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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., (right), speaks with Miss Jamaica Festival Queen, Velonique Bowen, during the launch of her national project at the Chinese Garden, Hope Gardens, in Kingston on May 6.
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., (right), speaks with Miss Jamaica Festival Queen, Velonique Bowen, during the launch of her national project at the Chinese Garden, Hope Gardens, in Kingston on May 6.

PHOTO: Miss Jamaica Festival Queen’s National Project Launch

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., (right), speaks with Miss Jamaica Festival Queen, Velonique Bowen, during the launch of her national project at the Chinese Garden, Hope...
President of the Jamaica Red Cross, Allasandra Chung.

Benefit Performance to Assist Jamaica Red Cross and Immaculate Conception Orchestra

By: E. Hartman Reckord, May 1, 2023
Minister of Finance and the Public Service and Member of Parliament for St. Andrew North Western, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (second left), cuts the ribbon to officially open the Sherlock Community Cultural Centre in Kingston, on Thursday (April 20). Other participants are Councillor, Chancery Division, Duane Smith; Chief Executive Officer, Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund, W. Billy Heaven, and President, Sherlock Citizens Association, Toushane Green.

Residents of Sherlock Crescent Get Community Cultural Centre

By: Rochelle Williams, April 22, 2023

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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (fourth left) attends the ‘World Poetry Day: Jamaica 60’ celebration held on Tuesday (March 21) at the Little Theatre, 4 Tom Redcam Drive in Kingston. She is joined by (from left) Advisor, Communications and Information, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Caribbean Office, Dr. Paul Hector; National Librarian, National Library of Jamaica (NLJ), Beverley Lashley; Organization of American States (OAS) Representative to Jamaica, Jeanelle Van Glaanen Weygel; Chairman, Board of Management, NLJ, Joy Douglas; and Executive Director of the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), Leslie Harrow.
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National Library to be Renovated

The Government will be undertaking the renovation of the National Library of Jamaica (NLJ) as a Jamaica 60 legacy project. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange,...
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By: E. Hartman Reckord, March 23, 2023
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre) admires a bust of National Heroine the Right Excellent Nanny of the Maroons in Holywell, at the Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park. Sharing in the moment (from left) are Executive Director of the Jamaica Conservation and Development Trust (JCDT) Dr. Susan Otuokon, and Acting Colonel of the Charles Town Maroons, Marcia Douglas.
Culture

Bust of Nanny Unveiled

A bust of National Heroine, the Right Excellent Nanny of the Maroons, was recently unveiled in Holywell, at the Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park (BJCMNP). It was donated...
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By: E. HARTMAN RECKORD, March 5, 2023