Government of Jamaica
Kingston, 11 April 2025 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has said the music world is in deep mourning yet again, with the passing of Maxwell Livingston Smith, ‘Max Romeo’, who died in hospital this evening.He was 80. Minister Grange's statement: “The legendary…
Kingston, 3 April 2025 - The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says actor, Munair Zacca, was one of the best home-grown acting talent to have emerged in Jamaica. Minister Grange said “ He was one of the founders of Theatre ’77, along with the…
Kingston, 7 March 2025 – “I am filled with pride as someone of African ancestry,” said the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, as she presented the UNESCO certificate to Revivalist leaders attesting to Jamaica’s latest inscription to the global List of Intangible Cultural Heritage.…
Kingston, 16 February 2025 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced that her Ministry will fund the commemorative event in honour of the National Hero, the Right Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, at Blenheim in Hanover on February 24. The event, marking the…
Kingston, 12 February 2025 – The Minister of Culture Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has been presented with the Key to the City of Lauderhill in Florida in the United Sates. Minister Grange was given the honour for what the City of Lauderhill said was her “outstanding…
Kingston, 2 February 2025 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, says there’s now “better communication, better understanding [and] more tolerance” following a meeting to discuss the school tour by the Dancehall performer, Spice. Minister Grange hosted stakeholders, including her colleague Minister of Education, Skills, Youth…
STATEMENT TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RE: MARCUS GARVEYBy the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and SportThe Honourable Olivia Grange, OJ, CD, MPTuesday, 21 January 2025 Watch statement here Madam Speaker: On Sunday (January 19, 2024) the President of the United States, Joe Biden, announced that he had used his…
Kingston, 19 January 2025 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, has said that the US President, Joe Biden, did “the right and honourable thing” when he used his clemency power to pardon, posthumously, the Right Excellent Marcus Garvey. Minister Grange says President Biden’s “historic pardon…
Kingston, 10 December 2024 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has urged nations to ensure that school curricula contain information on the various peoples relevant to the development of their nations as part of efforts to address racism and discrimination. That was one…
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Kingston, 5 December 2024 – UNESCO has inscribed the Revival ‘Pilgrimage To Watt Town’ on the Global List of Intangible Cultural Heritage and commended Jamaica for proposing the nomination which it said, “highlights the link between living heritage and cultural spaces.” The Inscription was done on Wednesday (yesterday) during the…
Kingston, 14 November 2024 (JIS) - The island’s entertainers and creatives have been given access to life insurance by the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport. This, following the official launch of the Jamaica Entertainers and Creatives Insurance Plan. The contract signing for the new insurance plan was held…
Kingston, 8 November 2024 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has congratulated the nominees for the Reggae Grammy. The nominees for Best Reggae Album, announced today (Friday), include: Take It Easy (Collie Buddz)Party With Me (Vybz Kartel)Never Gets Late Here (Shenseea)Bob Marley: One…
Kingston, 25 October 2024 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced that Kabaka Pyramid and his Bebble Team band will represent Jamaica at the World Music Expo or WOMEX, now underway in Manchester, England. The annual WOMEX, billed as the most internationally…