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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...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says connections between Sport, the Creative and Cultural Industries must be established as these sectors have the potential to be important drivers of economic development. “There are some who may not make the connection between the creative and cultural industries and sport and many still think of those industries merely as the performing and audio...

Minister with Responsibility for Sports, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley, announced on February 28 that the National Sports Policy will be tabled in Parliament in another two weeks. This follows a presentation on the White Paper, and discussions with local sport associations and federations at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston. Speaking at the forum, Minister Neita Headley named the...

In addition to spending $1.2 billion on sports annually, the Government is committing to develop more structured policies and initiatives that will see increased support for the various sporting disciplines, as well as improvements to facilities.   Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller and Minister with responsibility for Sports, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley, met with national sporting associations...

Minister with responsibility for Sports, Hon. Natalie Neita-Headley has advised that overseas charity donations being sent to local sporting associations should be channeled through the Sports Development Foundation (SDF). Mrs. Neita Headley says that she will then make interventions on behalf of the associations to the Ministry of Finance, as an interim measure, until the Charities Act comes to Parliament...

Former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. P. J. Patterson, says Jamaica must capitalise on sports tourism, to create wealth and grow the economy. He said that sports is now worth 10 per cent of the global tourism market and is growing faster than any other single sector. Citing recent studies done by the World Tourism Organization, he said that sports...