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Women’s health 1: Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (2nd right), looks through a copy of the Jamaica Women’s Health Survey Report following the launch at the Terra Nova All Suite Hotel on June 21. Others from left are: Senior Director for the Social Policy, Planning and Research Division, Planning Institute of Jamaica, Easton Williams; Regional Director, Americas and the Caribbean, United Nations Women, Luiza Carvalho; and Chief Technical Director, Ministry of National Security, Rohan Richards.
Women’s health 1: Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (2nd right), looks through a copy of the Jamaica Women’s Health Survey Report following the launch at the Terra Nova All Suite Hotel on June 21. Others from left are: Senior Director for the Social Policy, Planning and Research Division, Planning Institute of Jamaica, Easton Williams; Regional Director, Americas and the Caribbean, United Nations Women, Luiza Carvalho; and Chief Technical Director, Ministry of National Security, Rohan Richards.

Gov’t Secures Property for Women’s Shelter

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the Government has acquired a property outside of Kingston, which will be used as a shelter for women fleeing domestic abuse. The facility, which will be funded and run...
State Minister for Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge.
State Minister for Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge.

Protect Environment to Save Cultural Heritage – Terrelonge
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (second right); and Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace (second left, foreground), applaud after the unveiling of a bust of National Hero, the Right Excellent Paul Bogle, at Emancipation Park in Kingston, on June 18. Sharing the moment (from left, foreground) are President of the Rotary Club of Kingston, Michael Buckle; and renowned Jamaican sculptor, Hon. Basil Watson. The busts of all the National Heroes were unveiled at the event. The project was undertaken by the Rotary Club of Kingston as part of a special Jamaica 55 Legacy Project.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (second right); and Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace (second left, foreground), applaud after the unveiling of a bust of National Hero, the Right Excellent Paul Bogle, at Emancipation Park in Kingston, on June 18. Sharing the moment (from left, foreground) are President of the Rotary Club of Kingston, Michael Buckle; and renowned Jamaican sculptor, Hon. Basil Watson. The busts of all the National Heroes were unveiled at the event. The project was undertaken by the Rotary Club of Kingston as part of a special Jamaica 55 Legacy Project.

Busts of National Heroes Unveiled in Emancipation Park
Chief Executive Officer at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Valerie Veira (left); and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon Olivia Grange, admiring a design done by one of the nine local emerging designers at the launch of the ‘Irie Magic Fashion Fusion’ event, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel recently.
Chief Executive Officer at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Valerie Veira (left); and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon Olivia Grange, admiring a design done by one of the nine local emerging designers at the launch of the ‘Irie Magic Fashion Fusion’ event, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel recently.

JBDC Helping to Develop Talent in Fashion Industry
Miss Kingston and St. Andrew Festival Queen 2018, Leneka Rhoden (centre) is flanked by first runner-up Melessa Vassell (left) and second runner-up, Ashley Grey, at the coronation show held recently at the Louise Bennett Garden Theatre, St. Andrew.
Miss Kingston and St. Andrew Festival Queen 2018, Leneka Rhoden (centre) is flanked by first runner-up Melessa Vassell (left) and second runner-up, Ashley Grey, at the coronation show held recently at the Louise Bennett Garden Theatre, St. Andrew.

JCDC Looking to Stage More Festival Events in Rural Areas

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Interim Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Orville Hill, speaks to JIS News.
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Top-Ten Festival Song Finalists Participate in Road Shows

Jamaicans can see the top-10 contestants in the 2018 Jamaica Festival Song Competition, as they are performing at various road shows islandwide. All the shows, which include a mass choir, will see the performers try to outsing each other at various stops. The next shows will be held at Port Antonio Square, Portland; and Munimar Square, Spanish Town, on June...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (third left); Interim Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Orville Hill (third right); and Country Director at the British Council, Olayinka Jacobs-Bonnick (second right), share a moment with participants in the second edition of the British Council’s International Festivals Academy (IFA) held in Edinburgh, Scotland, in April. They are Enola Williams (left), Michael Holgate (second left) and Lesley-Ann Welsh (right). Occasion was the opening session of the cultural skills seminar for festival producers entitled ‘Festival X’ held on Wednesday (June 13) at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston
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Festival Organisers Receive Cultural Skills Training

Organisers of festivals have benefited from a training seminar aimed at strengthening their capacity to stage such events. The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport and the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) partnered with the British Council to host the one-day seminar, dubbed ‘Festival X’, at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (June 13). The event...
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The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport (centre) with Dr. Warren Blake, President, Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (left) and Simone Clarke Cooper, Assistant Vice President Group Corporate Communication, Supreme Ventures Limited at the launch of the 2018 National Junior and Senior Championships held at today at the Jamaica Pegasus.
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Shelly-Ann’s Statue Now in Jamaica – Grange

The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport announced today that the statue to be erected in honour of Jamaica’s leading female sprinter, Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce, is now in the island. Minister Grange made the announcement at the launch function for the 2018 National Junior and Senior Championships scheduled for the National Stadium from June 21 to...
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The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport (left) discusses the heritage of Jamaica with the new Director-General of UNESCO, Ms Audrey Azoulay at the 7th session of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Paris, France. Jamaica was elected to the Committee to serve a four-year term (2018-2022).
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Jamaica Successful in Bid for Seat on Another UNESCO Committee

Press Release - Jamaica has been successful in securing a place on yet another high-profile UNESCO Committee. The country was elected unopposed to a seat on the Intergovernmental Committee of the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), at the General Assembly of the Convention which ended on June 6 in Paris, France. The Jamaican delegation was led by...
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Director of Marketing and Public Relations at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Stephen Davidson.
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2018 Festival Queen Contest Gets Under Way June 9

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) is inviting members of the public to support the 2018 Miss Jamaica Festival Queen competition, which gets under way this weekend with parish contests. Winners at the parish level will vie for the national crown at the coronation show scheduled to take place in Kingston on Emancipation Day, August 1. On Saturday, June 9,...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (at podium), speaks at Reparation Youth Conference, held at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown, Kingston, on Friday (May 25). Seated (from left) are: Co-Chair, National Council on Reparations in Jamaica, Professor Verene Shepherd and Nigerian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Janet Olisa. In the background is Charge D
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Culture Minister Calls on Young Persons to Get More Involved with the Reparation Movement

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport,  Hon. Olivia Grange, has called on the nation’s youth to get more involved in the activities of the National Council on Reparations in Jamaica. Speaking at a Reparation Youth Conference, hosted by the Council  and ‘Talk Up Yout’ at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on May 25,  the Minister said the Movement...
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Minister Grange Commends Sponsors of Labour Day Projects

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, is praising the various individuals and organisations that have come forward to lend their support to this year’s Workers’ Week and Labour Day activities. Labour Day is being observed on Wednesday, May 23 under the theme ‘Ramp it up…Fix it up’. Speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank, Ms. Grange...
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