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Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), listens to Race Director, Reggae Marathon, Mr. Alfred ‘Frano’ Francis (left), at the launch of the Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K events at Alhambra Inn on October 24. At right is Chairman, Reggae Marathon, Mr. Richard Lake.

Ministries Endorse Reggae Marathon

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, and Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, have applauded the Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K events for their significant contribution to sports tourism in Jamaica within the last...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left); and Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, His Excellency Niu Qingbao, shake hands while displaying signed copies of the Jamaica/China Technical Cooperation Project on Sport Coaching at the signing ceremony held on October 23 at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston. The exchange programme is slated to run from January 2018 to December 2020.

Jamaica and China Sign Cooperation Agreement on Sport Coaching

: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Dr. Janice Lindsay (left), and Director General for European and American Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia, His Excellency Muhammad Anshor (right), exchange a signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at strengthening cooperation between the countries in sports. Looking on (from second left) are Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Marcia Gilbert-Roberts, and Undersecretary, Bilateral, Regional and Hemispheric Affairs Division in the Ministry, Ambassador Audley Rodriques. The signing took place on Tuesday (September 26) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade in Kingston.

Jamaica and Indonesia to Exchange Expertise in Sports

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), greets His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), and Lady Allen (centre), at the Jamaica 55 National Heritage Week Interfaith Service, held on October 8 at the chapel, University of the West Indies, Mona in Kingston.

Concert Among Activities to Celebrate Heritage Week 2017

Grange Announces Expanded Culture Passport Programme

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Grange to Break Ground for Stafanie Taylor Oval

The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, will be the main speaker at the Ground Breaking and Sign Unveiling ceremony for the Stafanie Taylor Oval at Eltham High School in St. Catherine on Wednesday November 1, 2017. The Stafanie Taylor Oval is being built in honour of Eltham High’s most famous alumni and the current Captain...

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A Bill to Absolve Certain National Heroes and Their Supporters from Criminal Liability

Mr. Speaker, Members of this Honourable House, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good afternoon. M. Speaker, Today must go down in the annals of this Honourable House as a day of historic proportions, the value and substance of which must never be diminished. Today, we the children, grandchildren and great grandchildren of our forebears unite around an honourable act – the tabling...

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Unveiling of Bolt statue set for October 13 during Heritage Week

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced that the unveiling of the statue of the world’s greatest athlete, Jamaica’s Usain Bolt, will take place on Friday, 13 October 2017 at the National Stadium. “The unveiling is [set for] 5:30 on Friday (afternoon) …following that will be a reception in honour of our track...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left); Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (centre) and Commissioner, Department of Correctional Services, Ina Hunter, examine condiments and other baked goods on display that were produced by juvenile offenders at the Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Centre. Occasion was a

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Sport and National Security Ministries Come Together to Upgrade Facilities in Juvenile Institutions

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport is to partner with the Ministry of National Security to develop and upgrade sporting facilities in the island’s juvenile institutions. This was disclosed by Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange during the ‘We Transform’ Competition and Exposition for juvenile offenders, at the Girl Guides Association of Jamaica headquarters...

Managing Director of the Sports Development Foundation (SDF), Denzil Wilks (left), hands over sporting gear to a member of the Belvedere community in West Rural St. Andrew, Anna-Ray Hamilton (right), on September 22. Occasion was the official opening of the $4.5-million Belvedere Multipurpose Complex. Others (from second left) are Custos of St. Andrew, Hon. Dr. Patricia Marshall Dunwell, and Member of Parliament for the area, Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn.

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Government Upgrades 14 Sporting Facilities

Over the past 16 months, the Government has upgraded 14 sporting facilities across the island at schools and community centres. According to Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, some eight other facilities are being completed to ensure that there is continued development of sporting talents in the island. In a message read by General Manager of...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), in discussion with (from left) Executive Director, Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), Lilyclaire Bellamy; Retired Vice-President, Marketing, Sponsorship and Advertising, Calgary Flames, Jim Bagshaw; and Olympian, Veronica Campbell-Brown, at the opening ceremony for the two-day regional conference on the strategic use of intellectual property in sport at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on September 19.

8 years ago Sport

Athletes Urged to Sign Up for Insurance Plan

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, is urging the country’s sportsmen and sportswomen to sign up for the Jamaican Athletes Insurance Plan (JAIP), and take advantage of the associated benefits. She made the appeal during the opening ceremony for the regional conference on the ‘Strategic use of Intellectual Property in Sport’, at the Jamaica Conference Centre...

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Jamaica Hosts Regional Conference on Intellectual Property in Sports

Jamaica will host a two-day regional conference on the ‘Strategic Use of Intellectual Property in Sports’, at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown, Kingston, beginning on September 19. The conference, organised by the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, is being held in collaboration with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO). Minister...