Minister Grange calls for protection of biodiversity across the Caribbean

March 19, 2018, 7:18 pm

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KINGSTON, March 19, 2017 - Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Honourable Olivia Grange, has urged the National Commissions for UNESCO across the region to protect the biodiversity in their respective countries.

• biodiversity
• Caribbean
• Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO
• Man and the Biosphere Programme
• Olivia Grange

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BARBADOS | Esther Philips is Barbados’ First Poet Laureate

March 30, 2018, 1:52 pm

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BRIDGETOWN, March 30, 2018 - Esther Philips is Barbados’ first Poet Laureate, was on Wednesday presented with her documents and instruments of appointment by Minister of Culture, Stephen Lashley during a meeting at his Ministry’s conference room in Sky Mall.

• Esther Philips
• Bartbados
• Poet Laureate
• Stephen Lashley
• Ministry of Culture
• Leaving Atlantis
• When Ground Doves Fly

Meghan Markle ties the knot -- but not with Prince Harry

April 24, 2018, 10:04 pm

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A little less than a month before her royal wedding to Britain's Prince Harry, Meghan Markle has said "I do" -- on television.

• Meghan Markle
• Prince Harry
• Patrick J Adams
• Rachel tie the knot with Mike,

Univision and The Latin Recording Academy partners for the Latin GRAMMY Awards

May 23, 2018, 8:26 am

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Univision Communications Inc. (UCI), the leading media company serving Hispanic America, announced today a new 10-year agreement that will keep The Biggest Night in Latin Music®, the Latin GRAMMY Awards®, on the Univision Network through 2028.

• Univision
• Latin Recording Academy
• Univision Communications Inc (UCI)

ABC cancels Roseanne Barr's comedy show after she posted racist tweet

May 29, 2018, 7:22 pm

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US television network ABC has cancelled comedian Roseanne Barr's show after she posted a racist tweet comparing a former Obama adviser to an ape.

• Roseanne Barr show
• ABC

Directors of CBS News under investigation over sex harrassment claim

June 9, 2018, 10:58 am

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NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., Esq., a partner at the law firm of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC (“KSF”), announces that KSF has commenced an investigation into CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS).

• Directors of CBS Corporation
• Charles C Foti, Jr, Esq
• Kahn Swick & Foti
• CBS News Communications Inc

Late Rapper XXXTentacion attends his own funeral in chilling music video

July 1, 2018, 3:42 am

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(MAIL ONLINE) – The late rapper XXXTentacion has released a posthumous video which sees him attend his own funeral, filmed just weeks before he was shot dead last Monday.

• XXXTentacion
• Music Video

Gosplash contributing to the Creative Economy – Grange

July 12, 2018, 4:26 pm

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Kingston, July 12 – The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, has said that events such as Gosplash “reinforce the contribution of the cultural and creative sectors to the economy.”

• Gosplash
• Creative Economy
• Olivia Grange

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JAMAICA | Poet Lorna Goodison Cops Windham-Campbell Prize

July 16, 2018, 5:57 pm

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KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 16, 2018 - Jamaica's Poet Laureate, Lorna Goodison has won one of the world's most coveted literary award: The Windham-Campbell Prize.

• WindhamCampbell Prize
• Lorna Goodison
• Jamaica
• Poet
• Poet Laureate

Rihanna Enlists 'Every Jamaican Songwriter' In Dancehall Album

July 21, 2018, 9:31 am

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Rihanna will be showcasing talent from across the Caribbean in an upcoming album employing "every songwriter in Jamaica," it has been revealed.

• music
• Rihanna
• Caribbean
• Jamaica

JAMAICA | Phillips, Grange mourn death of Irving 'Carrot' Jarrett

August 1, 2018, 4:30 am

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Kingston, July 31 – Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, says “a cloud of sorrow has settled over the music fraternity and those in health care, in particular, with the sudden passing today of Irvin “Carrot” Jarrett, former member of Third World Band and latterly a Naturopathic Health Practitioner.”

