Government of Jamaica
Kingston, 20 April 2021 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has joined the celebration of Groundation Day on April 21. It commemorates the 1966 visit to Jamaica of Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, when hundreds of Rastafari from all over Jamaica descended…
Kingston, 14 April 2022 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says Jamaica 60 will be used to “engage and motivate our people towards achieving our national objectives". Minister Grange was speaking during the ceremony to officially launch the Jamaica 60 programme of activities…
Kingston, 4 April 2022 - The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has congratulated United States-based Reggae band, Soldier of Jah Army (SOJA), on their winning the Grammy Award for ‘Best Reggae Album’. The Award, presented at the 64th Annual Grammy awards in Las Vegas,…
Kingston, 1 April 2022 - The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has said, “It is devastating to lose Fitzroy ‘Bunny’ Simpson, another member of the Mighty Diamonds, in the same week as the leader of group, Donald ‘Tabby’ Shaw, who was killed on Monday…
Kingston, 30 March 2022 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced a public viewing of the remains of the late Reggae artiste Denroy Morgan on Friday, April 8, 2022 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm at the National Indoor Sports Centre. The…
Kingston, 30 March 2022 - The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has condemned the killing of Donald ‘Tabby’ Shaw of the Mighty Diamonds who was gunned down in McKinley Crescent in the Waterhouse area of St. Andrew last night, March 29. Minister Grange said:…
Kingston, 29 March 2022 - The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced that “the Jamaican colours — black, green and gold — will light up Niagara Falls in Canada on Independence Day. Minister Grange was launching Jamaica 60 in Canada at the Toronto…
Kingston, 25 March 2022 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, is on official business in Canada. Minister Grange will on Saturday launch a series of activities in Toronto to celebrate Jamaica’s 60th anniversary of independence. The launch will take place at the Toronto…
MESSAGE BY THE HONOURABLE OLIVIA GRANGE, CD, MP MINISTER OF CULTURE, GENDER, ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE REMEMBRANCE OF THE VICTIMS OF SLAVERY AND THE SLAVE TRADE 25 March 2022 On this day, March 25, we pause in deep reflection, in memory of our ancestors who…
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Kingston, 21 March 2022 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has urged the National Council on Reparation to move quickly to finalise the national policy - the Roadmap to Reparation. Addressing members of the Council at a retreat on Saturday, Minister Grange congratulated…
Kingston, 11 March 2022 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced a covid-19 relief programme for registered small companies and umbrella organisations within the Entertainment, Culture and Creative Industries. The Ministry will be offering grants to entities affected by covid-19. “The grants…
Falmouth, Trelawny, 10 March 2022 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has unveiled a monument in tribute to Violet Moss Brown, the Jamaican woman who during her long life was record holder for world’s Oldest Living Person and Oldest Living Woman. The monument,…
MESSAGE BY THE HONOURABLE OLIVIA GRANGE, CD, MP MINISTER OF CULTURE, GENDER, ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY 21 February 2022 International Mother Language Day affords us an opportunity to focus on Jamaican Language, our ‘Patwa’. Our Mother Language is the product of a complex and even painful…