Heritage Expo postponed The Jamaica National Heritage Trust wishes to inform the public that its annual Heritage Expo at Seville Heritage Park scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday October 10, 2007 has been postponed until further notice. The JNHT advises that due to the inclement weather, the organisation has been forced to put off the event. A [...]

Well-known social justice advocate and long-time crusader for the Reparation movement, Mr. Randall Robinson, will visit Jamaica from October 18-21 as guest of the Jamaica National Bicentenary Committee and the Jamaica National Heritage Trust. Mr. Robinson will deliver a lecture on 'Why Reparation Matters' on Friday, October 19, 2007 at the Jamaica Conference Centre, Duke [...]

The Jamaica National Bicentenary Committee: JNBC 2007 in Association with The Institute of Jamaica and IRIE FM announces THE 2007 SCHOOLS' BICENTENARY ESSAY COMPETITION OBJECTIVES To foster an awareness about Africa, slavery and the abolition movement among young people in Jamaica. To enhance the public education programme of the JNBC. To encourage independent thought and [...]

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR CARIBBEAN ARCHAEOLOGY 2007 CONFERENCE KINGSTON JAMAICA 23 - 29 JULY 2007, JAMAICA CONFERENCE CENTER. The IACA Conference took place as planned over the period July 23rd - 29th 2007. From all the reports the conference was a success and fulfilled all of its objectives. Some of the comments included: From Judith Knight [...]

Heritage Week Activities: October 7 - 15, 2007 October 8, 2007: Heritage Lecture: Jamaica Conference Centre October 9, 2007: Heritage Lecture: TBD October 10, 2007: Seville Heritage Expo: Seville Heritage Park October 11, 2007: Heritage Lecture: TBD October 11, 2007: The Anniversary of the Morant Bay Rebellion Events October 15, 2007: National Heroes' Day Other [...]

July 31, 2007 Emancipation Jubilee Seville Heritage Park Click to view Emancipation Jubilee Banner

  July 2007: Launch of Jamaica Heritage Journal Fort Charles / Old Naval Hospital July 4, 2007: Birthday Celebration Norman Washington Manley Roxborough, Manchester July 23 -29, 2007: The 22nd International Congress for Caribbean Archaeology (IACA) Conference Jamaica Conference Centre IACA 2007 Home July 30, 2007: Inaugural JNHT Emancipation Lecture St. Ann Parish Library Windsor [...]

Plans are in high gear for the 2007 conference of the International Association for Caribbean Archaeologists (IACA) to be held in Kingston from July 23-29. The Jamaica National Heritage Trust is expecting over 300 delegates from across the region to attend the conference which is to have its first ever staging on the island. Head [...]

The Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) marked the 162nd anniversary of the arrival of the East Indians to Jamaica with a mini expo and lecture on May 10, 2007 at its offices at Headquarters House, 79 Duke Street, Kingston. In welcoming guests, Communications Director at the Jamaica National Heritage Trust Joan Andrea Hutchinson, said it [...]