The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport through its agency the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission has signed a multi-million dollar deal with fast food chain Tastee Limited in support of the 2018 Festival Song Competition.
The 2018 edition of the Jamaica Festival Song Competition continues to be one for the history books, from the record number of entries received to a 63-member church choir being named among the finalists. The choir along with the other nine finalists were selected at the competition’s semi-final concert, supported…
Kingston, 2 April 2018 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has released the following statement at the passing of Winne Mandela: "I express the sorrow felt by all Jamaicans at the passing of South African anti-apartheid leader Winnie Madikizela-Mandela who became the chief…
The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, questions Professor Brian McFarlane on what inspired the paintings in his new exhibition ‘Fragments of time II’ now on display at Olympia Gallery in St Andrew. The exhibition, which marks the 40-year milestone of Professor McFarlane’s career, opened on…
Remarks by the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport the Honourable Olivia Grange, CD, MP at UWI Regional Disability Studies Conference: Advancing the Disability Agenda through Culture and Sports in the Caribbean UWI Regional Headquarters, Mona 13 March 2018 Salutations In March of this last year (2017) Jamaica’s Special…
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The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says creative practitioners such as: musicians, dancers, visual artists, film makers, among others, must prepare themselves for retirement and death.
Remarks By HONOURABLE OLIVIA GRANGE CD MP MINISTER OF CULTURE, GENDER, ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORT On The Occasion of a PUBLIC FORUM: Back Pay Dispute: Reparation and the outstanding labour struggle with Britain and Spain UWI Regional Headquarters, Mona February 27, 2018 Let me start by thanking the organisers of this…
The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, recipient of the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association Lifetime Achievement Award for contribution to the Music Industry, in conversation with fellow awardees Rodney ‘Bounty Killer’ Price; Manley ‘Big Youth’ Buchanan and Rondell Positive (left to right). The awards ceremony was…