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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange (right) completes signing major sport cooperation agreement with the General Manager of the state-owned China Sport International Company, Mr Lu Guoguang (left). Under the agreement, more than 400 athletes from Jamaica will receive high level training at specialised centres in China over the next three years.

Grange signs historic sports cooperation agreement with China

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has described the sports cooperation agreement which she signed in the Chinese capital today (Friday) as “historic and extremely beneficial”. Minister Grange and the General Manager of China...

State Minister in the Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Ministry, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (left), co-signs the Memorandum of Understanding between the G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport, and Sprintec Track Club, during a ceremony at the College’s Campus in Angels, St. Catherine, on Friday (August 24). Others looking on (from 2nd left) are: College Chairman, David Mais; President, Jamaica Athletic Administrative Association, (JAAA), Dr. Warren Blake; Acting College Principal, Maurice Wilson; Sprintec Chairman, Dr. Paul Auden; and Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) President, Christopher Samuda.

G.C. Foster College and Sprintec Track Club Sign MOU

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (second left), gets ready to cut the ribbon to declare the new community-based Dive and Non-Motorised Water-Sport Facility at Alligator Head in Anchovy, Portland, open on, Thursday (July 26). Sharing the moment are (front row, from left): Mayor of Port Antonio, Councillor Paul Thompson; Francesca Santoro; Founder, Alligator Head Foundation, Francesca von Habsburg and Executive Director, Tourism Enhancement Fund, Dr. Carey Wallace. This initiative was implemented with support from the Tourism Enhancement Fund at a cost of approximately $18 million. Some of the new features include a floating dock, new equipment for non-motorised water-craft activities and an improved interpretive visitor centre.

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

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8 years ago Sport

SDF Gets More Than $128 Million to Upgrade Sports Facilities

A sum of 128,608,000 has been allocated to the Sports Development Foundation (SDF) for upgrading of the nation’s sports facilities. The objective is to sustain the country’s high level of performance in sport by retrofitting and improving the infrastructure to create the right environment for training and development. “The works will see improvement to the National Stadium, the layout of...

State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (right), and Board Chairman, Special Olympics Jamaica, Aldrick “Allie” McNab (left), congratulate 2018 National Summer Games gold medallist, Shereen Gordon, after she won her event at the Independence Park multipurpose court in Kingston on June 29. Messrs. Terrelonge and McNab attended the opening ceremony for the two-day event, which concluded on June 30.

8 years ago Social SecuritySport

Jamaica to Participate in Special Olympics International’s 50th Anniversary Games

Jamaica will join a host of other countries from around the world in celebrating Special Olympics International’s 50th anniversary this year. Special Olympics Jamaica, which marks its 40th anniversary this year, will participate in several events organised by the international body, which get under way on July 17 with a four-day unified football tournament in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Jamaica is...

Women’s health 1: Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (2nd right), looks through a copy of the Jamaica Women’s Health Survey Report following the launch at the Terra Nova All Suite Hotel on June 21. Others from left are: Senior Director for the Social Policy, Planning and Research Division, Planning Institute of Jamaica, Easton Williams; Regional Director, Americas and the Caribbean, United Nations Women, Luiza Carvalho; and Chief Technical Director, Ministry of National Security, Rohan Richards.

8 years ago CultureEnvironmentGender AffairsSport

Gov’t Secures Property for Women’s Shelter

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the Government has acquired a property outside of Kingston, which will be used as a shelter for women fleeing domestic abuse. The facility, which will be funded and run by the State, will house the women and their children and provide counselling and other services. “We feel that Government...

The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport (centre) with Dr. Warren Blake, President, Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (left) and Simone Clarke Cooper, Assistant Vice President Group Corporate Communication, Supreme Ventures Limited at the launch of the 2018 National Junior and Senior Championships held at today at the Jamaica Pegasus.

8 years ago CultureSport

Shelly-Ann’s Statue Now in Jamaica – Grange

The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport announced today that the statue to be erected in honour of Jamaica’s leading female sprinter, Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce, is now in the island. Minister Grange made the announcement at the launch function for the 2018 National Junior and Senior Championships scheduled for the National Stadium from June 21 to...

Ready Set Go! Just the way to launch the 2018 INSPORTS Basic School Athletics Championships scheduled for the National Stadium, June 13-15. Sport Minister, the Honourable Olivia Grange, the main speaker at the launch function has Jaden Eccleston of Early Achievers Learning Centre (centre) and Dejahna Thompsom of Gregory Park Basic School, under the “starter’s orders” in a fun race during her presentation at the launch held at the National Stadium on June 6.

8 years ago Sport

Top Schools in INSPORTS Basic Schools Champs will get Prize Money

The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport announced today prize money for the first time in the 18 year history of the INSPORTS Basic Schools Athletics Championships. Speaking at the Media Launch of the 2018 edition of the Basic Schools Champs, held at the National Arena, Minister Grange said, “The winning school will receive $50,000; second place, $30,000...

State Minister for Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Hon. Alando Terrelonge.

8 years ago Sport

Mental Well-Being of Athletes Crucial – Terrelonge

State Minister for Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, says that for Jamaica to maintain its competitive edge in world athletics, increased focus must be placed on building the mental toughness of athletes. “The world is coming to Jamaica to find out what makes us so strong, but they will beat us if we don’t focus on the...

Director Special Projects and Strategic Initiatives at CMU and Director of Sports for the Jamaica Rowing Federation Miss Elaine Hayden addresses a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday May 22.

8 years ago Sport

Rowing Federation on Recruitment Drive

The Jamaica Rowing Federation, which is domiciled at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), is currently on a drive to get interested persons to be a part of the Kingston Rowing Club (KRC). The club, which falls under the auspices of the Jamaica Rowing Federation, is the arm of the federation that is open to non-CMU students. Speaking at a JIS...