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Statement by the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sportthe Honourable Olivia Grange, CD, MP Jamaica’s Policy Statement to the 40th Session of theUNESCO General ConferenceParis, France15 November 2019 Salutations President of the General ConferenceChairman of the Executive BoardDirector General Last year, on November 29, the Reggae Music of Jamaica…
Kingston, 12 November 2019 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has been elected a Vice-President of the 40th Session of the UNESCO General Conference which is underway in Paris, France. The General Conference, which happens every two years, brings together the 193 members…
Kingston, 11 November 2019 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says Jamaica has been reaping the benefits of signing on to the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expression. The Minister was speaking at the recent National…
Kingston, 5 November 2019 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has released the following statement at the passing of Franklyn St Juste. Minister’s Statement “It is with great sadness that I learnt today of the passing of Franklyn St Juste, whose contribution to…
Kingston, 4 October 2019 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says National Heritage Week — October 13-21 — will be celebrated under the theme ‘Our Heritage… A Great Legacy.’ Minister Grange has urged Jamaicans across the world to join the celebration. Minister Grange…
Kingston, 19 September 2019 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has given the following statement on the compensation of victims of the Coral Gardens Incident of 1963. Minister’s Statement: As representatives, we have two main obligations: to do what is right and to…
Kingston, 12 September 2019 – In an effort to educate the nation on the life and work of the late Honourable Louise Bennett-Coverley (Miss Lou), Fontana Pharmacy has collaborated with the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport to distribute a ‘Miss Lou storyboard’ to over 1,700 schools in Jamaica…
Kingston, 5 September 2019 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has given the following statement on the passing of Queen Mother Marianne Samad. Minister’s Statement “It with sadness that I learned of the passing of Queen Mother Marianne Samad, Jamaica’s best-known link to…
Kingston, 2 September 2019 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has officially launched Miss Lou 100 — commemorating the centenary of “the mother of Jamaican culture,” the Honourable Louise Bennett Coverley. Speaking at a Service of Honour and Praise at Coke Memorial Methodist…
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Kingston, 30 August 2019 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has unveiled a mural exhibition in tribute to the Windrush Generation. The exhibition is mounted at various locations in the arrival and departure sections at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston. The…
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 19 August 2019 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has expressed deep sadness at the passing of Jamaican musicologist and composer, Noel Dexter. Minister Grange said: “I was saddened to learn of the passing of another of…
Kingston, 7 August 2019 (JIS): Two of the nation’s stalwarts, Alpharita Constantia “Rita” Marley, OD, and entertainer, Mr. Miguel Orlando Collins, also known as Sizzla Kalonji, have been honoured for their contribution to the development of the music industry by the Government of Jamaica. Both were awarded with Reggae Icon…
Kingston, 16 August 2019 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, is leading Jamaica’s delegation to CARIFESTA which begins on Friday (today) in Trinidad and Tobago. CARIFESTA — the Caribbean Festival of the Arts — is the largest cultural and artistic event to be…