Government of Jamaica
Kingston, 4 May 2022 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has come to the assistance of local football once again, providing Cavalier and Waterhouse football clubs with Two-Million-Dollars ($2M) each towards their participation in the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championships. Cavalier, the Premier League…
Pennsylvania, 29 April 2022 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has issued the following statement from the Penn Relays in the United States. Minister’s Statement I can confirm that one of our young Jamaican athletes — Samantha Pryce who represents Holmwood Technical High…
London, 24 April 2021 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has congratulated “exceptional” Elaine Thompson-Herah after the Jamaican sprinter won the Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year award. Minister Grange said winning the Laureus award was “another well-deserved recognition of the best athlete…
Kingston, 20 April 2022 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has extended “heartiest congratulations to the Jamaica team at the Carifta Swim Meet in Barbados for doing so well.” Four Carifta 15-17 age group records were broken by Jamaica: two individual ones; two…
Kingston, 19 April 2022 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, today launched the National Athletics Junior Championships for Boys and Girls at the primary school level. Minister Grange made the announcement about what she termed the ‘Junior Champs’ at a press launch at…
Kingston, 11 April 2022 (JIS) - The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission will be implementing a paperless solution for the collection of doping control data. The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, gave details while providing an update on the work of the Commission during a ceremony…
Kingston, 4 April 2022 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, in welcoming the return of the ISSA/Grace Kennedy Boys’ and Girls' Championships with spectators, has said Jamaica derives significant economic benefit from what is the premier secondary school athletic championships in the world.…
The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has published a magazine in tribute to Jamaica’s team to the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, China. There’s tough competition for a place on any Jamaican sports team, so those who actually go through the process to earn a spot at…
Kingston, 11 February 2022 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced a contribution of Ten Million Dollars to the Jamaica Football Federation to underwrite the cost of a charter flight for the national women’s football team, the Reggae Girlz, to their World…
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Kingston, 3 February 2022 - The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced that she will be providing support to the tune of Ten Million, Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($10,800,000.00) to the Premier League Clubs for the 2022 football season (January to June). The…
Kingston, 2 February 2022 - The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has expressed sadness at the passing of Jamaica and West Indies cricketer, Easton 'Bull' McMorris. Mr McMorris died yesterday, February 1, at the age of 86. Minister Grange said “Bull McMorris, as he…
Kingston, 18 January 2022 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says Jamaica’s team to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China “demonstrates that nothing is impossible.” “‘We don’t have no snow’ yet here we are competing against the world’s best on ice,” said…
Kingston, 10 November 2021 - The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says she is “in full support of Jamaica hosting the 2022 Carifta Games as a part of the country’s Diamond Jubilee Celebrations.” The Games would take place at the National Stadium between April…