Government of Jamaica
We have produced this special publication in tribute to Jamaica’s team to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. Each member of the team is featured in the publication that tells the stories of this year’s competitors including three of the outstanding women — Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Elaine Thompson-Herah, and Shericka…
Kingston, 31 July 2021 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has praised Jamaican women sprinters, led by Elaine Thompson-Herah, for sweeping the medals in the 100 metres at the Tokyo Olympic games in Japan on Saturday (today). Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah defended her Olympic…
Kingston, 14 July 2021 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has said that the sport sector will benefit directly from vaccines now in the island and from more which will come in tomorrow. The Sport Minister said: “Six Hundred doses of the Johnson…
Kingston, 18 June 2021 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has said that Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw’s signing with Manchester City Football Club in England is the latest of the major achievements by this Reggae Girl whose rise in the sport has been meteoric.…
Kingston, 10 June 2021 (JIS) - The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says the Government continued to invest in improving the country’s sport infrastructure, even in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. “In spite of the pandemic, we were working. We used the opportunity…
Kingston, 9 June 2021 (JIS) - The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission is now fully compliant with the World Anti-Doping Agency. “What this means is that Jamaica’s credibility can no longer be questioned when it comes to doping in sports,” said Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange.…
Kingston, 20 May 2021 - The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has said that she is deeply saddened that, “we are once again mourning the passing of one of Jamaica's truly great sportsmen.” Minister Grange's comment follows the death of Olympian, Neville Myton, who…
Kingston, 23 April 2021 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has said that sadly the race of life is finished for Dennis Johnson and the nation must say goodbye to its first world record holder in the short sprint. Dennis Johnson, passed away…
Kingston, 5 May 2021 (Ministry of Local Government) - Local football fans will soon be able to enjoy the thrill of competition, as approval has been given for the resumption of Premier League football. The announcement was made by Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, the Honourable Desmond McKenzie.…
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Kingston, 18 April 2021 - The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has said she is deeply saddened by the sudden death of former Reggae Boy, Tremaine Stewart. Stewart, who represented Jamaica in 2012, died after collapsing while playing football this morning. Minister Grange said:…
Kingston, 12 April 2021 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has congratulated Ricky Skerritt, Cricket West Indies President, his Vice President, Dr Kishore Shallow, and the rest of the CWI administration on being re-elected unopposed. Minister Grange said, “I wish the President, the…
Kingston, 9 April 2021 - Registration will open on Thursday, April 15, 2021, for the forum which will start the mental health programme being conducted by Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport to help the nation’s athletes to cope with the effects of covid-19. The forum with the theme,…
Kingston, 8 April 2021 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced the resumption of the Athletes Assistance Programme, which will provide more than J$45 million in direct financial support to Jamaican athletes who are preparing for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.…