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Member of the National Council on Reparation (NCR), Frank Phipps Q.C. (left); Director of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Professor Opal Palmer Adisa (second left); Chairman of the NCR, Laleta Davis-Mattis (third left) and Principal Director of Culture and Creative Industries at the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Jo-Anne Archibald (right), at the Zong Monument in Black River, St Elizabeth. Occasion was a wreath laying ceremony held on Sunday, December 22, to commemorate the memory of those who lost their lives in the Zong Massacre of 1781. The event was organised by the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, in collaboration with the NCR.
Member of the National Council on Reparation (NCR), Frank Phipps Q.C. (left); Director of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Professor Opal Palmer Adisa (second left); Chairman of the NCR, Laleta Davis-Mattis (third left) and Principal Director of Culture and Creative Industries at the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Jo-Anne Archibald (right), at the Zong Monument in Black River, St Elizabeth. Occasion was a wreath laying ceremony held on Sunday, December 22, to commemorate the memory of those who lost their lives in the Zong Massacre of 1781. The event was organised by the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, in collaboration with the NCR.

Enslaved Africans Of The Zong Massacre Remembered

By: E. Hartman Reckord, December 24, 2019
A wreath laying ceremony was held on Sunday (December 22), at the Zong Monument in Black River, St Elizabeth, to remember those who lost their lives in the Zong Massacre...
Miss World 2019, Toni-Ann Singh, in discussion with Leader of the Opposition, Dr. Peter Phillips, when she visited him, today (December 23), at his 1 West King’s House Road office in St. Andrew.

PHOTOS: Miss World And Dr. Peter Phillips

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, with Miss World, 2019, Toni-Ann Singh (third left) Miss World 1976, Cindy Breakspeare Bent (left) and Miss World 1993, Lisa Hanna Lake at a reception held at the Office of the Prime Minister on Sunday, December 22nd

PHOTOS: Miss World 2019 at Reception in Her Honour

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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (seated, centre), signs Deed for the Coral Gardens Trust Fund, at the Ministry, in Kingston, on Thursday (December 19). Witnessing the moment are: Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Denzil Thorpe (standing, left); Legal Executive, Administrator-General’s Department, Kedia DaLattayae (seated, left); pastor Winston Malcolm; victims of the Coral Gardens incident and executives of the Rastafarian Coral Gardens Benevolent Society.
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Deed Signed To Benefit Coral Gardens Victims

Fifty six years after the Coral Gardens incident in St. James, where the police and soldiers detained Rastafarians, the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has signed a Deed...
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By: Ainsworth Morris, December 20, 2019