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The Jamaican Government will be allocating additional funds to the Poet Laureate of Jamaica Programme according to an announcement by Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, and relayed to the public in a speech delivered by library chief Joy Douglas, at a recent launch of ‘Last Reel’, a new poetry collection by Poet Laureate (2014-2017), Professor Mervyn Morris.

KINGSTON, Jamaica— The Government will be allocating additional funds for the development and execution of the Poet Laureate of Jamaica Programme. This wa...

Jamaica’s Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia “Babsy” Grange has announced that internationally acclaimed poet Professor Kwame Dawes will be the next Poet Laureate of Jamaica. Minister Grange said that Dawes emerged as the most suitable person after a public nomination process, which was followed by a seven-member committee vote administered by the National Library of Jamaica (NLJ). His investiture of as the Poet Laureate of Jamaica for...

Internationally acclaimed poet, Professor Kwame Dawes, will be the next Poet Laureate of Jamaica. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, disclosed that Professor Dawes emerged as the most suitable person for the...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Persons are being invited to support and explore the Jamaica Poetry Archive for their favourite poet or poem. The electronic Archive, which is the first in the country, was establi...

DARLISTON in Westmoreland is the latest community to benefit from free public Internet service under the Universal Service Fund's (USF) Community Wi-Fi Programme. The secured hot spot was offici...

Dr Nigel Clarke, minister of fin ance and the public s...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government says it is embarking on a major social investment initia...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government says it is embarking on a major social investment initia...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government says it is embarking on a major social investment initia...