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...

World Championships 400-metre relay gold medallist, Novlene Williams Mills, is this year’s recipient of the prestigious Courtney Walsh Award for Excellence in Sports. The 400-metre specialist was chosen from a field of four shortlisted nominees, including: Chess Champion, Warren Elliot; National Netball Player, Sasher-Gaye Henry; and National Football Player, Rodolph Austin. The athlete, who hails from Gravel Hill, in St....

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, is encouraging partnership in order to better position Jamaica to tap into the multi-billion global sports industry. She noted that sports entrepreneurship is an area that is ripe for development and which could generate significant earnings and other benefits for the economy. The Prime Minister underscored these points in a speech read...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has welcomed the reconstruction of the running track at the G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport in Angels, St. Catherine, which was undertaken at a cost of approximately $171 million by German manufacturer, BSW Regupol. Mrs. Simpson Miller also hailed the college’s contribution to the training of world class Jamaican...

The Trelawny Multi-Purpose Stadium is to be renamed in honour of Jamaica’s greatest and most iconic athlete, Dr. the Hon. Usain Bolt. The facility will be known as the Usain Bolt Sports Academy. Providing details at Wednesday’s (September 9) Jamaica House press briefing, Minister with responsibility for Sport, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley, said the move is being driven by Prime...

Fifteen hundred of the nation’s athletes, drawn from all sporting disciplines, are set to benefit from the Jamaica Athlete Insurance Plan (JAIP), to be implemented in December this year. The establishment of the plan by the Government means that Jamaica’s athletes will now be able to receive health insurance coverage tailored to their needs for the first time ever. The...

The Office of the Prime Minister has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) from insurance providers and brokers to provide insurance services for the Jamaican Athletes Insurance Plan (JAIP). The RFP, which was first issued on August 11, is inviting eligible entities to submit their tenders by September 10. Minister with Responsibility for Sports in the Office of the Prime...