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More Indigenous Communities to Benefit from Economic Opportunities Programme

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport will be expanding its economic opportunities initiative to other indigenous groups across the island. The programme, which is already benefitting entrepreneurs of communities within the Blue and John Crow Mountains World Heritage...

Late folklorist, author, musician and actress, Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley.

Cultural Series to Celebrate Four Jamaican Women

Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange (right); and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), admire a portrait of late female political pioneer, Rose Agatha Leon, being shown to them by her daughter, Gloria Millwood. Occasion was the annual Rose Leon Memorial Lecture held recently at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) Auditorium, St. Andrew.

Minister Grange Hails Progress of Women, Notes that Work Remains

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, during her address at the public forum on ‘Back Pay Dispute: Reparation and the outstanding labour struggle with Britain and Spain’, which was held at the University of the West Indies, Mona, on Tuesday (February 27).

Those Who Have Wronged Our Ancestors Must Pay – Grange

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, addresses a seminar on financing, estate planning and investments for creative practitioners held on Wednesday (February 28), at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew.

Gov’t Moving Ahead With Artistes’ Insurance Scheme

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Revamped Development and Welfare Fund for Athletes

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the athletes’ development and welfare fund for those in need is to be re-introduced in the upcoming fiscal year. “A fully developed, structured programme will be put in place during the next financial year,” the Minister said, noting that a sum of $27 million has been set aside in...

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Over 1,300 Athletes Registered for Insurance Plan

More than 1,300 athletes from 28 sports associations are now registered with the Jamaican Athletes Insurance Plan (JAIP). The disclosure was made by Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, during the meeting of the Standing Finance Committee of Parliament held on Thursday (March 1). The plan, which was implemented in 2016, provides group health, life and...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), shares a light moment with (from left), President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Luis Alberto Moreno, and State Minister in the Finance Ministry, Hon. Fayval Williams. Occasion was a cultural event on the east lawns of Devon House on Tuesday (February 27). The Ministry of Finance hosted the event for participants in the IDB’s 7th Annual Caribbean Governors Meeting, which was held over two days at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

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Cultural Evening for Caribbean Governors

Live music from a rhythmic mento band, aromatic authentic Jamaican food and a relaxed ambience greeted Caribbean Governors who took part in the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) meeting, when they arrived at Devon House for a cultural offering last evening (February 27). The event, which was hosted by the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, provided a comfortable setting...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Denzil Thorpe (left), explains aspects of the Culture Passport to students of the Munro College, who visited the Ministry’s booth during Jamaica Day activities at the St. Elizabeth-based institution on Friday (February 23).

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25,000 Culture Passports Being Distributed to Schools

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport is in the process of distributing Culture Passports to schools across the island. A total of 25,000 documents are to be disbursed this year. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Denzil Thorpe, explained that the Culture Passports will enable the students to visit museums, galleries, and theatres and experience special cultural performances free...

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Remarks delivered by the Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport at the Floral Tribute in honour of Sir Alexander Bustamante

Remarks by the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport the Honourable Olivia Grange, CD, MP at Floral Tribute marking the 134th anniversary of the birth of The Right Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante 24 February 2018 Salutations Today’s Jamaica would have been a very different place without the work of Sir Alexander Bustamante. In 1928 Sir Alex would have been...

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Sport Minister calls for Domino organisations to Come Together

The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has called for the establishment of a formal relationship between all the Domino organisations in the country. Minister Grange who was addressing the launch of the Dragon Stout World Domino Championship at Gee Wee Car Park in St. Andrew last night (February 22), suggested that there should be “some form...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), exchanges pleasantries with Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left); and record producer, Winston ‘Niney’ Holness, during a Reggae Month reception on the lawns of Jamaica House on February 20.

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Framework Being Created for Kingston to Operate as Musical Economic Zone

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport is working on building a framework for Kingston to fully operate as a musical economic zone. This was disclosed by Portfolio Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, during a reggae month reception on the lawns of Jamaica House on February 20. “Having received the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) designation, we...