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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, shows images of Jamaican artistes to Ambassador-designate of the Republic of Zimbabwe to Jamaica, Paul Chikawa, who called on the...

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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left) receives a plaque from Vice Chairman, Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) Council, Orville Hill, at the IOJ’s 145th Anniversary Church Service held at the Kingston Parish Church on Sunday (June 2).

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PHOTOS: Institute of Jamaica’s 145th Anniversary Church Service

Director, Constituency Development Fund (CDF), Kedesha Rochester (left) explains the Shared Prosperity through Accelerated Improvement to Our Road Network (SPARK) Programme to (from second left) Keystone Community Development Committee member, Kourtnie Dixon; Member of Parliament for St. Catherine Eastern, Denise Daley; Director, Major Projects, National Works Agency (NWA), Richard McHargh; and Parish Manager, Social Development Commission (SDC) St. Catherine, Samuel Heron, during a SPARK Programme consultation meeting held at the SDC St. Catherine Parish Office on May 31.

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PHOTOS: Consultations On Spark Programme Held in St. Catherine Eastern

Newly crowned Miss Hanover Festival Queen 2024, Sornia Samuel, at the parish coronation held at Rusea’s High School in Lucea, Hanover on Saturday (June 1).

2 years ago Culture

Miss Hanover Festival Queen 2024 Crowned

In a dazzling display of talent and grace, twenty-five-year-old educator Sornia Samuels, was crowned the Miss Hanover Festival Queen 2024 on Saturday (June 1) during a coronation show held at...

By: Okoye Henry, June 2, 2024

Executive Director, Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo), Wade Mars (second left) and Executive Director, Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Lenford Salmon (second right), sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance cultural and tourism training for contestants in the Miss Jamaica Festival Queen competition, at the offices of the TPDCo, on May 30. Witnessing the signing (from left) are Company Secretary, TPDCo, Rosie Carty, and Director, Community Cultural Development Services Division, JCDC, Marjorie Leyden-Kirton.

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JCDC and TPDCo Sign MOU to Facilitate Training for Contestants in Festival Queen Competition

Contestants in the Miss Jamaica Festival Queen Competition are to benefit from training and exposure through a partnership between the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) and the Tourism Product Development...

By: Shanna K. Salmon, May 31, 2024

Volunteers from the Exchange District in St. Ann paint the bus stop in Jamaican colours on Labour Day, May 23.

2 years ago Labour Day 2024

Volunteers in St. Ann Participated in Several Activities on Labour Day

Residents of St. Ann were out in their numbers as volunteers to undertake projects on Labour Day (May 23), under the theme ‘Ramp up the access… Show that you care’. ...

By: GARWIN DAVIS, May 26, 2024