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Kingston, 25 April 2023 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has praised the late singer, actor and civil rights activist, Harry Belafonte as a “voice, face and inspiration for black people everywhere.” Minister Grange was responding to news of the passing of Harry…
Kingston, 6 April 2023 – The annual Civic Ceremony marking Takyi Day, April 8, organised and hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport and the St Mary Municipal Corporation, takes place at the Claude Stewart Park in the St Mary capital, Port Maria, on Saturday morning, starting…
Kingston, 5 April 2023 (JIS) - As Easter Sunday approaches, persons can catch up on their bible readings in Patois, the Jamaican language. The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has launched its podcasts dubbed, ‘Scriptures in Patois’. The series began on Ash Wednesday, the day after International Mother…
Kingston, 11 February 2023 –The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced that the Ministry will select 60 students to be interns and match them to 60 companies in the creative sector as another of the activities to celebrate Jamaica’s 60th anniversary of Independence.…
Kingston, 6 March 2023 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says she accepted an award from the Crown Council of Ethiopia on behalf of Jamaica, particularly the Rastafarian community. Minister Grange said, “Today is truly a very special day for me. I've always…
Kingston, 3 March 2023 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, is being invested as a Dame Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of the Star of Honour of Ethiopia. The investiture will be made by the Crown Council of Ethiopia at the Command…
Kingston, 21 February 2023 – The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport will launch a social media campaign promoting the Jamaican Language during Lent. The campaign, which begins tomorrow on Ash Wednesday, will feature daily readings from the ‘Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment’ popularly called the patois bible. The Minister of…
Kingston, 29 December 2022 (JIS) - The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has launched two podcasts that highlight activities in Jamaica prior and subsequent to Independence in 1962. The first podcast, titled ‘I Love Jamaica’, presents stories of life on the island and persons’ pre-Independence experiences. It also…
Kingston, 20 December 2022 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has said that the way is now clear for the government to move ahead with constructing the living history museum in tribute to the National Hero, the Right Excellent Marcus Garvey, at his…
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Kingston, 25 November 2022 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has said that there is no tension between the Government and the Rastafari or Maroon communities in Jamaica. Minister Grange made the statement as she appeared before the United Nations Committee on the…
Kingston, 14 October 2022 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has welcomed to Jamaica the President of the Crown Council of Ethiopia, His Imperial Highness Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie. Prince Ermias, the grandson of the Emperor Haile Selassie, arrived in Jamaica on Thursday…
Kingston, 13 October 2022 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says a major activity for Heritage Week will be the lighting of the monuments in National Heroes Park this weekend. The event being dubbed ‘Our Heroes: Walking in their Light’ will see the…
Kingston, 7 October 2022 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says members of the Rastafari community will have special access to the President of the Crown Council of Ethiopia, His Imperial Highness, Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie, who will arrive in the island next…