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Minister with responsibility for Sports in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Natalie Neita-Headley, says communities have been brought together  through sports, and partnerships must be built to achieve success from those unions. “Sports has that potential to unify us around a common goal and a common dream for us to be a better Jamaica,” the Minister said, while...

The Stadium East running track, in Kingston, was re-opened on February 13, by Minister with responsibility for Sports, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley, following the completion of much needed repair work. The track, which was closed late last year was completed well within its scheduled time under the supervision of German sports manufacturing firm, BSW Regupol. The Sports Development Foundation (SDF)...

The Social Development Commission (SDC) has partnered with the St. Andrew North Police Division, and Ministers’ Fraternal, to stage a grand sports day for residents of communities in and around the 100 Lane area of Red Hills Road on March 3. The event was officially launched on Saturday Feb. 11 at the Hillside Christian Church, 105k Red Hills Road, with...

Jamaicans are big on sports and are known across the globe for their prowess in a number of disciplines, including track and field, cricket, football and netball. And, with the construction of the country’s first internationally standardised baseball diamond at the G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sports, in St. Catherine, underway, the government is hoping to add baseball...

Minister with responsibility for Sports, Hon. Natalie Neita-Headley, says it is her vision that sports will become a major income earner for the country, and “will be the glue that binds us together as a people." She added that in this 50th year of Independence, Jamaicans must be prepared, as a nation, to move the development of sports to reflect...

KINGSTON — Late President of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA), Howard Aris, was laid to rest Tuesday, November 22,following a funeral service at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston. In her tribute to the late sports administrator, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon Olivia "Babsy" Grange, said that he will be greatly missed, but not forgotten. "Howard's...

KINGSTON — The sentiments expressed by many persons, following the sudden and untimely passing of sports administrator, Howard Aris, have eclipsed the perception that political activism and unbiased national service are incompatible.  With over 45 years experience in general management and administration, with specialised expertise in sports development - planning, training, administration and physical therapy - the spirit of caring...

KINGSTON — Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture (MYSC), the Hon Olivia "Babsy" Grange, says that the special report of the Auditor General’s Department on management weaknesses at the Institute of Sports (INSPORTS), is an outcome of efforts by her ministry to deal with the issues. “I made a statement recently that I had ‘inherited a mess’ when I came...

The Minister of Youth Sports and Culture, the Hon. Olivia Grange, MP has congratulated Jamaica's Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake on winning IAAF awards for their performances during the year. Bolt has been named the 2011 Male World Athlete of the Year.  It’s the third consecutive year that he was winning the award. Minister Grange said "Bolt deserved to win...

KINGSTON — Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, says that 16 schoolboys on the eight teams in the quarter-finals of the Social Development Commission's (SDC) National Twenty20 Community Cricket competition will get scholarships in 2012. Speaking at the competition’s awards ceremony on Wednesday (November 9) at the Knutsford Court Hotel, Kingston, Miss Grange said that the scholarships,...

KINGSTON — Attorney General, Ransford Braham, says that while Jamaica has embraced an aggressive and consistent anti-doping approach, rapid developments in sports medicine and technology are a threat to those efforts. "The fast pace of these developments have threatened to outpace anti-doping testing regimes," Mr. Braham warned, in an address at the launch of the University of the West Indies...

KINGSTON — Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the sport of golf has the potential to enhance Jamaica's reputation as a top class sports destination. Speaking at the media launch of this year's 48th staging of the Jamaica Golf Association's (JGA) Jamaica Open tournament, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, on November 1, Ms. Grange...