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The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange (left) and Olympic sprinter, Asafa Powell look on as the sprinter's wife, Alyshia, discusses the details in the maquette of the monument to be erected at the National Stadium in tribute to the runner.

Asafa, Mrs Powell Says Statue Design Is Just Right

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has received the all clear from the Jamaican Olympian Asafa Powell to move forward with plans to erect a monument in his honour at Independence Park at the...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange

Minister Grange Congratulates History-making Women’s Lacrosse Team

Reggae Girlz captain, Khadija Shaw (centre) in action at the CONCACAF Women’s Olympic qualifying game at the National Stadium on October 4. Jamaica’s senior women’s football team defeated Barbados 7-0.

PHOTOS: CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifier Jamaica vs Barbados

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), in conversation with Sport Consultant, Commonwealth Secretariat, Andy Preece, at a workshop on ‘Designing a Monitoring and Evaluation (M+E) Framework for Sport Development’, on Wednesday (September 25), at the Courtyard by Marriot Hotel, New Kingston. The two-day workshop will end on September 26.

Government To Strengthen Mechanisms To Evaluate Contribution Of Sport

Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, speaking at the Kiwanis Club of North St. Andrew meeting held on Thursday (August 29) at the Police Officers’ Club, St. Andrew. The Minister, who was the guest speaker at the meeting, spoke on the topic ‘Jamaica’s cultural heritage/assets and plans to further develop our creative industries’.

PHOTO: Minister Grange Addresses Kiwanis Club of North St. Andrew Meeting

7 years ago SportTourism

Jersey Mike’s Basketball Tournament A Boost For Sport Tourism

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sports, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the upcoming Jersey Mike’s Jamaica Classic Basketball Tournament in Montego Bay is “another feather in the cap” for the growing and increasingly lucrative sport tourism market. The Minister, in a statement to JIS News, said that increasingly, people are travelling to countries across the globe to participate in and...

7 years ago Sport

Grange: Well Done, Jamaica

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has praised the Jamaican team for “a job well done” at the IAAF Championships with ended today (Sunday) in Doha. “I think it was a very good showing by Jamaica and we must congratulate and encourage all members of the team who represented our country with such heart,...

7 years ago Sport

Grange Commends Sprint Golden Girls, Satisfied with Great Progress in Field Events

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has hailed the Jamaican women’s team which won the 4x100 metres relay at World Championships in Doha on Saturday. Minister Grange said “the victory showed the depth and determination of the Jamaican team” which was hit by the withdrawal of the double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson. In Thompson’s...

7 years ago Sport

Grange Announces Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has named members of the Independent Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel for the next three years. Minister Grange said the appointment of the Panel is in keeping with the Anti-Doping in Sport Act and the World Anti-Doping Code. Attorney-at-Law, Kent Gammon, is returned as Chairman. The two Vice Chairmen are...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Denzil Thorpe (right), leader of Jamaica’s nine-member delegation in China, meets with representatives from the China Sports International Corporation to discuss the progress of the Jamaica-China Technical Cooperation Programme, on August 19, in China.

7 years ago Sport

Discussions in Progress to Extend Jamaica-China Sports Cooperation Agreement

Preliminary discussions by the Government to extend the largest bilateral sports cooperation agreement with China have been favourable. The three-year programme, dubbed the Jamaica-China Technical Cooperation Programme, is in its second year. Under the programme, 138 Jamaican athletes, managers and coaches in seven sporting disciplines travel to China for 60 days for specialised training during the summer. Permanent Secretary in...

Jamaican badminton player/coach, Mathew Yee-Grant (left), conducts a training session with local players. They are part of the second batch of Jamaican sports personnel to benefit from specialised training in China under the Jamaica-China Technical Assistance Programme.

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Marked Improvements By Athletes Under Jamaica-China Technical Assistance Programme

There has been marked improvement in the performance of local athletes, who are being trained under the Jamaica-China Technical Assistance Programme. This was disclosed by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender Entertainment and Sport, Denzil Thorpe, during a meeting with representatives of the China Sports International Corporation in Beijing on Thursday (Aug.15). More than 400 local sports personnel...

Members of Jamaica’s Synchronised Swimming Team converse by a pool in China.

7 years ago Sport

Synchronised Swimmers Dominate Competition in China

Jamaica’s synchronised swimmers participating in this year’s Jamaica-China Technical Assistance Project dominated the 2019 Zhuzhou Foreign Language Sports Cup Synchronised Swimming Friendship Competition, held recently in China. The good news was given to Jamaica’s nine-member delegation, who visited the team’s training base at the Zhuzhou Sports Centre in China on August 13. Members are in China to observe how the...