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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, speaks during her contribution to the 2018/19 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on July 3.

Ministry Promotes Culture as a Business

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport is embarking on a programme of deliberate promotion of the business of culture, the arts and the creative economy. This was disclosed by Portfolio Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, during her contribution to...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), speaks with Jamaica Festival Song finalist, Victor Richards (right), at the launch of the Jamaica 56 Independence Festival on July 3 at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston. The Festival will be celebrated from August 1 to 6, under the theme ‘One Love... One Family’. At left is Interim Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Orville Hill.

Several activities for Independence Festival

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, on her arrival at the House of Representatives on July 3 to make her Sectoral Presentation.

$26 Million to Assist Creative Persons

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

State Minister for Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge.

Protect Environment to Save Cultural Heritage – Terrelonge

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$12 Million to Establish Rastafari Trust Fund

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has transferred a sum of $12 million to the Administrator General as Trustee to establish a Rastafari Trust Fund. “We are committed to transfer $30 million annually over the next three years to ensure the sustainability of the Fund,” Portfolio Minster, Hon. Olivia Grange, said as she made her contribution to the...

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.

8 years ago Culture

Busts of National Heroes Unveiled in Emancipation Park

Busts of the National Heroes were unveiled in Emancipation Park by the Rotary Club of Kingston on June 18. The ceremony was held under the patronage of Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange. The Heroes are Nanny of the Maroons, Samuel Sharpe, George William Gordon, Paul Bogle, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Norman Washington Manley and Sir William...

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.

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JBDC Helping to Develop Talent in Fashion Industry

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) is redesigning and rebuilding Jamaica’s fashion future, through the development of the local talent in the industry. The agency has implemented a fashion programme, dubbed ‘Irie Magic Fashion Fusion’, which highlights the works of nine local emerging designers and recent Edna Manley College graduates. Through the programme the designers are also being mentored and...

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.

8 years ago Culture

JCDC Looking to Stage More Festival Events in Rural Areas

Interim Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Orville Hill, says the agency is looking at ways to stage more national festival events outside of Kingston. He noted, for example, that a segment of the finals of the Miss Jamaica Festival Queen Competition could be held in western Jamaica. “The ideal thing is for our national events to...

Interim Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Orville Hill, speaks to JIS News.

8 years ago Culture

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...

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...

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...