The Jamaica National Heritage Trust has officially reopened the replica house of Sir Alexander Bustamante in Blenheim, Hanover. In a ceremony that also celebrated the hero's 123rd birthday on February 24, 2007, Minister of Tourism, Entertainment and Culture Hon. Aloun Assamba and Leader of the Opposition Bruce Golding cut the single yellow ribbon that decorated [...]

March 8: Launch of Heritage Essay Competition Headquarters House March 23-24 Out of Many One People (EXPO) at Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre & Chinese Benevolent Society March 25: Bicentenary of the Passing of Abolition Act Spanish Town Square National Funeral Service for Ancestors, Kingston Harbour Click to see full Calendar of Events

The Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) has embarked on a collaborative venture with several community groups from St. Ann to plan and produce a variety of cultural events throughout the months of March to April 2007. Seville Heritage Park the epitome of history, culture, tranquility together with the background of the historic Caribbean coastline will [...]

The Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) has restored the house at Bustamante's birthplace, Blenheim, in the hills of Hanover. The heritage site will be recommissioned at a civic event on the hero's 123rd birthday on February 24. Courts Ja. Ltd. in its support of heritage and culture presented the JNHT with a 29" television for [...]

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 [...]