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Minister with responsibility for Sport, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley, says a co-ordinated system is to be established for high school athletes entering international events such as the Penn Relays. This includes training and advice to potential participants to ensure that they represent Jamaica in a manner that will reflect positively on the country. The Sport Minister made the announcement on...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has expressed Jamaica’s commitment to stronger relationships with Tanzania. In bilateral talks with Tanzania’s President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, in Ethiopia recently, Prime Minister Simpson Miller said the commitment was a reflection of the principle of South-South cooperation to which her Administration subscribes. Of particular interest to Tanzania is cooperation in the fields...

Jamaica Children Project (JCP) will be the beneficiary of the Jamaica Diaspora Golf Open to be held on June 16 at the Cinnamon Hill Golf Course in Rose Hall, Montego Bay. The tournament will coincide with the staging of the 5th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference from June 16 to 19 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre. The JCP, which is...

The Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) has endorsed the seventh staging of the Social Development Commission’s (SDC) National Communities 20-20 Cricket Competition, with its sponsorship of $2.75 million in cash and kind. Addressing the recent launch, held at the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, in Kingston, CSJP’s Communication and Social Marketing Co-ordinator, Patrice Tomlinson, said “the partnership...

Five commemorative postage stamps, featuring gold medallists and historic moments from the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, were officially launched on Friday, May 3, by the Post and Telecommunications Department. The stamps, each valued at $60, feature record holder in the 200 and 100 meters, Usain Bolt; 400-metre hurdles gold medallist, Melanie Walker; 200-metre gold medallist, Veronica Campbell Brown;...

Minister with responsibility for Sports, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley, says that the new National Sport Policy, currently before Parliament, paves the way for sports in Jamaica to become more of a business. Mrs. Neita Headley was addressing day-two of the Business of Sport International conference at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on Thursday, May 2, where she spoke...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says the government’s expenditure of $344.47 million on sports during the last 12 months, is demonstrative of the administration’s recognition that the sector is essential to advancing sustainable growth and development in Jamaica. Making her presentation in the 2013/14 Budget Debate in Gordon House on April 30, Mrs. Simpson Miller said of...

Prime Minister and Minister of Sport, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has challenged members of the reconvened National Council on Sport to influence Government’s decisions and policies on sport development. Addressing the Council at a meeting at Jamaica House on Tuesday, April 23, the Prime Minister said sport should be explored and treated as a big business and “we...

The flag of Jamaica will be flown at the 119th Penn Relay Games in Philadelphia, from April 25 to 27 this year. In 2012 the organizers took the decision to fly the country’s flag every year at the Games, held on the University of Pennsylvania’s Franklin Field, in recognition of Jamaica’s 50 anniversary of independence, and the contribution made to...

Prime Minister and Minister of Sport, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has congratulated the Jamaican team on its outstanding performances at the just concluded Carifta Games in the Bahamas. The team’s performance was outstanding and spectacular, said Mrs. Simpson Miller, adding: “the sheer brilliance, depth and dominance of Team Jamaica once again demonstrates to the world that we are...

Well known Jamaican athlete, Warren Weir, is among several young persons and innovative tour company, Routes and Kulcha, nominated for the Prime Minister’s Youth Award for Excellence 2012. The winners will be unveiled at an awards ceremony scheduled to take place at Emancipation Park, Kingston, on Sunday, March 24, under the theme: ‘Youth on a Mission…Project 2062’. It is scheduled...

Jamaica's staging of the 2013 Carifta Swimming and Water Polo Championships has received a major boost, with sponsors providing an additional $8.8 million. Major sponsor, Petrojam Limited, yesterday (March 7) presented $7 million to the Amateur Swimming Association of Jamaica (ASAJ), during a press conference held at the National Stadium Aquatic Centre (Stadium Pool) in Kingston.   These funds are...