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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), and Minister of Youth, Sports and Heritage in the Cayman Islands, Hon. Isaac Rankine (right), share a photo opportunity with President, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Witold Bańka, at the Opening Ceremony for the fourth Annual World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Forum for Sports Ministers in the Caribbean Region, at the Hotel Indigo, Grand Cayman, on January 15.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), and Minister of Youth, Sports and Heritage in the Cayman Islands, Hon. Isaac Rankine (right), share a photo opportunity with President, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Witold Bańka, at the Opening Ceremony for the fourth Annual World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Forum for Sports Ministers in the Caribbean Region, at the Hotel Indigo, Grand Cayman, on January 15.

PHOTOS: Minister Grange at WADA Forum

Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange (right) makes a presentation to national 400 metres hurdles athlete, Janieve Rusell, during a function to handover grants to members of Jamaica
Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange (right) makes a presentation to national 400 metres hurdles athlete, Janieve Rusell, during a function to handover grants to members of Jamaica's team to the recent Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris, France. At left is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Denzil Thorpe. The event was held at the Ministry’s Trafalgar Road offices in Kingston on December 20.

Presentation of grants to members of Jamaica’s team to the recent Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris, France (PHOTOS)
Chairman of Independence Park Limited, Mike Fennell, converses with former 200m and 400m world record holder, Michael Johnson, during the media launch of the Grand Slam Track Kingston Meet at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on Monday (November 11).
Chairman of Independence Park Limited, Mike Fennell, converses with former 200m and 400m world record holder, Michael Johnson, during the media launch of the Grand Slam Track Kingston Meet at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on Monday (November 11).

PHOTOS: Grand Slam Track Kingston Meet Media Launch
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), and United Kingdom (UK) Minister for Latin America and the Caribbean, Baroness Jennifer Chapman (third right), display a signed agreement for a feasibility study for the National Stadium Redevelopment Project. Occasion was a press conference at the Culture Ministry in New Kingston on Tuesday (October 15) to provide an update on the project. They are joined by (from left) Supernumerary Permanent Secretary in the Culture Ministry, Dean-Roy Bernard; Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith; Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke; British High Commissioner to Jamaica, Judith Slater; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Denzil Thorpe.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), and United Kingdom (UK) Minister for Latin America and the Caribbean, Baroness Jennifer Chapman (third right), display a signed agreement for a feasibility study for the National Stadium Redevelopment Project. Occasion was a press conference at the Culture Ministry in New Kingston on Tuesday (October 15) to provide an update on the project. They are joined by (from left) Supernumerary Permanent Secretary in the Culture Ministry, Dean-Roy Bernard; Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith; Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke; British High Commissioner to Jamaica, Judith Slater; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Denzil Thorpe.

National Stadium Redevelopment Moves Forward
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange (left) and ‘Team Jamaica’ supporters, share a moment with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (second left), following her victory in the women’s 100-metre event at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange (left) and ‘Team Jamaica’ supporters, share a moment with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (second left), following her victory in the women’s 100-metre event at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.

Ashoka Road in Waterhouse to Be Renamed Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Drive

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Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Andrew Swaby (centre), enjoys a light moment with Councillor for the Hagley Park Division, Waynette Strachan (left) and Councillor for the Stony Hill Division, Tosha Schwapp, during today’s (September 10) meeting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), Marcus Garvey Council Chamber, 24 Church Street, downtown Kingston.
Local GovernmentSport

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to Receive Keys to City of Kingston

Multiple-time Olympic and World Champion, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, will be presented with the Keys to the City of Kingston by the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC). The resolution to confer the honour on the sprint sensation was passed during today’s (September 10) meeting of the Council held in the Marcus Garvey Council Chamber, 24 Church Street, downtown Kingston. Mrs....
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General Manager, Independence Park Limited, Major Desmon Brown.
Sport

Lights Being Upgraded At National Stadium

The upgrade of the National Stadium’s lighting infrastructure to meet world-class standard is estimated to cost more than US$4 million. Recently, a total of $75 million was released by the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service for urgent remedial work at the Stadium to address the lighting system. General Manager for Independence Park Limited (IPL), Major Desmon Brown, told...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange.
Press ReleaseSport

Grange Praises Olympic Team

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 his season’s best time of 13.09 — and the second placed American Daniel Roberts, who...
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Cover of the July issue of
CultureSport

Minister Grange Hails Athletes

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, has hailed the performance of Team Jamaica, so far, in the 2024 Olympic Games now under way in Paris, France. In a message published in the July issue of the Ministry’s ‘Big Up Magazine’, Minister Grange commended the athletes for representing Jamaica and lifting the country’s spirits. “At this trying...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, converses with France’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Olivier Guyonvarch, during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Bilateral Cooperation in the Field of Sport, at the Ministry in Kingston on Wednesday (July 24). Areas covered under the MOU are the sharing of experiences and developing joint initiatives in sports; promoting common standards for the organisation of major sporting events; sharing common objectives and know-how; developing high sports performance through the exchange of good practices, coaching training, and research; sharing information on the development of the sports economy and sports tourism; and promoting sports ethics, mainly the fight against doping.
Foreign AffairsSport

PHOTOS: Jamaica and France Sign MOU for Cooperation on Sports

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, converses with France’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Olivier Guyonvarch, during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Bilateral Cooperation in the Field of Sport, at the Ministry in Kingston on Wednesday (July 24). Areas covered under the MOU are the sharing of experiences and developing joint initiatives...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sports, Hon. Olivia Grange; and Ambassador of the French Republic, His Excellency Olivier Guyonvarch, shake hands following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on July 24 at the Ministry’s office, 4-6 Trafalgar Road in Kingston. The MOU was signed to strengthen cooperation in Sports between Jamaica and France.
Foreign AffairsSport

Jamaica and France Sign MOU to Strengthen Cooperation in Sports

Jamaica and the French Republic have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will result in the strengthening of cooperation in Sports. Under the MOU, there will be opportunities for both countries to partner in activities to encourage exchange of programming experience, good practice, skills training, performance research and technical expertise. The MOU was signed on July 24 at the...
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