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Students Invited to Enter CARICOM Essay Competition

Tertiary and secondary students are invited to enter the CARICOM Energy Month Regional Youth Essay Competition. Director of Energy Economics and Planning at the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology and CARICOM energy focal point Jamaica, Yvonne Barrett-Edwards, said the...

Storyteller and Founder of Storytelling Foundation of Jamaica, Dr. Amina Blackwood-Meeks.

Storytelling Day Got Some Spanish Flavour

Interim Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Orville Hill (head of table), leads a meeting involving board commissioners, songwriters and producers at the JCDC’s head office in Kingston on Thursday (November 17). The meeting was held ahead of the launch of the Festival Song Competition 2018 on November 30.

Festival Song 2018 to Launch November 30

Chief Executive Officer of the CHASE Fund, William ‘Billy’ Heaven, addresses the Dudley Grant Memorial Trust Early Childhood Development Conference 2017 at the Iberostar Resort in Montego Bay on Thursday, November 16.

CHASE to Continue Support of Early Childhood Education – CEO

Consultant and Head of the Anaesthetics Department, Mandeville Regional Hospital, Dr. Leighton Wynter (second left), explains how the new anaesthetic machine works to (from left) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Mandeville Hospital, Alwyn Miller; Chairman, Southern Regional Health Authority, Wayne Chen; and CEO of the CHASE Fund, William 'Billy' Heaven. Occasion was the handover of the equipment to the hospital in Manchester on Tuesday (November 14).

Chase Fund Has Invested $3.3 Billion in Health Sector

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.

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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 of the competition, which starts on November 19. The competition will take place in Poland and the Slovak Republic, while...

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.

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Culture Clubs to Merge

Culture clubs operating out of three agencies under the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport are expected to be merged in a bid to strengthen the movement. These include the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) culture clubs, Jamaica National Heritage Trust heritage clubs and the Jamaica National Council – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (JNC-UNESCO) clubs. Consultations...

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

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Ambassador Marks Launches Jamaica Roots Competition

Ambassador to the United States (US), Her Excellency Audrey Marks, has announced the launch of a competition called Jamaica Roots aimed at nationals in the US who have lost connection with their homeland. The competition, which will run from November 5, 2017 to February 4, 2018, provides the opportunity for Jamaican-Americans to win a trip to the island. Monthly draws...

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

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Jamaicans Encouraged to Enter 2018 Performing Arts Competition

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) is encouraging talented Jamaicans to submit entries for the 2018 Performing Arts Competition and traditional folk forms by the deadline of Friday, December 1, 2017. Entry forms and rules and guidelines are available on the JCDC website, www.jcdc.gov.jm, its head office at 3-5 Phoenix Avenue, Kingston 10; and all JCDC parish offices islandwide. Director...

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.

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Ministries Sign MOU to Promote Women in Business

The Ministries of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, and Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) aimed at developing strategies and collaborative programmes that will promote and encourage the involvement of women in entrepreneurship. The objective is to facilitate more opportunities for women in the micro, small and medium-size enterprise (MSME) sector. “We are pleased...

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.

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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...