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Outstanding Jamaican vocalist, Ken Boothe (centre), gives thanks after being being presented with a Reggae Icon Award at the 2020 Independence Day celebrations, held inside the National Arena on Thursday (August 6). Sharing the moment are Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left) and President of the Senate, Senator, the Hon. Tom Tavares-Finson.
Outstanding Jamaican vocalist, Ken Boothe (centre), gives thanks after being being presented with a Reggae Icon Award at the 2020 Independence Day celebrations, held inside the National Arena on Thursday (August 6). Sharing the moment are Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left) and President of the Senate, Senator, the Hon. Tom Tavares-Finson.

Jamaicans Still Celebrate

The usual Independence Day Grand Gala, where thousands of persons would gather at the National Stadium decked out in the colours of the Jamaican flag – black, green and gold – to celebrate the event, was this year replaced with...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses a virtual press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister Media Centre in Kingston, on Thursday (August 6).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses a virtual press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister Media Centre in Kingston, on Thursday (August 6).

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Popular Jamaican singer, Marcia Griffiths, holds her Reggae Icon Award while performing at the televised Independence Day celebrations, held at the National Arena on Thursday (August 6).
Popular Jamaican singer, Marcia Griffiths, holds her Reggae Icon Award while performing at the televised Independence Day celebrations, held at the National Arena on Thursday (August 6).

PHOTOS: Performances during the televised 2020 Independence Day celebrations
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. (FILE)
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. (FILE)

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Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation and Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis (centre), with the ‘Spirit of Independence’ awardees during Thursday’s (August 6) Independence Day Civic and Awards Ceremony. The event was held at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre under the theme: ‘Jamaica 58… Resilient and Strong’.
Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation and Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis (centre), with the ‘Spirit of Independence’ awardees during Thursday’s (August 6) Independence Day Civic and Awards Ceremony. The event was held at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre under the theme: ‘Jamaica 58… Resilient and Strong’.

Sixteen Stakeholders Honoured During Independence Day Ceremony In St. James

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Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (2nd left), and Transport and Mining Minister and Western St. Mary Member of Parliament, Hon. Robert Montague, officially open the Three Hills Resource Centre Community Access Point in the parish, on Wednesday (August 5). Looking on are: Universal Service Fund (USF) Chief Executive Officer, Daniel Dawes (2nd right), and Chairman of the Centre, Kenrick Johnson.
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USF Opens Two New Community Access Points In St. Mary

Hundreds of residents in Oracabessa and Three Hills in Tower Isle, western St. Mary, are now benefitting from internet and other related services, which are being provided at two community access points (CAP) that have been established in those areas. The facilities, the Spicy Grove Youth Centre CAP in Oracabessa, and the Three Hills Resource Centre, were officially commissioned into...
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Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe, speaking during a back-to-school digital town hall meeting on Tuesday (August 4).
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Early Childhood Sector Stakeholders Receive COVID-19 Protocols Training

As early childhood institutions (ECIs) prepare for start of the 2020/21 academic year in September, Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe, says operators and staff within the sector have been trained in the necessary Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) protocols to safeguard children. “The ECI sector [stakeholders have] been fully trained by...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), in discussion with Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Collette Roberts-Risden (left), during a visit to the Ministry’s office in St. Ann’s Bay, St. Ann, on Wednesday (August 5). Among those also listening is Portfolio Minister, Hon. Mike Henry (centre).
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Prime Minister Reiterates the Need for Increased Digital Service Utilization

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says Jamaica’s experience with the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) underlines the need for greater utilization of online services across the society. He noted that not only are these cost-effective and efficient, but are also the “way of the future”. Mr. Holness emphasized that the digital age is “here to stay”, and that the...
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Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe, speaking during a back-to-school digital town hall meeting on Tuesday (August 4).
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Education Ministry to Undertake Phased Introduction of Electronic Textbooks

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information will commence the phased introduction of electronic textbooks to replace printed versions during the 2020/21 academic year, which starts in September. Acting Chief Education Officer, Dr. Kasan Troupe, said the process will get underway in secondary institutions, noting that “some of our high schools will be benefitting from e-books or flat books”. Flat...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange
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‘Emancipendence’ 2020 Message from Minister Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport

Happy Emancipendence Jamaica! Fellow Jamaicans, we celebrate the 58th anniversary of our nation’s Independence and 182nd anniversary of our Emancipation amid the impact of a global pandemic, COVID-19, which has upended our society and threatened our lives and livelihood. And yet, it is not lost on us that we have in our veins the blood of our ancestors whose life-giving...
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Fireworks for Jamaica 58 Independence Celebration

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced that there will be fireworks over Kingston at the climax of the Independence Spectacular on Thursday (August 6). The fireworks show — lasting five minutes — will come at the end of the Independence Spectacular which is being staged as a virtual edition of the annual...
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