Government of Jamaica
“Mr Seaga has in many ways taught us how to value and appreciate our history and culture. He brought significance to much of what we would have taken for granted and so our sense of inquiry into our past is what is helping us to better understand who we are…
Jamaica has been successful in securing a place on yet another high-profile UNESCO Committee. The country was elected unopposed to a seat on the Intergovernmental Committee of the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), at the General Assembly of the Convention which ended on June 6 in…
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Honourable Olivia Grange poses with a replica cheque for JMD $1,000,000 with Mr Zhishuai Yao, Deputy Manager for Investment and Business at China Harbour Engineering Company. The money was donated by CHEC to assist with national Labour Day projects. China Harbour will also…
The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport celebrates the art of John Dunkley and also this genre that we call the 'Intuitives' in Jamaica.
The 2018 edition of the Jamaica Festival Song Competition continues to be one for the history books, from the record number of entries received to a 63-member church choir being named among the finalists. The choir along with the other nine finalists were selected at the competition’s semi-final concert, supported…
The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has called for significant changes in the governance structure for sport.
The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Gender, Culture, Entertainment and Sport, says she is “delighted” that the Bustamante Museum has been “returned to a state that is befitting of the man for whom it is named.”
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Kingston, 2 April 2018 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has released the following statement at the passing of Winne Mandela: "I express the sorrow felt by all Jamaicans at the passing of South African anti-apartheid leader Winnie Madikizela-Mandela who became the chief…
The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced the new date for the Prime Minister's Jamaica 55 Commemorative Medal of Appreciation Awards Ceremony.
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The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, has urged the National Commissions for UNESCO across the region to protect the biodiversity in their respective countries.
The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, questions Professor Brian McFarlane on what inspired the paintings in his new exhibition ‘Fragments of time II’ now on display at Olympia Gallery in St Andrew. The exhibition, which marks the 40-year milestone of Professor McFarlane’s career, opened on…
Remarks by the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport the Honourable Olivia Grange, CD, MP at UWI Regional Disability Studies Conference: Advancing the Disability Agenda through Culture and Sports in the Caribbean UWI Regional Headquarters, Mona 13 March 2018 Salutations In March of this last year (2017) Jamaica’s Special…
Remarks By HONOURABLE OLIVIA GRANGE CD MP MINISTER OF CULTURE, GENDER, ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORT On The Occasion of a PUBLIC FORUM: Back Pay Dispute: Reparation and the outstanding labour struggle with Britain and Spain UWI Regional Headquarters, Mona February 27, 2018 Let me start by thanking the organisers of this…