Government of Jamaica
Kingston, 28 September 2019 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has said that long jumper Tajay Gayle was “simply great” in winning the long jump gold medal at the IAAF World Championships in Doha, Qatar today, creating a record for Jamaica. Minister Grange…
Kingston, 26 September 2019 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has said that “A Monitoring and Evaluation mechanism which is being designed in Jamaica to measure the contribution of Sport to the national economy represents ground-breaking progress”. Minister Grange made the statement at…
September 26, 2019 On a consideration of all the facts and evidence the independence Anti-Doping Panel finds as follows: The Independent Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel is unanimously persuaded to the standard of proof on the evidence presented that the athlete, Miss Briana Williams, was in breach of article 2.1 of the…
Kingston, 12 September 2019 – All is now set for the installation of the statue of the Jamaican Olympic and World Champion sprinter, Veronica Campbell Brown. On Thursday (today), the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, received the all clear from Campbell Brown. Minister Grange…
Kingston, 11 September 2019 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, said today the statue of Veronica Campbell Brown, one of Jamaica’s most celebrated track athletes, will be unveiled at Statue Park at the National Stadium on October 20, 2019. The Minister made the…
Kingston, 11 September 2019 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, announced today that a group of investors from Canada that are “standing by” to build an ice rink along with a bob-sled practice track and an 800-room boutique hotel on Jamaica’s north coast.…
Kingston, 7 September 2019 - The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has congratulated the Jamaica Senior Men’s Ice Hockey team for “a splendid display in which you created history by winning the AmeriGol-Latam Cup in Coral Springs, Florida in the USA.” The Jamaica team…
Kingston, 5 September 2019 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has named members of the Independent Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel for the next three years. Minister Grange said the appointment of the Panel is in keeping with the Anti-Doping in Sport Act and the…
Kingston, 7 August 2019 – The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport says that, “Fedrick Dacres continues Jamaica’s rise in men’s discus by breaking the record he set at the Pan Am Games in defending his title.” “Fedrick has been enjoying a fantastic run of throwing…
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Kingston, 2 August 2019 – The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has congratulated Yona Knight Wisdom for creating history for Jamaica by winning the country’s first ever medal in the sport of diving at the Pan Am Games. Knight Wisdom won silver in the men's…
Kingston, 11 July 2019 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has moved to address issues regarding the National Senior Women’s Football Team, the Reggae Girlz. Specifically, the Minister Grange has taken steps to repair the relationship between the Jamaica Football Federation and Cedella…
Kingston 1 July 2019 - The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport said today that all of Jamaica should celebrate with Netball Jamaica and the Sunshine Girls the news that Jamaica has moved up to the number two position in World Netball. News coming from the…
Kingston 28 June 2019 - The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has described as “outstanding” the performance of Joydane White and Nyouka Baugh who have won Jamaica’s first medals at the Central American and Caribbean Confederation Artistic Swimming Championship taking place in Barbados. White, who…