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Six pioneers in the film industry were inducted into the newly established Jamaica Film Academy on Friday, February 22, marking the final day of a three-day Reggae Film Festival. Inductees were script-writer, Trevor Rhone; film producer, Chris Blackwell; actor, Carl Bradshaw; film director, Perry Henzel; cinematographer, Franklyn St. Juste, who began his film career as a cinematographer at the Jamaica...

The global impact of Rastafarianism and the attendant influence of the Jamaican culture were on full display this past weekend in Washington, D.C., with the opening of the Rasta Marketplace on Saturday (February 23), at Washington's historic Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). The marketplace drew thousands of adherents of the Rastafarian movement, local supporters, as well as...

The Clarendon Health Department is spearheading a series of events in support of Peace Month, which is being observed from February 6 to March 16. They are being staged in partnership with a number of stakeholders in Clarendon, including the Police Department, the Crime Prevention Committee, Chamber of Commerce, Social Development Commission (SDC) and the National Council for Youth Development...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has lauded the contribution of Jamaica's first Prime Minister, the Right Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, on the foundation he laid in governance and the leadership he provided the nation in the early post-independence period. Speaking at a remembrance service yesterday (Feb24) in honour of the 124th anniversary of the birth of the National Hero, Mr. Golding...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has congratulated Raul Castro, on his election to the office of President of the Republic of Cuba. In a congratulatory letter sent today to the new Cuban President , Mr. Golding extended best wishes from the Government and people of Jamaica, for a successful term of office and for continued peace, progress and development for the...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has called on the Organisation for Strategic Development in Jamaica (OSDJ), a non-profit organization based in Minnesota, to provide assistance in configuring Jamaica's medical system, so that it can be wired into a network of advancement in medicine, where the country can benefit from the research taking place all over the world. He says the country...

Jamaica House Live extended by 30 minutes with dedicated Phone Lines for Overseas Callers The Honourable Olivia "Babsy" Grange, Minister of Information, Culture Youth and Sports wishes to advise the news media that there will be no post-Cabinet Press Briefing this week. Instead, Minister Grange says, the next post-Cabinet Press Briefing will be held on Wednesday, 5th March 2008. The...

Six pioneers in the film industry were inducted into the newly established Jamaica Film Academy on Friday, February 22, marking the final day of a three-day Reggae Film Festival. Inductees were script-writer, Trevor Rhone; film producer, Chris Blackwell; actor, Carl Bradshaw; film director, Perry Henzel; cinematographer, Franklyn St. Juste, who began his film career as a cinematographer at the Jamaica...

The global impact of Rastafarianism and the attendant influence of the Jamaican culture were on full display this past weekend in Washington, D.C., with the opening of the Rasta Marketplace on Saturday (February 23), at Washington's historic Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). The marketplace drew thousands of adherents of the Rastafarian movement, local supporters, as well as...

The Clarendon Health Department is spearheading a series of events in support of Peace Month, which is being observed from February 6 to March 16. They are being staged in partnership with a number of stakeholders in Clarendon, including the Police Department, the Crime Prevention Committee, Chamber of Commerce, Social Development Commission (SDC) and the National Council for Youth Development...

The government is making available, a grant of J$10 million to the Combined Disabilities Association, to boost the organization's loan programme for members who want to establish small businesses. A further J$5 million is also being provided to assist with the provision of medical support for the disabled. The disclosure was made by Prime Minister Bruce Golding on Thursday (Feb....

The government is making available, a grant of J$10 million to the Combined Disabilities Association, to boost the organization's loan programme for members who want to establish small businesses. A further J$5 million is also being provided to assist with the provision of medical support for the disabled. The disclosure was made by Prime Minister Bruce Golding on Thursday (Feb....