The proposed redevelopment of the Trelawny Stadium will see the infrastructure transformed into a driver of sports tourism for the island. Speaking at Wednesday’s (June 26) post-Cabinet Briefing at Jamaica House, Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon Olivia Grange, said the venture would be driven by private equity and non-public funding. The cost for redevelopment of the facility is...

Jamaica’s 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize winner, Kwame McPherson, says his award-winning story, ‘Ocoee’, is under consideration for adaptation into a television series or film. Mr. McPherson made the announcement while speaking yesterday (June 18), on a panel discussing the topic, ‘Harnessing the Power of Jamaica’s Creative Industries and Sport for National Development’, at the 10th Jamaica Biennial Diaspora Conference,...

Since the start of the year, the Sports Development Foundation of Jamaica (SDF) has built six multipurpose courts across the island and has an allocation of $200 million to build other facilities. These will be constructed during the curent financial year, said Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange. The agency will also provide $35 million to...

The tuition-free Christel House at Twickenham Park, St. Catherine, now has a multipurpose court, partly funded by the Sport Development Foundation of Jamaica (SDF), at a cost of $9 million. Speaking at the official handover of the facility today (June 4), Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, said she is excited, as the court is a...

President of the Jamaica Independent Schools Association, Tamar McKenzie (left) and Registrar, Independent Schools Unit in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Sharon Hunt, share a laugh at the media launch of the Jamaica Independent Schools Association Preparatory School Champs on Friday (May 31), at the Ministry in Kingston.

D: Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), greets former cricketer Wavell Hinds, during Saturday’s T20I Cricket Match between West Indies and South Africa at Sabina Park in Kingston. Sharing the moment is Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange.

Some 136 T/20 and 23 T/10 Masters cricket teams, representing approximately 200 communities across the island, are participating in the 2024 Social Development Commission (SDC) National Community Cricket Competition. The competition, which is in its 17th season, began on March 22 and will run until August 11, with the grand finals for both segments set for Chedwin Park in St....

The Government has increased the prize money for the INSPORTS/Devon Biscuits National Primary Schools Athletics Championship, with the  winners taking home $600,000, up from $500,000. Making the disclosure at a press conference, held on April 23 at the National Indoor Sports Centre in St. Andrew, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, said the increase is geared...

During the new financial year, the Sports Development Foundation (SDF) will continue to equip Jamaica with international standard sports infrastructure and provide funding to sports associations. The Foundation plans to allocate funding towards the construction/renovation of eight multipurpose courts and other infrastructure projects in schools and communities, islandwide, including running tracks, football fields, clubhouses, cricket pitches and the provision of...