Government of Jamaica
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…
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…
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, 7 March 2025 – “I am filled with pride as someone of African ancestry,” said the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, as she presented the UNESCO certificate to Revivalist leaders attesting to Jamaica’s latest inscription to the global List of Intangible Cultural Heritage.…
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Kingston, 16 February 2025 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced that her Ministry will fund the commemorative event in honour of the National Hero, the Right Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, at Blenheim in Hanover on February 24. The event, marking the…
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, 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…
STATEMENT TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RE: MARCUS GARVEYBy the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and SportThe Honourable Olivia Grange, OJ, CD, MPTuesday, 21 January 2025 Watch statement here Madam Speaker: On Sunday (January 19, 2024) the President of the United States, Joe Biden, announced that he had used his…