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A multi-purpose, fenced court, with lights and changing rooms valued at some $3.7 million has been established at the Windsor Castle All Age School in Portland. Funds for the facilities were provided through the Sports Development Foundation (SDF), which falls under the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture. The installation of the lights cost some $805,000 while approximately $1.4 million...

Jamaica will host the 10th World Championship of the International Domino Federation (FID) during the second week of June, 2012 at the Convention Centre, Rose Hall, Montego Bay, St. James. Pairs and individuals from a minimum of 30 countries from across the world will participate in the three-day competition. Speaking at the launching ceremony at Wray and Nephew Limited, Spanish...

The new state-of-the art Montego Bay Sports Complex in Catherine Hall, St. James, was officially opened Saturday (June 5) by Minister of Water and Housing, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, and Venezuelan Ambassador, His Excellency Noel Martinez Ochoa. The Sports Complex, one of several sporting and cultural facilities upgraded under the San Jose Accord Programme, boasts spectator seating with capacity for...

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, has praised the outstanding performance of the Jamaican student athletes in the 116th Penn Relays held at the Franklin Field Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, over the weekend. Minister Grange, who addressed the Team Jamaica Bickle reception held in honour of the athletes following the games on Saturday (April 24), had...

World and Olympic Sprint Champion, Usain Bolt, has taken another step towards improving his community of Sherwood Content, Trelawny, by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for refurbishing and maintaining the community's health centre. The MOU was signed Wednesday (March 31) with the Ministry of Health and the National People's Co-operative Bank of Jamaica Limited (NPCB), at the Development Bank...

The development of sport and recreational facilities islandwide has been boosted with a provision of $1.25 billion in the 2010/11 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives. The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) aims to expand and develop cultural and sport facilities under the programme. It is anticipated that this will enhance the blossoming of local creative talents; promote...

As fifth and sixth form students islandwide finalise their career plans, third formers at Morant Bay High School in St. Thomas have already taken the all-important decision, with the majority opting for business, followed by science and mass communication. This was revealed by third year Supervisor, Miss Karleen Grant, in an interview with JIS News, at the school's Career Week...

The engineering consultant hired to inspect the National Stadium has concluded that the facility "is as safe as it was built". The consultant, Hue Lyew Chin Engineering Ltd, was hired in the wake a quote attributed to the Mayor of Kingston in one of the daily newspaper that the National Stadium was "a death trap". Hue Lyew Chin Engineering Ltd,...

The Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, the Honourable Olivia Grange, MP has been presented with one of the special bats produced by the West Indies Cricket Board to commemorate the 2010 ICC World Twenty/Twenty series in the Caribbean. Making the presentation to the Minister at her offices today (Friday), the Tournament Director of the World Twenty/Twenty series, Robert Bryan...

After many years of dormant sporting activities in Riversdale, St. Catherine, games, such as football, basketball and netball are becoming popular again among the youths with the establishment of a newly rennovated multipurpose court situated in the community. Every afternoon about 40 or more young people from Riversdale and neighbouring communities gather at the complex to participate in football, netball...

The Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, the Honourable Olivia Grange, MP has announced that there is to be major upgrading and expansion at the GC Foster College of Physical Education and Sport. "What is coming will include the establishment of a Centre of Excellence at the College and I will be announcing more soon," said Minister Grange at the...

Twenty eight students and three officials from South Africa's Willowridge High School arrived in the island, yesterday (March 22), for a 10-day visit, during which they will attend this week's annual Boys' and Girls' Championships, at the National Stadium. The group was met at the Norman Manley International Airport, in Kingston, by Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia...