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Celebrated Jamaican Actor, Director, Producer, and Playwright, Oliver Samuels.

Oliver Samuels Starring in Comeback Series

Jamaican cultural icon, Oliver Samuels, is making a comeback to the stage with his new work, ‘Oliver At Large: Oliver Back a Yaad’. The play is a reboot of his popular ‘Oliver at Large’ series, which catapulted him to international...

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

DC World Reggae Festival to Celebrate Jamaica 60, Set for August 20

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right) with popular visually impaired musician, Kimiela ‘Candy’ Isaacs during the recent Jamaica Praise Gospel Concert. The event which was held at the National Indoor Sports Centre at the National Arena, was one of several commemorative activities for Jamaica 60.

PHOTOS: Praises for Jamaica 60

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (right), converses with Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) Managing Director, Anthony Shaw (left), during Thursday’s (August 11) launch of the entity’s Entertainment and Transport Sector Loan products, at the AC Marriott Kingston Hotel. Sharing in the discussion are General Manager for DBJ’s Channels, Relationship and Marketing Division, Edison Galbraith (second left); and DBJ Manager for Investor Relations, Paul Chin.

$700-Million-Loan Support for Entertainment and Transport Operators

Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), looks on as Joseph “Josey Wales” Sterling performs at the recently held ‘Old Skool’ Dancehall event at the Independence Village inside the National Stadium, as part of Jamaica 60 activities.

PHOTOS: Jamaica 60 ‘Old Skool Dancehall’ at the Independence Village

– Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), receives a plaque from Lead Paratrooper, Guyana Defence Force, Lieutenant Colonel Lloyd Souvenir, on behalf of the people of Guyana, to commemorate Jamaica’s 60th year of Independence. The presentation was made at the Ministry’s offices in Kingston on Monday (August 8). During Saturday’s (August 6) Grand Gala, paratroopers from the Guyana Defence Force skydived from 8,000 feet, participating in a handover of the Jamaican flag before it was hoisted in the National Stadium.

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PHOTOS: Minister Grange Receives Plaque from People of Guyana

– Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), receives a plaque from Lead Paratrooper, Guyana Defence Force, Lieutenant Colonel Lloyd Souvenir, on behalf of the people of Guyana, to commemorate Jamaica’s 60th year of Independence. The presentation was made at the Ministry’s offices in Kingston on Monday (August 8). During Saturday’s (August 6) Grand Gala, paratroopers...

Performers in the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Mello-Go-Roun’ take the stage at the end of the showcase inside the National Stadium Complex in Kingston on August 3. The annual show features the best of performances in poetry, drama, song and dance from the JCDC’s Festival of the Arts.

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Mello-Go-Round — The Best of Festival 2022

Performers in the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Mello-Go-Roun’ take the stage at the end of the showcase inside the National Stadium Complex in Kingston on August 3. The annual show features the best of performances in poetry, drama, song and dance from the JCDC’s Festival of the Arts.

Cultural Drummers, Jamique Ensemble, deliver an electrifying performance during the Seville Emancipation Jubilee, held at the Seville Heritage Park in St Ann, on July 31.

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PHOTOS: Highlights of the Seville Emancipation Jubilee

Cultural Drummers, Jamique Ensemble, deliver an electrifying performance during the Seville Emancipation Jubilee, held at the Seville Heritage Park in St Ann, on July 31.

Newly crowned Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2022, Velonique Bowen, at the coronation held at the National Indoor Sports Centre on Monday (August 1)..

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Miss Kingston and St. Andrew is Jamaica Festival Queen

Broadcast journalist, Velonique Bowen, is the newly crowned Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2022. Miss Bowen, who represented Kingston and St. Andrew, was among the 13 parish queens in the contest, held at the National Indoor Sports Centre on Monday (August 1). Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, presented the winner’s cheque of $600,000, at the grand...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, celebrates with members of the public as the Emancipation Day float parade travelled along Half-Way-Tree Road in Kingston on Monday (August 1.)

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PHOTOS: Jamaica 60 Float Parade

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right) and Nigerian Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama (left) lay floral tributes at the shrine of the African ancestors at the Seville Heritage Park, St. Ann, during the Seville Emancipation Jubilee on July 31.

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Jamaicans Celebrate at Seville Emancipation Jubilee

Jamaicans from all walks of life turned out in their thousands on Sunday (July 31) into Monday morning (August 1) to celebrate the nation’s culture at the Seville Emancipation Jubilee at Seville Heritage Park in St. Ann. The event, which returns to the heritage site after a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, included an array of cultural...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, speaks in the House of Representatives on July 26.

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Several Activities for Main Celebration Period of Diamond Jubilee

The scheduled activities for the main celebration period of Jamaica’s Diamond Jubilee began on Wednesday, July 27 and will run until Sunday, August 7. Speaking in the House of Representatives on July 26, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, said the celebration of Jamaica 60 will follow the tradition of having a significant commemoration of Jamaica’s...