JCDC will fund Bustamante commemoration at Blenheim, says Grange
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange says her ministry will fund the commemorative event in ...
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A national hero lumped with criminals
On Monday, January 20, 2025, both leading daily print media houses in Jamaica ran stories about the United States President Joe Biden’s decision to grant a posthumous pardon to Jamaica’s first ...
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Former DJ Benjamin Alexander to become first skier to represent Jamaica at Winter Olympics
A former DJ will become the first skier ever to represent Jamaica at ... into cult heroes by the 1993 film Cool Runnings. Asked how he felt about taking part, Mr Alexander told Sky News: "It ...
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More than a century after mail fraud conviction, Marcus Garvey gets presidential pardon
Pan-African leader Marcus Mosiah Garvey, convicted of mail fraud in 1923 in the U.S., is buried at National Heroes Park in Kingston. His remains were brought to Jamaica in 1964 after his death in ...