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The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange (right) shares a light moment with Entertainer, Tony Rebel (centre) and the Director of Public Prosecutions, Paula Llewellyn at the launch of Rebel Salute 2019 on Thursday, 28 December 2018.

Rebel Salute is a Celebration of Reggae

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says next January’s staging of Rebel Salute will be a celebration of “the role played historically by Reggae music in the liberation of oppressed people across the world.”...

Director of Corporate Communications at the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Lorna Clarke (right), and Public Relations and Administrative Manager of the Culture, Health, Arts, Science and Education (CHASE) Fund, Hilary Coulton, look over the commitment letter for CHASE Fund's sponsorship of the 2018 'Fireworks on the Waterfront' in the amount of $5 million, at a recent JIS Think Tank.

Public and Private Sectors Partner for Fireworks on the Waterfront

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Hon. Olivia Grange, congratulates Reggae Girl, Khadija “Bunny” Shaw, on being named Footballer of the Year by The Guardian newspaper in the United Kingdom.

Minister Grange Hails Bunny Shaw on Footballer of the Year Award

Prime Minister, the Most Honourable
Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP — Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP

End of Year Message by the Chairman of the Caribbean Community The Most Honourable Andrew Holness

Director of Corporate Communications at the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Lorna Clarke, gives details about the 17th staging of Fireworks on the Waterfront, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on December 27.

UDC Stages Fireworks on the Kingston Waterfront and in Ocho Rios

Sections of the Mandela Highway Road Improvement Project, being funded under the Major Infrastructure Development Programme and executed by China Harbour Engineering Company Limited (CHEC)., which is expected to be completed in 2019.

7 years ago Works / Construction

Majority of Legacy Road Project Works to be Completed By March 2019

The National Works Agency (NWA) is reporting that major works on all the legacy road infrastructure projects should be completed by the end of March 2019. “Of course, we will have tidying up and finishing work on basically all of the projects continuing after that point. But the aim is [that] at the end of the first quarter of 2019,...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Health Ministry’s ‘Jamaica Moves’ Initiative Gets SDA Church’s Approval

The Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church in Jamaica is throwing its support behind the Health Ministry’s ‘Jamaica Moves’ programme, and will formally endorse the initiative on January 8, 2019. According to President of the Jamaica Union Conference of SDAs, Pastor Everett Brown, the church’s mission is to use its resources to help persons spiritually, and to do so in “whatever...

His Excellency, The Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen, ON, GCMG, CD, KSt.J, Governor-General

7 years ago Governor General

Christmas Message 2018 from Governor General, His Excellency The Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen ON, GCMG, CD, KSt.J

My fellow Jamaicans at home and abroad, We celebrate another Christmas as a nation, and we are grateful for the reminders of the power of peace and goodwill in shaping our lives. Christmas is a time that brings together families, friends, and communities, in thanksgiving and celebration, for the gifts and blessings we have received throughout the year. All of...

7 years ago Prime Minister

Christmas Message 2018 from Prime Minister, The Most Hon. Andrew Holness

What a blessing it is for us to celebrate and commemorate the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ as we acknowledge that He is the reason for the season. Take a walk with me down memory lane, as we revisit the old time Jamaican Christmas. Children are happy, laughing and playing, families coming together, the barrels cleared, carols...

Dr. Peter Phillips, Leader of the Opposition.

7 years ago Opposition

Christmas Message 2018 from Leader of the Opposition Dr. Peter Phillips

My fellow Jamaicans, Season’s Greetings. Christmas is a special time of the year in Jamaica, and we celebrate it in our own distinctive way. It is the time of year when we share with family and friends the joys of the Season. Communities all over the country come together at this time to entertain and take care of the elderly...

Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Brian Wynte. (File)

7 years ago Finance & Public Service

$13.9 Billion Issued Into Circulation for Week Leading Up to Christmas

The Bank of Jamaica’s (BoJ) says total currency issued into circulation for the week leading up the Christmas holidays, from December 17 to 21, amounted to $13.9 billion. This, it noted, represents a 12.2 per cent increase in the currency stock for the week, and was broadly in line with the $13.5 billion or 13.9 per cent increase for the...

Vice President of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) Global Affairs at the Caribbean Department, Ambassador Joachim Schmillen, addresses a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

7 years ago EnvironmentJIS Think Tank

CMU to Support Blue Economy Initiatives in 2019

The Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), through its Global Affairs at the Caribbean Department, will implement several activities in 2019 to support the Government of Jamaica Blue Economy Initiatives. The Blue Economy is an emerging concept which relates to protecting, conserving and using sustainably marine resources. Vice President of the Department at CMU, Ambassador Joachim Schmillen, said the unit, which was...