The Government is taking steps to strengthen the country’s anti-doping efforts, which will be boosted by grant funding of approximately $7.2 million from the CHASE Fund. The funds will be used to develop nutritional and educational materials, a new website, as well as for additional doping control testing, for the purpose of ‘Preserving the Spirit of Sport’. Minister with responsibility...

Jamaica is supporting proposed revisions to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Code, slated to become effective in January 2015. The new anti-doping rules aim to strengthen the capacity of WADA and various anti-doping organizations globally to preserve integrity in sport and protect athletes not resorting to using illicit substances, such stimulants and masking agents, in or out of competition. Minister...

The committee spearheading the establishment of the national sports museum is looking to complete the project within the next 12 months. The facility is being established by the government to celebrate the achievements of Jamaica’s sportsmen and women. Chairman of the Capacity Building and Infrastructure Committee of the National Sports Council, which is in charge of the project, Don Anderson,...

The Government is moving to strengthen and build the capacity of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO), to improve its operations. Minister with responsibility for Sports, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley, made the announcement on Thursday, October 30, at a press briefing, held at JADCO’s South Odeon Avenue offices, in Kingston, where she provided an update on a two-day visit by a...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has called upon CONCACAF to explore the possibility of implementing a Football Research Project to inspire scholarship about the history, growth and development of the sport and the Confederation. The Prime Minister made the call at CONCACAF's Inaugural Sports Summit on Tuesday (October 22) in the Cayman Islands where she delivered the...

Following the invitation extended to WADA by the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller in August, JADCO wishes to confirm that a three member WADA team is expected in the island next week, October 28-29, 2013. The purpose of the WADA visit is to review the status of JADCO’s operations, including: its drug testing programme, staffing, governance, education...

The Government of Jamaica takes note of reports regarding what appears to be announced plans of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to visit Jamaica to look at the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission’s (JADCO’s) processes. The Government welcomes WADA’s acceptance of the invitation extended by the Prime Minister and Minister of Sport, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller on August 5, 2013...