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Culture Minister, the Honourable Olivia Grange in deep discussion with Sister Katherine Howell, daughter of Hon. Dr. Leonard Percival Howell, founding father of the Rastafarian Movement. The two discussed the development and declaration of Pinnacle as a Rastafari Heritage Site on Friday, April 22, 2016.
Culture Minister, the Honourable Olivia Grange in deep discussion with Sister Katherine Howell, daughter of Hon. Dr. Leonard Percival Howell, founding father of the Rastafarian Movement. The two discussed the development and declaration of Pinnacle as a Rastafari Heritage Site on Friday, April 22, 2016.

Government Committed to the Declaration and Development of Pinnacle

By: Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport , April 22, 2016
Minister of Culture, Gender Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange, announced that the Government is committed to the declaration and development of six lots on the Pinnacle lands...
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (2nd right), is in discussion with Jamaica Labour Party Cartetaker for East Portland, Derron Wood (left) following the unveiling of the Port Antonio gateway sign leading to the Blue and John Crow Mountains World Heritage Site in Portland on Wednesday (April 20). Others (from 2nd left) are: Mayor of Port Antonio, Councillor Wayne McKenzie; Head of the Moore Town Maroon Council, Colonel Wallace Sterling; and Member of Parliament for East Portland, Dr. Lynvale Bloomfield. In the background is Custos Rotulorum for Portland, Hon. Lincoln Thaxter. The Blue and John Crow Mountains, which was inscribed to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) prestigious World Heritage List on July 3, 2015, is Jamaica’s first World Heritage Site and the only mixed site the Caribbean.

Review of National Cultural Policy to Get Underway Shortly

By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, April 22, 2016
Culture Minister, the Honourable Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange introduces former Prime Minister, Bruce Golding to His Imperial Highness, Prince Ermias Sahle - Selassie during their visit to Jamaica College on April 21, 2016, exactly 50 years after his grandfather, Emperor of Ethiopia, His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie three day state visit to Jamaica on April 21, 1966.

Students Urged to Strive to be Leaders

By: Denise Dennis, April 22, 2016

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Young students of the Jamaica Association for the Deaf perform a dance at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s (JCDC) 2015 deaf dance festival. The annual event, part of the Performing Arts National Championships, will be held on April 27 at the Little Theatre in Kingston.
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JCDC Deaf Dance Festival on April 27

Some 80 children and adults across the island will compete for top honours in the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s (JCDC) deaf dance festival. The event will be held on Wednesday,...
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By: E. Hartman Reckord, April 13, 2016
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Minister Grange lauds David Boxer on his 70th Birthday

Renowned Jamaican artist, Dr David Boxer, on the occasion of his 70th birthday, was lauded by the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport,   The Honourable Olivia Grange,  as an...
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By: Ministry of Culture, Gender Affairs, Entertainment and Sports, March 22, 2016