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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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 2 February 2025 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, says there’s now “better communication, better understanding [and] more tolerance” following a meeting to discuss the school tour by the Dancehall performer, Spice. Minister Grange hosted stakeholders, including her colleague Minister of Education, Skills, Youth…
Kingston, 12 February 2025 – The Minister of Culture Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has been presented with the Key to the City of Lauderhill in Florida in the United Sates. Minister Grange was given the honour for what the City of Lauderhill said was her “outstanding…
Kingston, 3 April 2025 - The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says actor, Munair Zacca, was one of the best home-grown acting talent to have emerged in Jamaica. Minister Grange said “ He was one of the founders of Theatre ’77, along with the…
Kingston, 11 April 2025 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has said the music world is in deep mourning yet again, with the passing of Maxwell Livingston Smith, ‘Max Romeo’, who died in hospital this evening.He was 80. Minister Grange's statement: “The legendary…