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Members of the LTM Pantomime perform a skit at a concert in honour of the 98th anniversary of the birth of Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley (Miss Lou) at the Louise Bennett Garden Theatre in St. Andrew on September 7.

Judge Lauds Efforts to Sensitise Young Jamaicans about Miss Lou

Retired judge of the Court of Canadian Citizenship, Dr. Pamela Appelt, has lauded efforts to sensitise young Jamaicans to the work and legacy of Jamaica’s late cultural icon, the Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley (Miss Lou). “What I like about it is...

The late Earl ‘Wya’ Lindo, who died on September 4.

Culture Minister Pays Tribute to the Late Earl ‘Wya’ Lindo

Interim Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Orville Hill (sixth right), with special invitees and participants of the Miss Lou Exhibition and Bandana Fashion Show held on Thursday, September 7 at the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Library, 2 Tom Redcam Drive, Kingston 5. Also in picture are co-executor of Miss Lou’s estate, Dr. Pamela Appelt (8th right ) and Miss Kingston and St. Andrew Festival Queen, Daina Dyer (fifth right).

Miss Lou Exhibition Opens at Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left) engages in discussion with Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Executive Director for The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago, Jerry Butler. Occasion was a gender forum at the University of the West Indies Regional Headquarters in St. Andrew on September 6.

27 MDAs Get Gender Equality Seal

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry (3rd left), affixes his signature to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the growing of medicinal plants on mined-out bauxite lands. The agreement between the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) and Timeless Herbal Care was signed on Tuesday (September 5), at the Transport Ministry’s Maxfield Avenue offices in Kingston. Others (from left) are Executive Director of the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), Parris Lyew-Ayee; Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange; Director, Public Relations and Corporate Communications, Transport and Mining Ministry, Vando Palmer; Chief Executive of Timeless Herbal Care, Courtney Betty; and Chairman of the JBI, Bindley Sangster.

Farmers to Grow Medicinal Plants on Mined-out Lands

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), listens to a comment from Executive Vice-President, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Julie Katzman (right), during a gender forum organised by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) at the University of the West Indies Regional Headquarters on September 6. At left is General Manager for the Caribbean Country Department, IDB, Therese Turner-Jones.

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Gov’t Taking Action to Address Gender-Based Violence

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the Government is taking strategic action to address gender-based violence, inequality and discrimination in the country. She cited among other things, Cabinet’s approval of the National Strategic Action Plan to Eliminate Gender-based Violence, legislative initiatives to deal with sexual harassment, and issuing Gender Equality Certification and Seals to ministries,...

Late cultural icon, Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley (Miss Lou).

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Jamaica Pays Tribute to Miss Lou Today

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) is planning several activities to honour the life and work of the late cultural icon, Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley, affectionately called Miss Lou. The events will take place today (September 7) to mark the 98th anniversary of her birth, and are free and open to the public. JCDC Parish Manager, Kingston and St. Andrew Parish...

Founder and Director of the Jamaica Customer Service Association (JaCSA), Ilsa duVerney (second right), presents a certificate of recognition to the Jamaica Public Service Company’s Corporate Communications Director, Winsome Callum (second left), at the media launch of the National Customer Service Week at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on September 5. Others (from left) are Stakeholder Relations Analyst at the JPS, Courtney Whyte; and Deputy Chairman of JaCSA, Richard Rowe.

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JCDC to Host Customer Appreciation Day

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) plans to host a Customer Appreciation Day to recognise stakeholders partnering with the entity to stage the festivities commemorating the country’s 55th Independence anniversary. This was disclosed by Acting Executive Director, Orville Hill, who said following the successful staging of festival events, culminating with the Grand Gala at the National Stadium on Independence Day,...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange. (FILE)

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Jamaica to Officially Commemorate Kendal Train Crash on September 1

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange has announced that from this year, September 1 will be observed as the date on which the nation officially commemorates the Kendal Train Crash. September 1, 2017 marks the 60th Anniversary of the Kendal Crash which happened at Kendal in Manchester, central Jamaica on Sunday, September 1,1957. “This...

Children enjoying the back-to-school treat hosted by the Holy Ghost Assembly Church of God in Kitson Town, St. Catherine, on Friday, August 25.

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Back to School Treat Staged For Children in Kitson Town, St. Catherine

Over 230 children from rural St. Catherine benefitted from a back-to-school treat hosted by the Holy Ghost Assembly Church of God, in Kitson Town, on Friday, August 25. The children received text books and schools bags and were feted by the Church, which was supplied with provisions by several business entities. Pastor of the Church, Joan Fennel, said the treat...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (fifth left) and Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (seventh left) applaud after unveiling the new design for a museum in honour of Jamaica’s first National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey. The facility will be built on lands in St. Ann’s Bay, St. Ann, where the National Hero grew up. The unveiling took place at the Civic Ceremony commemorating the 130th birthday of Mr. Garvey in Lawrence Park, St. Ann’s Bay, on August 17.

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Garvey Museum to be Established in St. Ann

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the legacy of Jamaica’s first National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Marcus Garvey, will be protected through the establishment of a museum in St. Ann. Speaking on August 17 at a ceremony in St. Ann’s Bay, St. Ann, to mark the 130 th anniversary of the birth of Mr. Garvey,...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (2nd left) and Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (left), present a copy of the transcripts of Marcus Garvey’s mail fraud trial to the Regional Director of the Jamaica Library Service, Region 3, Ms. Merlene Walker (centre), for the people of St. Ann to have access. The presentation took place during a civic ceremony celebrating the 130th birthday of Garvey, Jamaica

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Garvey to be Cleared of All Criminal Charges

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the Government is moving to clear National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Marcus Garvey, of all criminal charges that were laid against him in Jamaica. Addressing a civic ceremony to commemorate the 130 th birthday of Jamaica’sfirst National Hero, held at Lawrence Park, St. Ann, on August 17, the Minister...