Government of Jamaica
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.…
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…
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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…
Kingston, 19 January 2025 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, has said that the US President, Joe Biden, did “the right and honourable thing” when he used his clemency power to pardon, posthumously, the Right Excellent Marcus Garvey. Minister Grange says President Biden’s “historic pardon…
Kingston, 10 December 2024 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has urged nations to ensure that school curricula contain information on the various peoples relevant to the development of their nations as part of efforts to address racism and discrimination. That was one…
Kingston, 5 December 2024 – UNESCO has inscribed the Revival ‘Pilgrimage To Watt Town’ on the Global List of Intangible Cultural Heritage and commended Jamaica for proposing the nomination which it said, “highlights the link between living heritage and cultural spaces.” The Inscription was done on Wednesday (yesterday) during the…