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Kingston, 7 March 2025 – “I am filled with pride as someone of African ancestry,” said the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, as she presented the UNESCO certificate to Revivalist leaders attesting to Jamaica’s latest inscription to the global List of Intangible Cultural Heritage.…
Kingston, 16 February 2025 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced that her Ministry will fund the commemorative event in honour of the National Hero, the Right Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, at Blenheim in Hanover on February 24. The event, marking the…
STATEMENT TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RE: MARCUS GARVEYBy the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and SportThe Honourable Olivia Grange, OJ, CD, MPTuesday, 21 January 2025 Watch statement here Madam Speaker: On Sunday (January 19, 2024) the President of the United States, Joe Biden, announced that he had used his…
Kingston, 19 January 2025 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, has said that the US President, Joe Biden, did “the right and honourable thing” when he used his clemency power to pardon, posthumously, the Right Excellent Marcus Garvey. Minister Grange says President Biden’s “historic pardon…
Kingston, 10 December 2024 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has urged nations to ensure that school curricula contain information on the various peoples relevant to the development of their nations as part of efforts to address racism and discrimination. That was one…
Kingston, 5 December 2024 – UNESCO has inscribed the Revival ‘Pilgrimage To Watt Town’ on the Global List of Intangible Cultural Heritage and commended Jamaica for proposing the nomination which it said, “highlights the link between living heritage and cultural spaces.” The Inscription was done on Wednesday (yesterday) during the…
Kingston, 13 September 2024 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says the theme for National Heritage Week 2024, is ‘One Love, One People, One Heritage’. National Heritage Week will be observed from October 14 to 21, National Heroes Day. Minister Grange says, “Under…
Kingston, 2 September 2024 – The Governor-General, His Excellency The Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen, has proclaimed the first day of September each year as the National Day of Remembrance of the Victims and Survivors of the Kendal Rail Disaster. Sir Patrick made the proclamation at the request of the…
Kingston, 28 June 2024 – The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport is engaging customs officials in the fight against the illegal trafficking of cultural property. Speaking at the close of two training workshops for Customs Officers in Montego Bay, St James on Thursday, the Minister of Culture, Gender,…
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Kingston, 25 May 2024 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has welcomed to Jamaica the world renowned Indonesian fashion designer, Indah Darry. Ms Darry who is known for her ability to seamlessly weave cultural heritage with contemporary design elements is in Jamaica to…
Kingston, 24 May 2024 – The government has entered an agreement with Carib Cement for the upgrading and re-opening of the Rockfort Mineral Bath in Kingston. The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange announced today (Friday) that her Ministry, through the Jamaica National Heritage Trust,…
Kingston, 10 May 2024 – This year’s Labour Day on May 23 will focus on people with disabilities, the elderly and the vulnerable. The announcement was made today by the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, at the launch of Labour Day 2024 at her…
Kingston, 15 April 2024 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has welcomed the apology of the United Reformed Church of England, Scotland and Wales for its “role in transatlantic slavery and the scars which continue to blight our society, our church and the…