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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

Plans are under way for the 2018 staging of the Jamaica Festival Song Competition, which is scheduled to be launched next Thursday (November 30), at 23 Dominica Drive in New Kingston. Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) board commissioners and senior...

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

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

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

West Indies and Jamaican cricketer, Stafanie Taylor (left), accepts a plaque from Head Boy at the Eltham High School, Shawn Noble (right), while Head Girl, Jada Davis, looks on. Occasion was Wednesday’s (November1) breaking of ground for the Stafanie Taylor Oval at the Eltham High School in Spanish Town, St. Catherine.

Minister Grange Hails Stafanie Taylor as Great Example for Youth

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, addresses the launch of the Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K at Alhambra Inn in St. Andrew on Tuesday, October 24.

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Legacy Projects to Boost Sport Tourism – Minister Grange

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the legacy projects, launched earlier this year, will provide a boost for sport tourism, while buttressing the country’s sport infrastructure. She was speaking at the launch of the 2017 Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K event held at the Alhambra Inn in St. Andrew on Tuesday, October 24. The...

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 Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia “Babsy” Grange.

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Fort Rocky Named Jamaica’s First Entertainment Zone

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, has named Fort Rocky in Port Royal as Jamaica’s first entertainment zone. She made the announcement at the launch of Carnival in Jamaica 2018 held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Thursday (October 19). Ms. Grange said the area has been endorsed by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA),...

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 (at podium), closes the debate on the National Heroes and Other Freedom Fighters (Absolution from Criminal Liability in Respect of Specified Events) Act, 2017, in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (October 17). At left is Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry.

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House Passes Bill to Clear Heroes of Criminal Charges

Jamaica is a step closer to absolving several of the country’s National Heroes of criminal liability for the role they played in various uprisings in the quest for freedom and justice. This follows passage of the National Heroes and Other Freedom Fighters (Absolution from Criminal Liability in Respect of Specified Events) Act, 2017 in the House of Representatives on Tuesday...

Acting Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Orville Hill.

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JCDC Launches Citizen’s Charter

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) has launched its Citizen’s Charter, which outlines the strategies to improve customer service at the entity. This is in keeping with the requirements under the Public Sector Modernisation Programme, which is aimed at strengthening service delivery across Government. Ministries, agencies and departments are being encouraged to establish citizen’s charters and customer service improvement plans...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon Olivia Grange (centre) shares a light moment with well-known music producer Tommy Cowan (left); and gospel singer, Carlene Davis, during the launch of Legal Deposit Month and the Poet Laureate of Jamaica and Helen Zell Young Writers’ Prize for Poetry on October 11 at the National Library of Jamaica in downtown Kingston.

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Entries Invited for Poet Laureate of Jamaica/Helen Zell Young Writer’s Prize

The country’s young poets are being invited to submit entries for the newly established Poet Laureate of Jamaica and Helen Zell Young Writer’s Prize for Poetry. The programme, which is a collaborative initiative of the National Library of Jamaica (NLJ) through the office of the Poet Laureate of Jamaica and the United States- based University of Michigan’s Helen Zell Writers’...