Culture Ministry and Tastee partner for bigger, better Festival Song competition

The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport poses with the replica sponsorship cheque for the Jamaica Independence Festival Song Competition 2018 with Mrs. Patsy Latchman-Atterbury, CEO of Tastee Limited at the Ministry on Thursday, April 26. Joining in from left are Ms. Pat Reid, a member of the Festival Song organizing committee, Ms. Simone Changpong, Director of Tastee Limited and Mr Orville Hill, Interim Executive Director at the JCDC.
The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport through its agency the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission has signed a multi-million dollar deal with fast food chain Tastee Limited in support of the 2018 Festival Song Competition.

Entertainment Ministry Hosts Estate Planning, Financing and Pensions Seminar for Creative Practitioners

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange in conversation with Olayinka Jacobs-Bonnick, Director, Jamaica and Caribbean British Council (third left); Frankie Campbell, Chairman, Jamaica Association of Vintage Artistes and Affiliates; Karen Smith, President of the Jamaica Federation of Musicians and Affiliates Union and Howard McIntosh, Chairman, Entertainment Advisory Board (left to right), at the Seminar on ‘Estate Planning, Financing and Pensions’ held at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston on Wednesday.
The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says creative practitioners such as: musicians, dancers, visual artists, film makers, among others, must prepare themselves for retirement and death.

Minister Grange receives JARIA’s Lifetime Achievement Award for contribution to the Music Industry

Minister Grange receives JARIA’s Lifetime Achievement Award for contribution to the Music Industry
The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, recipient of the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association Lifetime Achievement Award for contribution to the Music Industry, in conversation with fellow awardees Rodney ‘Bounty Killer’ Price; Manley ‘Big Youth’ Buchanan and Rondell Positive (left to right). The awards ceremony was…

Framework being created for Kingston to operate as musical economic zone

Prime Minister, the Most Hon Andrew Holness, (centre) and Minister of Culture, Hon Olivia Grange (fourth from left) share lens with from left, Copeland Forbes, tour manager, Reggae Superstar Marcia Griffiths, and radio personality Ken Williams (far right). Occasion was the Prime Minister’s reception to celebrate Reggae Month on Tuesday, February 20, on the lawns of Jamaica House.
KINGSTON, Feb. 21 (JIS): The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport is working on building a framework for Kingston to fully operate as a musical economic zone. This was disclosed by Portfolio Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, during a reggae month reception on the lawns of Jamaica House on February…

Reggae music Jamaica's most valuable export - Grange tells UNESCO creative cities of music meeting

The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport and Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, Mayor of Kingston (centre) are joined by delegates attending the four-day meeting of the UNESCO Creative Cities of Music Subnetwork taking place at the Jamaica Pegasus.
The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has identified Reggae music as Jamaica’s most valuable yet undervalued export.

Etana receives tour support from Entertainment Ministry

The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, presents Recording Artiste Etana (second right), with a cheque valued at USD 5000 on Thursday (February 8). The funds were provided, to support Etana’s 32-city United States tour, through the Ministry’s Artiste Ambassador and Tour Support Programme. Also photographed are: Nathan Cowan, CEO, Talent Entertainment Booking Agency (right); Denzil Thorpe, Permanent Secretary (third right) and Gillian Wilkinson-McDaniel, Senior Director, Entertainment in the Ministry (second left).
The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced Recording Artiste Etana as the first female recipient of financial support from the Ministry’s Artiste Ambassador and Tour Support Programme.

Grange congratulates Jr Gong on Grammy win

Grange congratulates Jr Gong on Grammy win
The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange has congratulated Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley on winning the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album.

J.C. Lodge pays Courtesy Call on Minister Grange

Reggae Artiste J.C. Lodge (second right); husband Errol O'Meally (left) and daughter Gia paid a Courtesy Call on the Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Entertainment, Gender and Sport on Tuesday at her offices in Kingston. JC Lodge, who is well known for her hit songs ‘Telephone Love’ and ‘Someone Loves You Honey’, is in Jamaica to perform at Rebel Salute this Friday night at Grizzlys Plantation Cove in St Ann.

Minister Grange endorses Rebel Salute

The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport (second left) with recording artistes Charly Black, Capleton, Queen Ifrica and King Sounds (left to right) at the launch of Rebel Salute 2018 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Monday. Rebel Salute is celebrating its 25th Anniversary and will be held on January 12 and 13 at Grizzlys Plantation Cove in St. Ann.
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Minister's charge

I remain hopeful because of the giftedness of the Jamaican people; their warmth and creativity; their dynamism and indomitable spirit that have resulted in excellence in all sectors.

It is by tapping into the gifts and awakening the spirit of the Jamaican people that we will, by God’s grace, re-group, re-engineer and re-open to a brighter future with Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport.

Olivia Grange

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