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Wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (fourth left), and State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (third left), with the 13 finalists in the 2018 Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) National Festival Queen Competition. Occasion was the annual Festival Queen Breakfast, which was hosted at Jamaica House on Tuesday (July 31) by Mrs. Holness, who is the competition’s Patron.

Festival Queen Finalists Will Be Among Future Leaders – Holness

Patron of the National Festival Queen Competition, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness, says she is confident that the 13 finalists in this year’s Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) contest will be among the country’s future leaders. Addressing the contestants during...

Miss Emanci-Fest contestants pose for a picture at the media launch held recently at The Courtleigh Hotel in New Kingston. From left are Alisa Durrant, Nadraka Graham, Latola Morrison, Marika Stewart and Terry-Ann Wilson.

Sligoville Emanci-Fest July 31-August 1

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (fourth right), with the 10 finalists in the Jamaica Festival Song Competition.

Grand Final for Festival Song July 15

Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2017, Dainalyn Swaby (left), sharing a moment with President of the Rotaract Club of St. Andrew, Sherika Watson, after being pinned at the Rotaract Club of Jamaica East’s Annual Installation Ceremony held at The Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston recently.

2017 Festival Queen Recognised By Rotaract Club of St. Andrew

State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, addresses the opening ceremony for the University of Technology’s (UTech’s) third annual Jamaican Medical Cannabis Integration Symposium (JAMECANN) on Thursday (July 5). The two-day event is being held under the theme ‘Merging Science, Spirit and Business’ at the College of Health Sciences at UTech’s main campus in Papine, St. Andrew.

State Minister Says Medical Cannabis Industry Can Rival Other Sectors

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, on her arrival at the House of Representatives on July 3 to make her Sectoral Presentation.

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$26 Million to Assist Creative Persons

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, has announced the establishment of the Jamaica Creative 100 programme, with funding of $26 million. She informed that this is to help with the further development of creative people across Jamaica, who have imprinted their unique brand in the global marketplace or have the potential to do so. “Through this...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (third left); Interim Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Orville Hill (third right); and Country Director at the British Council, Olayinka Jacobs-Bonnick (second right), share a moment with participants in the second edition of the British Council’s International Festivals Academy (IFA) held in Edinburgh, Scotland, in April. They are Enola Williams (left), Michael Holgate (second left) and Lesley-Ann Welsh (right). Occasion was the opening session of the cultural skills seminar for festival producers entitled ‘Festival X’ held on Wednesday (June 13) at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston

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Festival Organisers Receive Cultural Skills Training

Organisers of festivals have benefited from a training seminar aimed at strengthening their capacity to stage such events. The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport and the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) partnered with the British Council to host the one-day seminar, dubbed ‘Festival X’, at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (June 13). The event...

The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport (left) discusses the heritage of Jamaica with the new Director-General of UNESCO, Ms Audrey Azoulay at the 7th session of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Paris, France. Jamaica was elected to the Committee to serve a four-year term (2018-2022).

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Jamaica Successful in Bid for Seat on Another UNESCO Committee

Press Release - Jamaica has been successful in securing a place on yet another high-profile UNESCO Committee. The country was elected unopposed to a seat on the Intergovernmental Committee of the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), at the General Assembly of the Convention which ended on June 6 in Paris, France. The Jamaican delegation was led by...

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Minister Grange Commends Sponsors of Labour Day Projects

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, is praising the various individuals and organisations that have come forward to lend their support to this year’s Workers’ Week and Labour Day activities. Labour Day is being observed on Wednesday, May 23 under the theme ‘Ramp it up…Fix it up’. Speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank, Ms. Grange...

State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Alando Terrelonge, addresses the annual HUSH Children’s Symposium hosted by the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) Programme Coordination Division on May 17 at the IOJ’s downtown Kingston headquarters. The symposium targeted students and was staged under the theme ‘Charges, Chances, Changes’.

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Students Take Part in HUSH Symposium

Students from some primary, secondary and special needs schools across the island participated in the eighth annual HUSH Children’s Symposium, held at the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) headquarters in downtown Kingston, on Thursday (May 17). The aim was to encourage the students to make positive choices that will enrich their lives and benefit them in the years to come. The...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, makes a point at a JIS Think Tank held on Tuesday (May 15), at the agency’s head office in Kingston.

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Jamaicans Urged to Register Labour Day Projects

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, is encouraging citizens to register their projects for Labour Day, which will be observed on May 23 under the theme ‘Ramp it up… Fix it up’. Minister Grange, who chairs the National Labour Day Planning Committee, made the appeal while addressing a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (May 15). She...

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JA Looking to Have Port Royal and Cockpit Country Inscribed to UNESCO World Heritage List

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says nomination dossiers are being prepared for two more of the country’s heritage sites to be inscribed to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage List. She said these sites include Port Royal and the Cockpit Country. Ms Grange made the remarks during a speech read...