The Office of the Children's Advocate (OCA)is reporting that it received 1,778 complaints of incidents relating to infringements of the rights and welfare of children over the five-year period leading...

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, has said the country owes a debt of gratitude to the late Ambassador of Culture, Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley (Miss Lou), for...

Fourteen students and eight teachers from the St. Martin in the Fields Church of England High School in South London will leave for Jamaica this week-end, for a one week...

‘Nakumbuka,’ the annual memorial commemorating the millions of lives lost during the transatlantic slave trade, will be held on February 17 and 18 at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston....

Sixteen children from various institutions across the Corporate Area have been selected to serve on the Children’s Advisory Panel of the Office of the Children’s Advocate (OCA). They have been...

The induction of 22 new Youth Ambassadors should help to ensure that the voices of Jamaican youths will be heard more strongly on the national and international stage. The young...

Field Services Director with the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC),  Marjorie Leyden-Vernon says plans for  a civic ceremony to commemorate 127th birthday of  National Hero, the Right Excellent Sir Alexander...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness says culture is a vital aspect of Jamaica’s national heritage and its continued incorporation into the education system is essential. “We have to therefore...

Twenty-two young persons were presented with instruments of office, to begin their two-year tenure as Youth Ambassadors for Jamaica, on Tuesday February 8. The Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon....

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Olivia Grange, has called on the country’s youth ambassadors to become agents of change and to develop practical and sustainable plans that will have...

A series of programmes celebrating Reggae’s impact on the British music, culture and society will be aired on the BBC 4 television, beginning on February 11. The programmes are a...