Rihanna, Grace Jones, Monty Alexander among those to be honoured by the UWI

August 8, 2018, 7:14 pm

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Barbadian international singing sensation Rihanna, Jamaican Jazz musician Monty Alexander, actress Grace Jones, Cricketers Michael Holding and Shivnarine Chanderpaul are among a number of prominent Caribbean entertainers, legal luminaries, sportsmen, academics and business persons set to receive top accolades from the University of the West Indies campuses across the Region.

• UWI
• Honorary degrees
• University of the West Indies
• Cave Hill
• Mona
• St Augustine
• Open Campus

UWI bestows honorary doctorate on award-winning Jamaican jazz maestro Monty Alexander

August 10, 2018, 6:59 pm

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Over five decades of performances and more than 70 CDs later, award-winning Jamaican-born jazz maestro, Monty Alexander, is being bestowed with an honorary doctorate degree from the University of West Indies, (UWI).

• Monty Alexander
• Jamaican jazz maestro
• University of the West Indies, UWI

Jackie Jackson of the famed Jackson5 launches St. Lucian born D.B.L.

August 10, 2018, 7:10 pm

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St Lucia-born Las Vegas-based entertainer D.B.L. launched his first album today, Friday August 10, after landing a contract with a new record label owned by the eldest of the famous Jackson5 brothers, Jackie Jackson.

• DBL
• Jackie Jackson
• Jackson5

Aretha Franklin, The 'Queen Of Soul,' Dies At 76

August 16, 2018, 9:31 am

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Aretha Franklin, the "Queen of Soul," died Thursday in her home city of Detroit after battling pancreatic cancer of the neuroendocrine type. Her death was confirmed by her publicist, Gwendolyn Quinn. She was 76.

• Aretha Franklin
• Queen of soul
• Rev Martin Luther King Jr

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JAMAICA | Miss Lou's statue unveiled in Gordon Town

September 11, 2018, 4:16 am

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KINGSTON, Jamaica - There were loud cheers and spirited applause from the massive crowd, which gathered in Gordon Town Square, St. Andrew on Friday (Sept. 7) to witness the unveiling of a life-size bronze statue in honour of Jamaica’s late cultural icon, Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley, affectionately called “Miss Lou.”

• Louise Bennett
• Prime Minister Andrew Holness
• Olivia Grange
• sculptor Basil Watson

JAMAICA| Gov't Developing National Register of Cultural Places and Objects

September 19, 2018, 6:22 pm

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KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 19, 2018 - The Government is receiving expertise from the Organization of American States (OAS) in developing a national register of cultural heritage places and objects.

• National register of cultural heritage places and objects
• Organization of American States (OAS)
• Jamaica
• Olivia Grange
• Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT)
• Maroons, Rastafari and Revivalists in Jamaica

CARIFESTA XIV to be launched in Trinidad and Tobago Tuesday

October 19, 2018, 9:50 pm

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(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARIFESTA XIV will be launched at the Hilton Conference Centre in Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday, 23 October, 2018. Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr the Honourable Keith Rowley, Minister of Community Development, Culture and the Arts, Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. the Honourable Nyan Gadsby Dolly, and Programme Manager for Culture and Community Development at theCARICOM Secretariat, Dr. Hilary Brown, are expected to speak at the launch.

• CARIFESTA XIV
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Caribbean Community
• Dr Hilary Brown

JAMAICA | Reggae Music gets UNESCO protected status

November 29, 2018, 5:53 pm

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Reggae music, the genre that emerged from Jamaica and evolved in the 1960s, has been added to the list of global cultural treasures by UNESCO, the United Nation's cultural and scientific agency, and is deemed worthy of protection and promotion.

• Reggae Music
• UNESCO
• protected status
• Rastafarianism
• Jamaica

Why UNESCO was right to add reggae to its cultural heritage list

December 6, 2018, 6:44 pm

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When UNESCO announced that “the reggae music of Jamaica” had been added to its list of cultural products considered worthy of recognition, it was a reflection on the fact that reggae, which grew from its roots in the backstreets and dance halls of Jamaica, is more than just popular music, but an important social and political phenomenon.

• music
• UNESCO
• Jamaica
• Punk
• Political protest
• Reggae
• SKA
• Bob Marley