The Catherine Hall Sports Complex in St. James will reopen for the hosting of sporting events effective Friday, April 15, following a two-year hiatus. The complex was being used as a temporary location for the Catherine Hall Health Centre, which was closed to facilitate rehabilitation work. The facility also served as a site for coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination blitzes. Deputy Mayor...

An initial sum of $15 million has been allocated towards the establishment of the National Sports Museum. Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, said that work on the development of the facility will be a major part of the ‘Jamaica 60’ commemorative activities. “It falls under the Sports Division, but in order to expedite the process we...

Community cricket teams that wish to participate in the Social Development Commission’s (SDC) National Community Cricket Competition have until Friday (March 4) to submit their applications. The annual cricket competition, which is now in its 15th year, is part of the SDC’s Sports for Community Development Programme to attract and engage residents in exciting, participatory and unifying activities. The programme...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says a new tourism product to be launched will rely heavily on sport and entertainment, as the two areas have large followings. The Minister made the comments on Friday (January 28) during a virtual joint press conference between the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) and the Jamaica Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation, where he announced the...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Hon. Desmond McKenzie has announced that no spectators will be allowed at the upcoming cricket or schoolboy football matches in the sporting calendar. “Specifically, these are the white-ball one-day and T-20 international matches between the West Indies and Ireland, scheduled for January 8-16 at Sabina Park, and the semi-final rounds of Manning and...

The Minister of Culture, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has congratulated Jamaica’ Senior men’s Ice Hockey team for winning all six matches played as an Exhibition team in the LATAM Cup at the Panthers Ice Hockey Den in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, last weekend. Minister Grange said: “Winning all of their six matches, which were played against Colombia, Mexico,...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), along with Executive Director, Heart Foundation of Jamaica, Deborah Chen, does the hand-heart sign while participating in the Heart Foundation of Jamaica’s illumination of the Usain Bolt statue for World Heart Day, at Statue Park, National Stadium, on September 24.