The Government will continue to pay all the premiums for this fiscal year for the country’s sportsmen and women who have signed up for the Jamaican Athletes Insurance Plan (JAIP). This was disclosed by Senior Director in the Sport Division at the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Florette Blackwood, while addressing members of the Amateur Swimming Association of...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness today left the island for Brazil in support of Jamaica’s athletes participating in the Rio Olympics. The Prime Minister who will be in Rio until August 16, said it is important that he brings the good wishes of the nation directly to the athletes. While Prime Minster Holness is off the island, Minister without Portfolio in...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says the nation can be proud of swimmer Alia Atkinson who competed in the 100m Breaststroke at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil yesterday (Monday) evening. Minister Grange said: “Alia represented Jamaica well. She didn’t get the result that she wanted last night and we share her disappointment. But we...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, used Saturday's (August 6) staging of the Independence Day grand gala to rally support for Jamaica’s athletes competing in the Olympics Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Addressing a packed National Stadium, Mr. Holness called for a “big Jamaican cheer” for the athletes, who were tuning in to a live feed of the...

Jamaicans in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will be able to see the sights and sounds of the grand gala at the National Stadium as the event will be streamed live to the Olympic village. Some 1,000 performers will participate in the August 6 event in celebration of the country’s 54th year of Independence under the theme ‘Let’s get together and...

Kingston, August 6, 2016 – Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says she’s confident that the challenges faced by members of the Jamaican team in the Athletes Village at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil are being resolved. Minister Grange said: “I have been in touch with our olympic team management in Brazil as we’ve all been concerned...

The games of the 31st Olympiad get under way on August 5 in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. A total of 11,239 athletes representing 207 countries will participate in 306 events from 38 sporting disciplines, over 17 days of competition. Jamaica enters this year’s Olympics as one of the most anticipated teams. The country has a strong Olympic pedigree and has participated...