). The workshops, which began in September 2018,...

Winner of the 2018 Jamaica Festival Song Competition, O’Neil Scott, known as ‘Nazzleman’, with his trophy which he received after being announced the winner of the competition, at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre, in Kingston, on July 15.

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Entries for Festival Song Competition Close March 15

Talented Jamaicans have until Friday, March 15, to enter the Jamaica Festival Song Competition. The competition, which was revamped in 2018, is a signature event of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), an agency of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport. Director of Marketing and Public Relations at the JCDC, Andrew Clunis, told JIS News that persons have...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (right), speaks with President, Elliot Farmers Community Enterprise in Cromwell, St. Mary, on Wednesday (February 27). Occasion was the launch of Elliot Farmers Community Enterprise Greenhouse Project, in the area.

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Put Idle Lands to Work – Hutchinson

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C Hutchinson, is calling on St. Mary farmers to make greater use of the abundance of idle lands in the parish. “St. Mary… has the most idle lands as a parish in the island… and that means you are not farming (enough)… We’re sending out the challenge...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), celebrates the recognition of crowd favourite and veteran Jamaican singer, Beres Hammond, at the Reggae Gold Awards Ceremony, held yesterday (February 27) at the National Indoor Sports Complex in St. Andrew. Some 100 awards were presented to individuals and entities for their input to the music industry.

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PHOTOS: Reggae Gold Awards Ceremony

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), and Chairman of the Economic Growth Council (EGC), Michael Lee Chin (right), celebrate with Derrick Morgan (centre), after he was honoured for his contribution to Jamaican music, at the Reggae Gold Awards Ceremony held yesterday (February 27) at the National Indoor Sports Complex in St. Andrew. Some 100 awards...