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Heritage Tourism Boost Anticipated from UNESCO’s Listing of Blue & John Crow Mountains

By: Elaine Hartman Reckord , July 6, 2015

Youth and Culture Minister, Hon. Lisa Hanna, says the inscription of Jamaica’s renowned Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO)...

Jamaica’s Blue and John Crow Mountains inscribed to UNESCO’s Prestigious World Heritage List

By: Marvel Gordon - Senior Communications Officer, Ministry of Youth and Culture , July 3, 2015

Festival Song Finals July 4

By: Oroyo Eubanks, July 2, 2015

Culture 10 years ago Wortley Home Wards Temporarily Relocated
By: Marvel Gordon, Senior Communications Officer (Acting), June 30, 2015
Culture 10 years ago CDA Launches Emergency Readiness Competition for Children’s Homes
By: Rochelle Williams, June 30, 2015
Culture 10 years ago Non-Traditional High School Students Recognised
By: Judith Hunter , June 29, 2015

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Principal Director of Culture in the Creative Industries Policy Division of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Dr. Janice Lindsay.

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Jamaicans on World Heritage Committee

Two Jamaicans will sit on UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee (WHC), when it meets in Bonn, Germany, from June 28 to July 8, to examine proposals to inscribe 37 properties on...

By: Elaine Hartman Reckord, June 26, 2015

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Jamaica to Defend World Heritage Status Proposal

Jamaica is preparing to defend a proposal to have the Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park considered for World Heritage status at the upcoming Session of the UNESCO World...

By: Elaine Hartman Reckord , June 25, 2015

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JCDC Unveils Culture Passports

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) on Tuesday, June 23, unveiled its Culture Passport, which will allow holders to access key cultural and heritage sites across Jamaica. Speaking at the...

By: Andrine Davidson, June 25, 2015

Mayor of Kingston, Her Worship, Senator Councillor, Dr. Angela Brown Burke (third right) and Youth and Culture Minister, Hon. Lisa Hanna (second left), unveil plaque at the opening of the International Youth Fellowship (IYF) Teen Training Centre, in Parade Gardens, Downtown Kingston, on June 23. Others (from left) are: Country Director for the IYF in Jamaica, Pastor Jin Hee Kim; State Minister in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson and President of the School of Mahanaim in New York, Pastor Terry Henderson.

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IYF Opens Teen Training Centre in Parade Gardens

Young persons in the inner city community of Parade Gardens, in downtown Kingston, are to benefit from a new Teen Training Centre, which has been established in the heart of...

By: Rochelle Williams , June 25, 2015

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Youth and Culture, Mrs. Sherrill O’Reggio Angus (third left) and Member of Parliament for Western Hanover, Hon. Ian Hayles (fourth right) cut the ribbon to officially open the Hanover Youth Information Centre and the parish’s National Youth Service office at the Watson Taylor Park Complex, in Lucea, on June 19. Others (from left) are: Acting Executive Director of the National Youth Service (NYS), Dennis Lawrence; Mayor of Lucea, Councillor Wynter McIntosh; 2015 Hanover Festival Queen, Kimberly Morant; Custos of Hanover, Hon. Dr. David Stair and President of the Hanover Youth Council, Alija Dias.

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Youth Information Centre Opens in Hanover

Young persons in the parish of Hanover now have a permanent location where they can obtain information and get involved in programmes staged by the Ministry of Youth and Culture....

By: Marlon Tingling, June 23, 2015

Project Manager for the Ministry of National Security’s Unite For Change programme, Patricia Sutherland.

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Volunteers Urged to Join National Effort to Protect Children

For the second staging of the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention, the Ministry of National Security is calling for volunteers to join the national effort to protect children. The...

By: Shelly-Ann Irving, June 18, 2015

Registrar, Office of the Children’s Registry, Greig Smith. (FILE)

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OCR Congratulates GSAT Awardees, Encourages Parents to be Mindful

The Office of the Children’s Registry, OCR, wishes to congratulate the thirty-seven thousand five hundred and seventy five (37, 575) students who successfully completed their Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT)...

By: Mrs. Julia Smiley Green, Public Relations Officer, Children’s Registry, June 18, 2015

Team Leader for the Children and Family Support Unit (CFSU) of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Carmen Mullings (right), speaking to participants who attended the CDA’s Parenting Seminar at the Alpha Institute in Kingston, today (June 17).

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CDA Embarks On Parenting Seminars

As part of the Ministry of Youth and Culture’s focus on child protection, the Child Development Agency (CDA) has embarked on a series of parenting seminars to educate parents and...

By: Rochelle Williams , June 18, 2015

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Jamaicans on World Heritage Committee

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