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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), presents a copy of the coffee table book, ‘Jamaica: Heritage in Pictures’, produced by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust, to designer and artist, Frantz Christie (left), when he called on the Minister at her office, 4-6 Trafalgar Road in Kingston, on November 13. Mr. Christie leaves the island tomorrow (November 15) for Poland and the Slovak Republic, where he will represent the country in the Mister Supranational 2017 Competition.

Designer to Represent Country in Poland

Talented designer and artist, Franz Christie, will be the first Jamaican to represent the country in the male pageant, Mister Supranational. He leaves the island on Wednesday (November 15) for Poland, where he will be participating in the first leg...

Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Youth Organisation for Upliftment, Jamaica, Aubrey Stewart, addresses participants in attendance at the annual staging of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s culture club consultation at the Shortwood Teachers’ College in St. Andrew today (November 9). During the event, a sensitisation session was also held to discuss the pending merger of culture clubs. Mr. Stewart was guest speaker at the function.

Culture Clubs to Merge

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks.

Ambassador Marks Launches Jamaica Roots Competition

Director of Marketing and Public Relations at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission, Stephen Davidson. (FILE)

Jamaicans Encouraged to Enter 2018 Performing Arts Competition

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Hon. Olivia Grange (third left), and Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Karl Samuda (second right), sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to promote and encourage the involvement of women in entrepreneurship. The signing took place at the Agriculture Ministry’s offices located at Hope Gardens, St. Andrew, on Wednesday, November 1. Others (from left) are Director, Policy and Research, Bureau of Gender Affairs, Sharon Coburn Robinson; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Dr. Janice Lindsay; and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry.

Ministries Sign MOU to Promote Women in Business

Executive Director of the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), Vivian Crawford.

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2018 Heritage Festival to Focus on the Breadfruit

The October 2018 Heritage Festival will feature several varieties of the Jamaican breadfruit plant. In an interview with JIS News at the recent 2017 Heritage Festival held at the offices of the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) in downtown Kingston, Executive Director of the IOJ, Vivian Crawford, said the institute will be celebrating the fruit because of its historical significance. “It...

Curator of the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT), Anne Marie Howard Brown, points out features of the round belly, three-legged cooking pots used by enslaved Africans. The pots are being preserved by the JNHT.

8 years ago Culture

The JNHT will preserve Your Artefacts

Don’t throw away that old copper pot or brass candleholders your great-grandmother left for you. They may be very valuable. Instead, take them in for assessment and preservation by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT), the entity responsible for the conservation of Jamaica’s artefacts. JNHT Conservator, Evelyn Thompson tells JIS News that although the major thrust of the entity is...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (third left) dances with students of Duhaney Park Primary during their performance at the Heritage Fest at the Institute of Jamaica in downtown Kingston on October 27.

8 years ago Culture

Kingston’s Creative City Designation Not to Be Taken Lightly – Grange

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sports, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the international recognition of Kingston as a Creative City of Music should not be taken lightly. Kingston was designated a Creative City of Music by the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on December 11, 2015. “It is a testament of the incubation, the germination and the...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), looks at a cactus on display during the official launch of the Health, Home and Garden exposition at the National Arena in Kingston on October 26. Looking on is Event Coordinator, Fay Wint. The Health, Home and Garden Expo 2017 will run from October 27 to October 29 at the National Arena

8 years ago Culture

Heritage Sites Being Upgraded

More of the island’s heritage sites are being upgraded in a bid to showcase the country’s rich history. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, said the work includes infrastructural improvements and erection of storyboards and general signage. “The culture agencies of the Jamaica National Heritage Trust and the Institute of Jamaica under the Ministry’s portfolio have...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), listens to Race Director, Reggae Marathon, Mr. Alfred ‘Frano’ Francis (left), at the launch of the Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K events at Alhambra Inn on October 24. At right is Chairman, Reggae Marathon, Mr. Richard Lake.

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Ministries Endorse Reggae Marathon

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, and Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, have applauded the Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K events for their significant contribution to sports tourism in Jamaica within the last 16 years. Speaking at the launch of the 17th staging of the events at Alhambra Inn in Kingston on October...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (third left), shares in conversation with (from left) Chairman of the National Carnival in Jamaica Stakeholders Committee, Kamal Bankay; Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange; and Acting Director of Tourism, Jamaica Tourist Board, Donnie Dawson. They were at the launch of Carnival in Jamaica 2018 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, on October 19.

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Entertainment a Major Source of Growth – Grange

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the Government is reinforcing entertainment in Jamaica as a major source of growth and development. She noted that Reggae Month and Jamaica Carnival are two major projects under the rubric of festival tourism that will be strengthened in the upcoming year. She was speaking at the launch of Carnival...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), converses with Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Extension Officer, Tadj Barclay (centre), while RADA Livestock Officer, Peta-Gaye Watson, looks on. The occasion was an economic opportunities workshop held on October 18 at Morant Villas in St. Thomas.

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Grant Funding for Youth to Establish Small Businesses in Blue and John Crow Mountains

The Government is providing grant funding of $1 million to youth, to establish small businesses in the Blue and John Crow Mountains. Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the provision, which will target young people aged 18 to 35 years, aims to stimulate their empowerment. “We are insisting that the businesses demonstrate the use of Jamaican...