Government of Jamaica
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,…
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).…
Kingston, 14 April 2020 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has said “a big thank you” to all those who contributed to Telethon Jamaica: Together We Stand. “I wish to thank all who came together with hands, hearts and pockets to make the…
Kingston, 8 April 2020 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says her Ministry has contributed a further Seventy-eight Million dollars into the Trust Fund for victims of the 1963 Coral Gardens incident. It means that the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport…
Kingston, 4 April 2020 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, will launch a fund-raising initiative dubbed ‘Telethon Jamaica: Together We Stand’ towards providing much-needed additional resources to our health services in the wake of Covid-19. The initiative is a joint effort of Ministry…
Kingston, 27 March 2020 – “Nobody could write songs like him,” said the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, as she reflected on the life of the Jamaican Reggae icon, Bob Andy. Andy, who was born Keith Anderson, passed away this morning. Minister Grange said:“I…
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Kingston, 21 March 2020 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has released the following statement: Minister’s Statement “Our government’s decision to close our air and sea ports to incoming people traffic as of tonight is a necessary measure to help contain the spread…
Kingston, 13 March 2020 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced the closure of cultural and sport facilities, including museums, galleries, and stadia run by the government. Minister Grange says the closures — with effect from Saturday, 14 March 2020 — are…
Kingston, 27 February 2020 - (JIS) Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has hailed the nation’s music stalwarts for carving out a space for Jamaica’s indigenous art form on the international stage. Citing several vintage and contemporary artistes, she said that “these icons are ordinary…
Kingston, 14 February 2020 – The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport will offer a scholarship in the name of the late Barrington Moncrieffe tenable at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts. The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, made…