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Manager at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Montego Bay Regional Office, Tashion Stennett (left), engages grade-six student at Tomlinson’s Christian Academy in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, Giovanni Boswell, during the 24th staging of the Seville Heritage Expo, held at the Seville Heritage Park in St Ann, on Wednesday, October 12.
Manager at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Montego Bay Regional Office, Tashion Stennett (left), engages grade-six student at Tomlinson’s Christian Academy in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, Giovanni Boswell, during the 24th staging of the Seville Heritage Expo, held at the Seville Heritage Park in St Ann, on Wednesday, October 12.

Fun And Excitement at Seville Heritage Expo

By: Nickieta Sterling, October 15, 2022
It was an atmosphere of fun and excitement when students and teachers from 250 schools islandwide gathered on the grounds of the Seville Heritage Park in St. Ann on Wednesday,...
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), escorts President of the Crown Council of Ethiopia, His Imperial Highness, Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie (centre) and his wife, Princess Saba Kebede, on their arrival at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA), Kingston, on Thursday (October 13). Also pictured are members of their delegation. Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie, the grandson of the late Emperor Haile Selassie, will be in the island for a week of official engagements and will attend several activities in celebration of Heritage Week, October 10 to 18. He will also meet with the nation’s leaders, including the Governor-General, the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition as well as members of the Ethiopian and Rastafari communities and the National Council on Reparations.

PHOTOS: Minister Grange Escorts His Imperial Highness, Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, addresses the House of Representatives on October 11

Ethiopian Prince Special Guest for National Heritage Week

By: Chris Patterson, October 12, 2022

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Jamaica's late cultural icon, Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley, affectionately called “Miss Lou”.
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Special Concert for Miss Lou on October 15

A special concert in honour of late cultural icon, Dr. the Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley, affectionately called “Miss Lou”, will be held in Gordon Town Square, St. Andrew, on October 15....
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By: E. Hartman Reckord, September 28, 2022
Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sports Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange (left, front row), applauds following the unveiling of a statuette depicting late cultural icon, Dr. the Hon. Louise “Miss Lou” Bennett-Coverley, during a ceremony at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Library in St. Andrew, on Wednesday (September 7). The unveiling formed part of the opening of the Miss Lou Exhibition, which is among several activities commemorating the 103rd anniversary of the beloved cultural exponent’s birth. With Minister Grange are Director of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies Regional Coordinating Office, UWI, Professor Opal Palmer Adisa, (right, front row) and (from left, back row) Coordinator, Jamaican Language Unit, Dr. Joseph Farquharson; Head Department of Language, Linguistics and Philosophy, Dr. Vivette Milson-Whyte; Acting Executive Director, Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Marjorie Leyden Kirton; and Acting UWI Campus Librarian, Jessica Lewis Marshall.
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Several Islandwide Events to Remember “Miss Lou”

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) is hosting month-long celebrations to commemorate the 103rd anniversary of the birth of renowned cultural icon, Dr. the Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley (“Miss Lou”). The...
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By: Rochelle Williams, September 8, 2022
Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, lays a floral arrangement on the grave of renowned cultural icon, Dr. the Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley (“Miss Lou”), at National Heroes Park in Kingston, on September 7. The ceremony is one of several commemorative activities celebrating the l03rd anniversary of her birth. Born September 7, 1919, Miss Lou was a Jamaican folklorist, writer of poetry, songs, performer and educator. Dr. Bennett-Coverley is widely considered one of the most important purveyors of Jamaican culture. She died July 26, 2006.
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PHOTOS: Flowers for Miss Lou

Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, lays a floral arrangement on the grave of renowned cultural icon, Dr. the Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley (“Miss Lou”), at National Heroes...
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