Government of Jamaica
Kingston, 22 May 2020 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced that the cleaning of the statues of the nation’s founding fathers — The Right Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante and the Right Excellent Norman Manley — at St William Grant Park in…
Kingston, 20 May 2020 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced that the government will present Telethon Jamaica highlights instead of the traditional concert on Labour Day. Minister Grange said the highlights package will be broadcast on national television and online. Telethon…
Kingston, 17 May 2020 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has expressed sadness at the passing of the media mogul, the Honourable Oliver Clarke. Minister’s Statement “I knew Oliver well and I’m very sad by his passing. He was an outstanding businessman, an…
Kingston, 13 May 2020 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has written to the Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Honourable Christopher Tufton, requesting an investigation into allegations that the beard of a Rastafarian Elder was cut at a public hospital. Minister’s…
Kingston, 12 May 2020 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says improvements will be made in the disbursement of Compassionate Grants at the Independence Park complex in Kingston. People who selected GKMS/Western Union to receive their Compassionate Grants under the Government’s CARE programme…
Kingston, 8 May 2020 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has expressed sadness at the passing of the psychiatrist, Professor Fredrick Hickling. Minister Grange said:"I knew Fred Hickling for many years. He was a kind and compassionate man; and certainly one of the…
Kingston, 8 May 2020 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has paid tribute to late photojournalist Michael Gordon who passed away on Wednesday. Minister’s Statement"I knew Michael from the 1970s and we have always worked very well together. He was a man who…
Kingston, 8 May 2020 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says this year’s Labour Day will be celebrated under the theme, Labour at Home. Minister Grange said the theme is in keeping with "the need for social distancing and the ban on large…
Kingston, 6 May 2020 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has expressed sadness at the passing of Jamaica’s first international female superstar, Millicent “Millie” Small. The ‘My Boy Lollipop’ singer died in the United Kingdom on Tuesday (yesterday) at the age of 73,…
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Kingston, 23 April 2020 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has expressed sadness at the passing of Professor Tara Dasgupta, the recipient of the Silver Musgrave Medal in 2019. In her tribute, Minister Grange said “Professor Dasgupta had served Jamaica well” and that…
Credit Union League gives J$4 million to Covid Telethon Kingston, 22 April 2020 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has received the symbolic cheque of the generous contribution of the Jamaica Co-operative Credit Union League to Telethon Jamaica: Together We Stand. Jamaica Co-operative…
STATEMENT TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES By the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and SportThe Honourable Olivia Grange, CD, MPWednesday, 15 April 2020 Mr. Speaker, as a St Catherine Member of Parliament, I would like to begin by offering words of solace to the people of the parish — particularly…
Kingston, 13 April 2020 – “His contribution to the popularity of Reggae music in North America has been immense,” says the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, as she paid tribute to the late broadcaster Gil Bailey. Gil Bailey died in New York today (Monday).…