“Today is another giant step forward and great moment for women in sport especially for those of us from the Caribbean,” said Hon. Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment & Sport after the West Indies Women lifted the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup for the first time in history. The West Indies ladies defeated their Australian counterparts by eight...

Sport Minister, the Honourable Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange, has extended congratulations to both the male and female West Indies cricket teams for winning their semi-final matches and advancing to the respective finals of the ICC Twenty20 2016 Cricket World Cup in Mumbai, India. “Our ladies have made history in advancing to a T20 finals for the very first time. We have...

Nevis Island Administration is seeking to adopt Jamaica’s best practices in sports, in an effort to develop world class athletes, especially in the area of Track and Field. A three-member team from the island, headed by Minister of Social Development, Youth, Sports & Community Development, Hon. Hazel Brandy-Williams, ended  their fact finding  mission in Jamaica, on March 20. Minister Brandy-Williams,...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport (CGES), the Honourable Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange, has expressed that the Ministry will actively pursue the introduction of a Mobile Sport and Wellness Unit. Minister Grange highlighted that there has been a worrying increase in chronic and debilitating diseases in the human population worldwide, therefore, “the importance of constantly reinforcing the promotion of healthy...

            A wellness centre, valued at US$54,000, was officially opened on March 17, at Sabina Park, with the aim of improving the health and fitness levels of the country’s cricket players.           The centre has been provided through the collaboration of the National Health Fund and the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA).              In her address, Minister of Entertainment, Sport, Culture and...

A three-member delegation from the Nevis Island Administration is in Jamaica to observe the 2016 Inter-Secondary Schools Boys and Girls Athletic Championships, and to seek partnerships in sports. The group is headed by the Minister of Social Development, Youth, Sport, Community Development and Basic Needs, Hon. Hazel Brandy Williams.  She is accompanied by the Assistant Secretary in the Ministry, Michelle...

Minister of Culture, Gender Affairs, Entertainment and Sports (CGES), Hon. Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange, has given her full endorsement to the Racers Grand Prix being staged by the Racers Track Club in June of this year. Speaking at the media launch of the event at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel yesterday, Wednesday, March 9, Minister Grange said the new government of Jamaica...

The Honourable Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange, who was sworn in as Minister of Culture, Gender Affairs, Entertainment and Sports, says she is greatly saddened by the recent news of the passing of promising schoolboy footballer, Jordan Foote. Foote died in the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) from cancer, which earlier cost him his left leg in December and ultimately...

Jamaica has added Table Tennis to the list of sports the para-athletes will participate in, at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which was signed today (February 17), by the Jamaica Paralympics Association (JPA) and Table Tennis Jamaica (TTJ),  at the Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Centre, in Kingston, outlines that the TTJ will provide professional training and...