The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport will lead  the symbolic signing of the funding agreement between Jamaica and UNESCO’s International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD) on Thursday, May 5, 2016 at the Ministry’s Trafalgar Road office in Kingston. This agreement covers the revision of the National Culture Policy of Jamaica which was drafted in 2003. 

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange has applauded the work being done by the Jamaica Amateur Softball Association (JASA) and expressed confidence that softball can be developed in Jamaica.

Jamaica will join the rest of the world in observing World Heritage Day under the theme ‘The Heritage of Sport’.

Jamaica’s National Under-16 netballers are being urged to challenge themselves and push for places in the squads above their age group. 

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange, has called on stakeholders within the sporting fraternity to join her in lobbying for gender equality, specifically within the area of cricket.

Sport Minister, the Honourable Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange, has urged the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and players to find a common ground on which trust and confidence can be built in order for the West Indies  team to return to the pinnacle of world cricket.

“Today is another giant step forward and great moment for women in sport especially for those of us from the Caribbean,” said Hon. Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment & Sport after the West Indies Women lifted the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup for the first time in history. 

Minister of Culture, Gender Affairs, Entertainment & Sport Hon. Olivia Grange describes the West Indies men’s team as “true and worthy champions” after they became the first team to win the ICC T20 World Cup twice.

Renowned Jamaican artist, Dr David Boxer, on the occasion of his 70th birthday, was lauded by the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, The Honourable Olivia Grange, as an extraordinary and prolific artist who, for many years, fostered global knowledge and appreciation of Jamaican art, as Curator of the National Gallery of Jamaica.