Executive Director of the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) Mrs. Laleta Davis Mattis (left) and Professor Verene Shepherd, chair of the JNHT, present copies of several books to Spanish Ambassador His Excellency Jesus Silva during a recent visit to his office. Among the books that the Ambassador received was the English translation of the book [...]

The Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) has taken an important step towards recognizing and honouring the brave men and women who fiercely fought against the brutal system of slavery and sacrificed their lives in the struggle. The organisation is constructing the first of several freedom monuments across the island in Montego Bay, St. James in [...]

The Jamaica National Heritage Trust says it is planning to increase its vigilance and become more aggressive in dealing with persons who are removing red brick from its historic buildings. The Trust, the agency which regulates the preservation and declaration of historic districts, sites, buildings and monuments, says it is aware that unscrupulous persons have [...]

Members of staff of the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) brought holiday cheer to the tiny tots of the Port Royal Basic School on Thursday, December 7, 2006. The children, ranging in age from 3-5 years spent the morning at the Fort Charles heritage site located near to the school, enjoying the cool outdoors, music, [...]

The Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) has taken an important step towards recognizing and honouring the brave men and women who fiercely fought against the brutal system of slavery and sacrificed their lives in the struggle. The organisation is constructing the first of several freedom monuments across the island in Montego Bay, St. James in [...]

The stereotype of the enslaved woman does not include the concept of her having enough money to lend to a white English planter. But that was Phibbah, an enslaved woman who worked on Egypt sugar plantation and Breadnut Island Pen in Westmoreland in the late 18th century. As is typical of many enslaved persons, her [...]

The house at Blenheim in which National Hero the Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante was born, will soon be officially reopened. The Jamaica National Heritage Trust is reconstructing the house with the assistance of a grant from the CHASE fund, following its destruction in a bush fire more than a year ago. The JNHT’s Estate [...]

From as early as nine in the morning, the buses started to rumble along the winding path to the Seville great house in St. Ann, transporting over 5,000 students and teachers to the Jamaica National Heritage Trust's (JNHT) annual heritage expo. The student came from schools across the 14 parishes of Jamaica, some as young [...]

Jamaica National Heritage Trust Programmes for National Heritage Week 2006 Monday, October 9 Launch of Lectures at Jamaica Conference Centre Topic: 'The role of Trade Unions in Nation Building' Guest Speaker: Senator Dwight Nelson: President, Jamaica Confederation of Trade Union 10:00 a.m. With the recent instability on the local labour scene, the Jamaica National Heritage [...]

The links between Jamaica and South Africa were further strengthened on Thursday, September 28, 2006 with the donation of a set of books by the South African High Commission to the Jamaica National Heritage Trust. The books, which cover a wide range of historical, social and political topics, were presented at a function in the [...]