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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange.

Minister Grange Announces Certification Courses for Music Industry Practitioners

By: LATONYA LINTON, August 29, 2025
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, has announced plans to introduce certification courses for music industry practitioners. “We are planning to introduce courses… so you can,...
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange.

Entertainment Ministry Engages Stakeholders on Posthumous Royalties for Artistic Works

By: LATONYA LINTON, August 29, 2025
Jamaica Library Service (JLS) Reading Ambassador and Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2025, Brithney Clarke, addresses the JLS 2025 National Reading Competition Awards Ceremony, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on Thursday (August 28).

Festival Queen 2025 is New Reading Ambassador

By: Judana Murphy, August 29, 2025

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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), celebrates after cutting the ribbon at the reopening of the newly renovated Rockfort Mineral Bath Complex in Kingston, on Thursday (August 21). Also sharing the moment (from left) are Supernumerary Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dean-Roy Bernard; MP Candidate for Kingston East and Port Royal, Phillip Paulwell; Managing Director of Caribbean Cement Company Ltd., Jorge Martinez, and Chairman of the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT), Orville Hill.
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Rockfort Mineral Bath Reopens

The Rockfort Mineral Bath complex in Kingston, which was closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, has reopened to the public following extensive renovation work undertaken by Caribbean Cement Company Limited (CCCL)....
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By: Donique Weston, August 22, 2025
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (fourth left), and Group President of Life, Health and Pension, Guardian Life Limited, Eric Hosin (fourth right), display a contract signed between the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport and Guardian Life Limited (GLL) on Tuesday (August 19) at the Ministry’s Office in Kingston. Sharing the moment (from left) are Supernumerary Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dean-Roy Bernard; Director of Culture at the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment & Sport, Joanne Archibald; Principal Director of Entertainment Policy Development in the Ministry, Gillian McDaniel; Assistant Vice President, Employee Benefits Sales at Guardian Life Limited (GLL), Nadine Pottinger; Acting Vice President, Employee Benefits Administration, GLL, Anjell Edwards; President at GLL, Meghan Miller- Brown and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Denzil Thorpe. The contract brings into life the Group Health Insurance for Jamaica Entertainers and Creatives Plan.
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Artistes Receive Health Cards

A new chapter of protection and support has opened for Jamaica’s creative community, as the first set of entertainers and creatives have received their health insurance cards under the Jamaica...
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By: BRITNEY STEVENS, August 21, 2025