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Table Tennis Added to List of Sports for Para-Athletes

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...

Minister with responsibility for Sport, and Member of Parliament for North Central St. Catherine, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley, addresses the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the $5 million Deeside Multi-Purpose Court in the community on Friday (February 12).

Use Sports Facilities for Exercise – Neita Headley

Sports Minister Highlights Investments in Infrastructure

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Derrick Kellier, addressing farmers and other citizens of Stonehenge and adjoining communities at the Orange Hill Primary School, in Southern St. James, on February 5. Others 9from left) are: Chairman of the function, Dennis Wanliss and Councillor Gladston Bent.

Orange Hill Primary School Sports Field Upgraded

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), presents paralympian, Alphanso Cunningham his health card and certificate for life insurance. Occasion was the launch of the Jamaica Athletes’ Insurance Plan (JAIP) at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) on January 28. Looking on is Reggae Girl and 2015 Rhode Scholar, Sherona Forrester.

Athletes Welcome Insurance Plan

10 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterSport

PM Simpson-Miller Congratulates West Indies Under-19 Cricket Team

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has congratulated the young West Indian cricketers on their recent historic victory in the ICC Under-19 World Cup Cricket World Cup Competition. The Prime Minister has also highlighted the participation in the victorious team, of three outstanding young Jamaican cricketers. “It is with an immense sense of pride that I extend the heartiest congratulations, on...

10 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterSport

PM Commissions New Synthetic Track at Calabar High

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has commissioned a new synthetic track at Calabar High School noting that it is the first all weather, synthetic running track at a high school in Jamaica and anywhere in the English Speaking Caribbean. The official opening ceremony took place on Friday, January 22, 2016 at the Calabar High School located at Red Hills Road...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), hugs Student Council President, Rajay Maragh (right), following the opening of the new synthetic track at the Red Hills Road-based Calabar High School, in Kingston, on January 22. Looking on is Chairman of the school Board, Rev. Karl Johnson (left).

10 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterSport

PM Reinforces Support For Sporting Talent

Support for sporting talent, both at the school and community levels, has been reinforced by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller. She indicated that this has been evidenced through the establishment of a High School Sports Infrastructure Improvement Programme two years ago. It was set up in partnership with the Sports Development Foundation (SDF) and the Sugar Transformation...

10 years ago Sport

Minister Neita Headly Commends Private Sector Contribution To Sports

Minister with responsibility for Sports, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley, is commending private sector contribution to the development of sports in Jamaica. She noted that the private sector support not only includes sponsorship of global stars, but programmes that are geared towards developing young athletes. Mrs. Neita Headley was speaking at the launch of the Digicel Grand Prix Athletic Championship on...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, speaking at a Jamaica House press briefing, at the Office of the Prime Minister, on December 16.

10 years ago InformationOffice of the Prime MinisterSport

Insurance Companies Selected to Cover Athletes

Insurance Companies, Guardian Life and Allied Insurance Brokers, have been selected as the providers of group health, life and personal accident insurance for over 1,000 of the nation’s athletes who represent the country in various sporting disciplines. This follows Cabinet’s approval of the Jamaica Athlete Insurance Plan (JAIP) and the selection of the companies as the providers. Speaking at a...

10 years ago Sport

Prime Minister Simpson Miller Congratulates Ambassadors Bolt, Fraser Pryce & Other Sport Stars for Regional Awards

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says Jamaicans and World and Olympic sprint champions Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce continue to showcase their dominance on and off the track. The athletes were recently crowned Sportsman and Sportswoman of the year at the second annual Caribbean Sports Awards. In congratulating Ambassadors Bolt and Fraser-Pryce, Prime Minister Simpson Miller said she was proud...

Deputy High Commissioner to London, Deidre Mills (right), shares a moment with Gymnast Reiss Beckford, during a courtesy visit at the Jamaican High Commission in London on Tuesday (November 24). Reiss recently represented Jamaica at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow.

10 years ago Sport

Gymnast Reiss Beckford Seeking To Create History For Jamaica

Gymnast Reiss Beckford is aiming to make history by becoming the first ever Jamaican gymnast to compete in the Olympics. Reiss, who recently represented Jamaica at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow, paid a courtesy visit to the Jamaican High Commission in London on Tuesday, November 24. The visit was a part of his campaign to garner the support...