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Run with JCF on July 16 for Special Olympics

Members of the public are being encouraged to support the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Law Enforcement Torch (LET) Run, which takes place on Sunday (July 16) starting at the Police Officers’ Club in St. Andrew. The JCF is using the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), congratulate Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce, after her second-place finish in the Women’s 200-metre event on the final day of the National Junior and Senior Track and Field Championships at the National Stadium in Kingston on Sunday (July 9).

PHOTOS: PM attends National Junior and Senior Track and Field Championships

Students of various preparatory schools display their institutions’ banners during the opening ceremony for the Jamaica Independent Schools’ Association (JISA) National Preparatory Schools Track and Field Championships, held recently at the National Stadium in Kingston.

Highlights from the 2023 National Prep Schools Athletics Championships

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, makes her contribution to the 2023/24 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on June 13.

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Independence Park Complex to Be Redeveloped

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Sports Ministry Looking to Take Over Maintenance of Catherine Hall Sports Complex

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport is looking to assume responsibility for the maintenance of the Catherine Hall Sports Complex in Montego Bay, St. James. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, made the disclosure during the Love 101 radio segment ‘Good Morning Minister’ on June 14. Ms. Grange noted that the St. James Municipal Corporation, which currently has oversight...

General Manager of the Sports Development Foundation (SDF), Denzil Wilks (right), with (from left) Olympian, Brendon Rodney; Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Emina Tudakovic and student at the St. Catherine-based GC Foster College of Physical Education and Sport, Shantel Munroe. Occasion was the launch of the Brendon Rodney’s Life Beyond Sports Foundation, held on May 30 at the residence of the High Commissioner of Canada in St. Andrew. Mr. Rodney is a Canadian whose parents are Jamaicans.

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Foundation Gives Scholarships to Students of GC Foster College

Students at the GC Foster College of Physical Education and Sport in St. Catherine are benefiting from scholarships given by Olympian, Brendon Rodney, through his Rodney's Life Beyond Sports Foundation. At the launch of the Foundation, held on May 30 at the residence of the High Commissioner of Canada in St. Andrew, three students, Shantel Munroe, Selvin Stewart and Toni-Ann...

Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson.

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JCF Looking to Raise $3 Million for Special Olympics Jamaica

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is looking to raise $3 million from the 2023 staging of its Law Enforcement Torch Run to support Special Olympics Jamaica. The funds will go towards the team’s preparations for the Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, from June 17 to 25, among other activities. While the Torch Run will he held on July 16, which...

Former Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, and newly appointed Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade State Minister, Hon. Alando Terrelonge.

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Jamaica Elected to WADA Foundation Board

Jamaica has secured a seat on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Foundation Board, which is the organisation’s highest decision-making body. The country was elected at the recent general assembly of the American Sports Council (CADE) held in Cartagena, Colombia. Jamaica will represent CADE on the WADA Foundation Board, while the United States will represent the Council on the WADA Executive...

Senior Manager, Trophy Tours, FIFA, Sarah Gandoin, proudly shows the FIFA Women’s World Cup Trophy to DMP Academy student, Genesis Williams, at Harmony Beach Park in Montego Bay on Monday (April 17). The trophy was taken to the Second City during the Jamaica leg of the global tour of the trophy ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023 tournament to be held from July 20 to August 20.

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PHOTOS: FIFA Women’s World Cup Trophy Stops in Montego Bay

Senior Manager, Trophy Tours, FIFA, Sarah Gandoin, proudly shows the FIFA Women’s World Cup Trophy to DMP Academy student, Genesis Williams, at Harmony Beach Park in Montego Bay on Monday (April 17). The trophy was taken to the Second City during the Jamaica leg of the global tour of the trophy ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and...

The FIFA Women’s World Cup Trophy stopped at the Ocho Rios High School on Monday (April 17) as part of a tour of the island. Welcoming the trophy are students of the St. Ann-based institution.

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PHOTOS: FIFA Women’s World Cup Stops at Ocho Rios High School

The FIFA Women’s World Cup Trophy stopped at the Ocho Rios High School on Monday (April 17) as part of a tour of the island. Welcoming the trophy are students of the St. Ann-based institution.

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Oliva Grange (third left), applauds during a ceremony for the unveiling of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Trophy, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Monday (April 17). She is joined by (from left) State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge; Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith; President, Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), Michael Ricketts; FIFA Senior Manager, Trophy Tours, Sarah Gandoin and President, Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), Christopher Samuda.

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Sports Cooperation Agreement Between Jamaica and China to Resume Shortly

The Jamaica-China Technical Cooperation Programme, which was suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic, is to resume shortly. The announcement was made by Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, who said that a proposal is being prepared for submission to the Chinese Embassy. She noted that the women’s football training programme has benefited greatly from the initiative,...