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Minister of Education, Hon Andrew Holness, has appealed to top-flight Jamaican athletes to use their celebrity status to leverage support for the education system. "I think that is the greatest investment that you could make in the development of your own country, and when you do that you will be ensuring that the country from which you came will be...

Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, says that the introduction of the Institute of Sports' (INSPORTS) All-Island Community Football Championship, signals the Government's seriousness about pumping more resources into community sports. "It is part of the Government's plan to give greater support to community sports," Miss Grange said, as she spoke at the launch of the competition,...

Jamaica will be hosting a number of stellar sporting events next year, which will showcase the country to the world and strengthen efforts to boost sports tourism. Among them is a Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) tournament in April, which will feature the top 16 female golfers in the world. Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, making...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has assured the sport sector that his Government will pump more funds into community level sports in next year's budget. Mr. Golding was speaking at the Fifth Annual Courtney Walsh Awards for Excellence at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, on Wednesday (October 14). This year's award went to 2009 IAAF World Champion 100-metre hurdler, Brigette...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, says that the Government will be putting more resources into community level sports in next year's budget. He was speaking at the 5th Annual Courtney Walsh Awards for Excellence at the Pegasus hotel in Kingston on October 14. The award was conferred on 2009 World Champion 100 metre Hurdler, Bridgette Foster- Hylton. "I have said to...

"We were tired of being the bronze queens," President of the Jamaica Netball Association, Mrs. Marva Bernard, told Prime Minister Bruce Golding during a call on him by national senior netball players on their return to the island on October 12. The team came home with the silver medal from the first World Netball Series that was held in Manchester,...

Jamaica's national netball team, the Sunshine Girls, returned home Monday afternoon (October 12) from England, where they finished second to New Zealand in the inaugural World Netball Series FastNet Tournament in Manchester. Jamaica, which is celebrating 50 years in the game this year, finished ahead of both Australia and England, two countries rated above them in the International Federation of...

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, has sent congratulations to members of the Jamaican netball team, the Sunshine Girls, who finished second in the inaugural World Series in Manchester, England, on October 11. The tournament was won by New Zealand. The Minister had followed the progress of the Sunshine Girls, in between her appointments at the United...

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, and the new Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Hiroshi Yamaguchi, have pledged to work closely to deepen cultural and sporting ties between both countries. This commitment was given recently, when the new Ambassador called on the Minister at her offices in Kingston. Ms. Grange is the second Minister, after Deputy...

Jamaicans turned out in their numbers at the Trelawny multi-purpose stadium yesterday (October 4) to show their love and appreciation for the country's athletes. Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, headed the list of attendees at the family fun-day and concert, which was the culmination of a weekend of festivities, dubbed 'Berlin Salute' to honour the athletes, who captured the...

The Berlin Salute to Jamaica's representatives at the 2009 World Championships in August got off to a glitzy start yesterday (Oct. 2) with the Golden Reception on the lawns of Jamaica House in Kingston. The event was reminiscent of an award show or movie premier, with the red carpet laid out for the fashionably dressed athletes, who were greeted by...

Olympic Champion, Veronica Campbell-Brown and Olympic and World Champion, Usain Bolt, have been nominated to receive the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) Champion for Sport for Peace Award. The awards will be issued in Paris, France, where the athletes will travel to receive them. Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, made the announcement at...