Government of Jamaica
Kingston, 18 February 2021 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has issued the following statement at the passing of U Roy. Minister’s Statement “I am deeply saddened at news that veteran DJ, U Roy, has made his transition to a higher order. Daddy…
Kingston, 11 February 2021 – The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has been informed of a covid-19 cluster at its Headquarters in New Kingston. The discovery has triggered the necessary health protocols including testing and quarantine of staff, contact tracing, and deep cleaning of the facility. Several members…
Kingston, 5 February 2021 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has hailed the finalisation of arrangements for the safe re-opening of sport in Jamaica. Minister Grange said the protocols were agreed in discussions involving herself; the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development,…
Kingston, 25 January 2021 (JIS): Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, the Honourable Olivia Grange, is calling for the urgent implementation of reparations for Africans and people of African descent affected by racial injustice. She said that reparations should address the moral, economic, political and legal obligations of States in…
Kingston, 22 January 2021 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has expressed sadness at the death of the Jamaican music entrepreneur and impresario, Ronnie Nasralla. Nasralla was an important figure in the export of Jamaican music in the 1960’s as a key player…
Kingston, 19 January 2021 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange has proposed an ambitious agenda to the new Board of the Creative Production and Training Centre. At the first meeting of the new Board recently, Minister Grange challenged members to modernise and transform…
Kingston, 18 January 2021 - The Minister of Culture,Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has said she is saddened by the passing of the Reverend Father Easton Lee. The Reverend Father Lee, who was born in Wait-a-Bit, Trelawny, died in Florida in the United States this morning at…
Kingston, 12 January 2021 (JIS) - Reggae Month 2021 activities, to be observed in February, have been moved to the virtual space. The month-long celebration, being held under the theme ‘Come Ketch Di Riddim Virtually’, is expected to draws thousands of patrons globally to Jamaica, from locations as far as…
Kingston, 5 January 2021 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has said that with the passing of Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, Jamaica and the Caribbean have not only lost an entrepreneur extraordinaire but a man who demonstrated deep care for his country. “He was…
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Kingston, 5 January 2021 – The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has gifted a bus to the Accompong Maroons to assist with transport challenges being faced by members of the historic community. The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, handed over the vehicle…
Kingston, 24 December 2020 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has welcomed the proclamation of December 27 as Sam Sharpe Day by the Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen. Sir Patrick made the proclamation on Tuesday. The first annual Sam…
Kingston, 21 December 2020 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, will be joined by Member of Parliament and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, the Honourable Floyd Green, to pay floral tribute at the Zong Monument in Black River, St Elizabeth, on Tuesday, December…
Kingston, 18 December 2020 – Declaring that the meeting had “done what no other session of the Intergovernmental Committee has accomplished before,” the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, brought an end to the deliberations of the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee. Minister Grange had…