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KingstOOn Animation Festival Poster. The Festival will be held from March 12 to 13 at the Edna Manley School for the Visual and Performing Arts.
KingstOOn Animation Festival Poster. The Festival will be held from March 12 to 13 at the Edna Manley School for the Visual and Performing Arts.

KingstOOn Animation Festival Promises to be a Success

This year’s staging of  the KingstOOn animation festival promises to be a success, following the two screenings  last weekend, which attracted large audiences. The screenings, held at the Caribbean Institute for Media and Communication (CARIMAC) and the Creative Production and...
President of the Mico University College, Dr. Asburn Pinnock, speaking at JIS Think Tank held on Wednesday, March 9.
President of the Mico University College, Dr. Asburn Pinnock, speaking at JIS Think Tank held on Wednesday, March 9.

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VYBZING Animated Music Video Challenge Poster
VYBZING Animated Music Video Challenge Poster

VYBZING Animated Music Video Challenge to be hosted in Jamaica
KingstOOn Animation Festival screening poster. The screening will be held on March 5 and 6 at the Annex Lecture Theatre of the Caribbean Institute for Media and Communication (CARIMAC) at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona, and at Studio 1 of the CPTC, in Kingston.
KingstOOn Animation Festival screening poster. The screening will be held on March 5 and 6 at the Annex Lecture Theatre of the Caribbean Institute for Media and Communication (CARIMAC) at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona, and at Studio 1 of the CPTC, in Kingston.

Screening for Kingstoon Animation Festival March 5 and 6
Animator, JoWayne McFarlane, reads a promotional poster for the 2016 KingstOOn Animation Festival during a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’. JoWayne, who placed second at the inaugural staging of the festival in 2013, is a finalist at this year’s event, slated for March 12 to 13 at the Edna Manley College for the Visual and Performing Arts in Kingston.
Animator, JoWayne McFarlane, reads a promotional poster for the 2016 KingstOOn Animation Festival during a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’. JoWayne, who placed second at the inaugural staging of the festival in 2013, is a finalist at this year’s event, slated for March 12 to 13 at the Edna Manley College for the Visual and Performing Arts in Kingston.

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West Rural St. Andrew Communities Receive Electricity

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