Government of Jamaica
Kingston, 24 September 2024 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced the appointment of the Board of Directors of Institute of Sports Limited for two years from September 8, 2024. The members are: The Honourable Ian Forbes, Chairman Mr Howard Chambers, Deputy…
Kingston, 30 August 2024 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has congratulated Jamaica’s Ackera Nugent on setting a new national record in the 100 metres hurdles. Nugent sped to victory at the Diamond League meet in Rome today (Friday) in a time of…
Kingston, 26 August 2024 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has sent best wishes to members of Jamaica’s team to the World Athletics Under 20 Championships taking place in Lima, Peru from tomorrow to Saturday. In her message, Minister Grange encouraged the young…
Kingston, 21 August 2024 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says it’s “fantastic news” that Jamaica’s Khadija Shaw has won the PFA Women’s Player’s Player of the Year award. The PFA is the union for footballers and scholars in the Premier League, the…
Kingston, 8 August 2024 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has congratulated Jamaica’s Rasheed Broadbell who took the bronze medal in the 110 metres hurdles at the Olympic Games in Paris today. It took a photo finish to separate Broadbell — who ran…
Kingston, 26 June 2024 (JIS) - Ground is to be broken by August 2025 to commence work on the National Stadium’s redevelopment into a world-class sports facility. This was disclosed by Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, during her contribution to the 2024/25 Sectoral Debate…
Kingston, 20 March 2024 (JIS) - The Government, through the Sports Development Foundation, has provided a $40-million grant to the Jamaica Chess Federation to build the sport locally. The investment is in support of a project first announced by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Honourable Nigel…
Kingston, 7 February 2024 (JIS) - The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, will be providing grant funding of $500,000 to each Member of Parliament to jumpstart holistic efforts to promote physical activities and sport at the grassroot level. The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable…
Kingston, 4 January 2024 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, said the Ministry did its best to give support to the Jamaica Tallawahs team. In a statement on Thursday (this evening) Minister Grange said her Ministry “sought to provide special support to the…
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Kingston, 29 December 2023 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced that Jamaica will again host the World Anti-Doping Agency’s Forum for Caribbean Ministers of Sport. Minister Grange says that several Ministers have already confirmed their attendance to the Forum — to…
Kingston, 22 November 2023 (JIS) - Jamaica and the Republic of South Africa have signed a Cooperation Agreement to strengthen collaboration in several critical areas of sports. The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, and South Africa’s Deputy Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Honourable…
Kingston, 20 November 2023 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says a delegation from the Government of South Africa will visit Jamaica this week to conduct a study tour of the island’s sports programme. The delegation is being led by the South African…
Kingston, 15 November 2023 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, is travelling to the World Anti-Doping Agency Foundation Board Meeting this week in Montreal, Canada. The Foundation Board, WADA’s highest decision-making body, meets once each year to discuss matters related to the agency’s…