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Kingston, 1 November 2025 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has said that her Ministry will be leading a series of fundraising concerts on the island and across the world to support Jamaica in the aftermath of the devastating Hurricane Melissa. The Minister…
KINGSTON, 28 October 2025 (JIS) - The Government has launched a website to mobilise support, channel relief and coordinate recovery efforts in the aftermath of Category Five Hurricane Melissa. The Support Jamaica website, can be accessed at supportjamaica.gov.jm and is developed by the Government of Jamaica. Minister of Education, Skills,…
Kingston, 7 October 2025 (JIS) - The Green Paper on the National Policy for Culture, Entertainment and the Creative Economy was tabled in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (October 7). The policy, which was tabled by Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, will be…
Kingston, 12 September 2025 – The Kendal Rail Disaster site is to become a national heritage site. The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, made the announcement at the unveiling yesterday of a monument erected in the memory of those who perished in the train…
Kingston, 1 September 2025 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has broken ground for the construction of a new purpose-built Jamaica Music Museum. The Minister broke ground on Sunday (yesterday) at the future home of the Museum at the corner of East Street…
Kingston, 21 August 2025 – “We have delivered,” said the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, as she officially re-opened the Rockfort Mineral Bath facility in Kingston on Thursday (this afternoon). Minister Grange said the reopening of the Rockfort Mineral Bath, which is set for…
Kingston, 4 August 2025 – The Government has transferred land to members of the Rastafari as part of its internal reparations programme, according to the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange. Addressing the land transfer ceremony at the Office of the Prime Minister on Monday…
Kingston, 12 July 2025 – Port Royal has just been inscribed on the Unesco World Heritage List. The decision to inscribe ‘The Archaeological Ensemble of 17th Century Port Royal’ was made at the meeting of the World Heritage Committee now underway in Paris, France. In her video statement following the…
Montego Bay, 10 July 2025 (JIS) - There is strong regional backing for Jamaica’s move to submit a formal petition to King Charles III seeking a landmark ruling from the Privy Council on the legality of slavery and Britain’s obligation to provide reparations. Prime Minister of Jamaica and Chair of…
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Ocho Rios, 2 June 2025 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has called on Jamaicans to return to traditional values to safeguard the vulnerable, including women and children. The Minister was speaking at the Africa Day celebrations at Ocho Rios Primary School on…
Kingston, 29 May 2025 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has said that Port Royal is set to become a World Heritage Site by July. Minister Grange made the announcement at the Floral tribute marking the 95th anniversary of the birth of the…
Kingston, 7 May 2025 (JIS) - The establishment of the Environmental and Research Park at Mason River in Clarendon is the 2025 National Labour Day Project. This is in keeping with the theme for Labour Day, ‘Protect the Environment: Our Land, Our Duty, Our Future’. The slogan is ‘Jamaica Nice,…
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…