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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, presents the Outstanding Father Award to Rev. Dr. Peter Garth, at a ceremony held at the Caymanas Golf Club in St. Catherine in June 2022.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, presents the Outstanding Father Award to Rev. Dr. Peter Garth, at a ceremony held at the Caymanas Golf Club in St. Catherine in June 2022.

Bureau of Gender Affairs to Celebrate Outstanding Fathers

Sixty exceptional fathers and male caregivers will be celebrated at this year’s Outstanding Fathers Awards (OFA) ceremony, which will take place at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Friday (June 13). The special ceremony, in observance of Father’s...
Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre, front row), shares a photo opportunity with members of staff during a special Father’s Day function on Wednesday (June 11), The function was held at the Office of the Prime Minister. Fathers who are staff members of the Office of the Prime Minister, Jamaica House and the Office of the Cabinet were honoured during the event. Father’s Day 2025 will be observed on Sunday, June 15.
Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre, front row), shares a photo opportunity with members of staff during a special Father’s Day function on Wednesday (June 11), The function was held at the Office of the Prime Minister. Fathers who are staff members of the Office of the Prime Minister, Jamaica House and the Office of the Cabinet were honoured during the event. Father’s Day 2025 will be observed on Sunday, June 15.

PM Holness Applauds Fathers Committed to Strengthening Families
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport and Member Parliament for St. Catherine Central, Hon. Olivia Grange, addresses the thanksgiving service for the life of nine-year-old Kelsey Ferrigon held at the Spanish Town Seventh-day Adventist Church in St. Catherine on Monday (June 9).
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport and Member Parliament for St. Catherine Central, Hon. Olivia Grange, addresses the thanksgiving service for the life of nine-year-old Kelsey Ferrigon held at the Spanish Town Seventh-day Adventist Church in St. Catherine on Monday (June 9).

Resurrect The Village – Minister Grange
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon Dana Morris Dixon, addresses Thursday’s (May 22) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon Dana Morris Dixon, addresses Thursday’s (May 22) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.

Prime Minister Directs Cabinet to Strengthen Laws Against Gender-based Violence
Chairman of the Kitson Town Civic Committee, Garfield Angus (centre), celebrates with the six mothers who received the inaugural Miss Govie Motherhood Awards, on May 18 at the Guanaboa Vale Primary School in St. Catherine.
Chairman of the Kitson Town Civic Committee, Garfield Angus (centre), celebrates with the six mothers who received the inaugural Miss Govie Motherhood Awards, on May 18 at the Guanaboa Vale Primary School in St. Catherine.

Exceptional Mothers Honoured by Kitson Town Civic Committee

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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, delivers a statement in the House of Representatives on May 20.
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Members of Parliament Condemn Recent Acts of Violence Against Women and Girls

Members of Parliament on Tuesday (May 20) condemned the recent acts of violence against women and girls in Jamaica. These include the killing of nine-year-old Kelsey Ferrigon; the University of Technology Jamaica (UTech) student, Anisa Dilworth, who was reported missing and whose body was recently discovered; and the random, brutal attack on a defenceless nurse by a man holding a...
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BGA Hosting Student Capacity-Building Workshop to Mark Int’l Day of the Boy Child on May 16

Sixty students from four institutions will participate in a capacity-building workshop hosted by the Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA) on Friday, May 16, in observance of International Day of the Boy Child. The event will take place at the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport on Trafalgar Road in New Kingston from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The participating...
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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Dean-Roy Bernard, greets Chair of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), Corah-Ann Robertson-Sylvester, during the Women in Maritime Association Caribbean (WiMAC) 10th Anniversary Dinner and Induction Ceremony at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (May 13). Mrs. Robertson-Sylvester was the keynote speaker.
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Gender Ministry Applauds WiMAC’S 10 Years of Driving Maritime Growth and Regional Integration

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has commended the Women in Maritime Association, Caribbean (WiMAC), on its 10th anniversary, for its contributions to development and reform, support for regional integration, commitment to professionalism and promotion of sustainable industry growth. Speaking during WiMAC’s 10th Anniversary Dinner and Induction Ceremony at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), shares a photo opportunity with (from left) Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) Board Chair, Debby-Ann Brown Salmon, and Culture, Health, Art, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund Public Relations and Administrative Manager, Hilary Coulton. The occasion was the WCJF Empowered Futures Parenting Symposium at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on May 9.
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Adolescent Mothers Encouraged to Join the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation

Adolescent mothers are being encouraged to register with the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF). Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, made the appeal while addressing the WCJF’s Empowered Futures Parenting Symposium at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on May 9. She urged adolescent mothers not to face their pregnancies alone, emphasising that the...
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Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, shares a photo opportunity with members of staff during a special Mother’s Day function on Thursday (May 8). The event was held at the Office of the Prime Minister. The function honoured mothers who are staff members of the Office of the Prime Minister, Jamaica House, and the Office of the Cabinet. Mother’s Day 2025 was observed on Sunday, May 11.
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Prime Minister Holness Hails Mothers as Pillars of Jamaica’s Future

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is expressing gratitude to mothers across Jamaica for their strength and the pivotal role they play in instilling values and attitudes in their children, shaping both their character and the nation’s future. “Mothers are our first teachers, shaping the moral compass of our children and, by extension, the soul of the society....
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Executive Director, Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), Novlette Howell.
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WCJF to Host Parenting Symposium for Adolescent Mothers on May 9

Adolescent mothers will have the opportunity to learn positive parenting techniques and skills during a symposium set for Friday, May 9, at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston beginning at 9:00 a.m. The event, hosted by the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) under the theme ‘Transforming Families, Building Communities’, is part of ongoing efforts to support adolescent mothers...
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