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Kingston, 14 November 2024 (JIS) - The island’s entertainers and creatives have been given access to life insurance by the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport. This, following the official launch of the Jamaica Entertainers and Creatives Insurance Plan. The contract signing for the new insurance plan was held…
Kingston, 8 November 2024 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has congratulated the nominees for the Reggae Grammy. The nominees for Best Reggae Album, announced today (Friday), include: Take It Easy (Collie Buddz)Party With Me (Vybz Kartel)Never Gets Late Here (Shenseea)Bob Marley: One…
Kingston, 25 October 2024 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced that Kabaka Pyramid and his Bebble Team band will represent Jamaica at the World Music Expo or WOMEX, now underway in Manchester, England. The annual WOMEX, billed as the most internationally…
Kingston, 6 September 2024 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has said that she’s deeply saddened by the passing of the musicologist and author, Garth White. Minister Grange said Mr White was “like an encyclopaedia that I could always consult on matters related…
Kingston, 21 August 2024 – The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport and Ministry of Tourism have proposed the twinning of Montego Bay, Jamaica with the Brazilian city of São Luís. The Minister of Tourism, Edmund Barlett, made the proposal on a visit to the city on Monday where…
Kingston, 26 June 2024 (JIS) - The Government is moving ahead with plans to develop Fort Rocky as a major venue in the Port Royal Entertainment Zone. “In building the Fort Rocky venue, we had to conduct an ecological assessment of the site, which caused the delay, as well as…
Kingston, 7 March 2024 (JIS) - The Government will commence implementing the Jamaica Entertainment and Creative Practitioners health and personal accident and life insurance programmes in fiscal year 2024/25. The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, made the disclosure during Wednesday’s (March 6) meeting of…
Kingston, 28 February 2024 (JIS) - Jamaican artistes and entertainment industry practitioners are being encouraged to utilise the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport’s entertainment registry. This urging came from the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, while speaking during Tuesday’s (February 27) Visa…
Kingston, 22 February 2024 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says the public will have an opportunity to pay final respects to the late Jamaican musician, Aston Francis Barrett. Barrett, who was the bass player and musical director for Bob Marley and the…
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Kingston, 2 February 2024 (JIS) - The Jamaica Music Museum heritage series, Grounation, will begin on Sunday (February 4) at the Institute of Jamaica Lecture Hall, 10-16 East Street, Kingston at 2:00 p.m. The series, which is in its 12th staging, will be held each Sunday in February, under the…
Kingston, 27 January 2024 (JIS) - A $90-million partnership agreement has been signed between the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport and J. Wray & Nephew Limited to provide support for Reggae Month celebrations. J. Wray & Nephew, a subsidiary of the Campari Group, will sponsor Reggae Month in…
Kingston, 28 January 2024 (JIS) - Reggae Month 2024 will kick off with a tribute to the Crown Prince of Reggae, Dennis Brown, at the Vera Moodie Concert Hall, Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts in Kingston, on Thursday (February 1). The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment…
Kingston, 27 November 2023 (JIS) - The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says the Government is committed to strengthening Jamaica’s entertainment, culture and creative industries. Noting that the Government is the largest funder of these, with a 2023/24 budgeted allocation of $15.4 billion, Minister…