Minister with Responsibility for Sports, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley, has cited the need for public/private partnerships to further the development of sports. Mrs. Neita Headley, who was addressing the Ministerial Forum at the Business of Sport International Conference 2014, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston on Friday, May 1, said Government cannot do everything and must prioritise. She said...

Hundreds of persons are expected to attend the fourth staging of the Business of Sport International Conference on May 1 and 2 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston. Themed: ‘Transform the Game’, the conference aims to change the perspective of sports as a leisurely past time, to a viable business that will significantly contribute to the national gross domestic...

The Queen’s Baton Relay made its penultimate stop in Jamaica at a cocktail reception at the RIU Palace Hotel in Montego Bay, St. James on Monday, April 7. Minister of Sports, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley, and Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Glendon Harris, welcomed the four representatives from the Commonwealth Games Federation, and a three-member BBC crew, who accompanied the...

A sum of $302.8 million will be spent by the Government for the installation of floodlights at Sabina Park by July this year. Details of the allocation are contained in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project, which is being implemented by the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), with funding from the Indian Government and...

By July, Jamaica’s cricketing Mecca, Sabina Park, will be able to host night matches, as a result of a US$2.1 million ($229 million) grant being provided by the Government of India, to install floodlights at the venue. The funding is being made available under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which was on April 1 signed at Sabina Park, by Prime...

The possibility of transforming the Spanish Town based G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport into a Sport University is being explored, Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has said. The institution, the Minister said, would have expanded expertise in competitive and recreational sporting activities, and that within the “next few years G.C. Foster can become the Jamaica...

The funeral service for the late junior athlete, Cavahn McKenzie will be held on Sunday, March 16 at the Faith Apostolic Mount Zion Temple in Annotto Bay, St. Mary commencing at 11:00 a.m. Minister with Responsibility for Sports in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley, will represent the Government at the service. The Government is assisting...