Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says her Ministry is investing significant sums in building out and improving sports infrastructure across the country. “Since 2016 we have invested over $121 million in sport infrastructure development in schools and communities and we are committed to continue this work,” Minister Grange said. The Minister noted that incorporating...

The Social Development Commission (SDC) will be establishing and reactivating Community Development Committees (CDCs) in 12 communities in Kingston and St. Andrew by the end of March. Nine of the CDCs are new groups, while the other three are being revived as they had become dormant. A CDC is the composition of all organisations in a community such as neighbourhood...

Local and international golf pros will compete for a US$100,000 purse at the 50th staging of the 2017 Jamaica Open Golf Championship. The tournament, being organised by the Jamaica Golf Association, is slated to take place from January 11 to 14 at the Half-Moon Golf Course in Montego Bay. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, welcomed the...

The Senate, on Friday (December 16), approved two Bills that will establish a regulatory framework to attract and support investment in Jamaica’s horse-racing industry and facilitate the development of Caymanas Track into a modern, world-class facility. The Bills – the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act and the Jamaica Racing Commission (Amendment) Act – were piloted by Minister of State...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says it is important that sportsmen and sportswomen be recognised and awarded, as Jamaica’s sporting achievements continue to earn the country international respect. Addressing the 12th annual Courtney Walsh Award for Excellence ceremony on December 7 at Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston, Mr. Holness said sport has the power “to inspire, to...

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has expressed sadness at the death of young student athlete, Saymar Ramsey. Ramsey, a member of the Spot Valley High basketball team, collapsed and died on his way home after playing for his school in the ISSA/Western Conference Under-19 basketball game against Cornwall College last Friday. “This is...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has sent congratulations to Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson who broke the world record in the 50 metres short course breaststroke event in Tokyo, Japan yesterday (Wednesday). Minister Grange said: “What a joy it is to receive this great news and to see the wonderful headline across the world — ‘Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson breaks world record’....