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President of the Jamaica Olympic Association Mike Fennel, is cautioning Jamaican athletes who might be contemplating the use of performance enhancers against this, as these substances are harmful to themselves as well as the legacy and national psyche of the country. Mr. Fennel made the statement during a panel discussion at the closing of the two-day 2009 Anti-Doping Symposium, hosted...

Board member of the Medical Committee of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO), Dr. Herbert Elliot, has reiterated his call for the banning of smoking in public places, especially sporting venues. "Because the deleterious effect of both smoke from cigarette and marijuana can cause a problem and especially in doping where athletes who...

Director General of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), David Howman, has expressed interest in working with Jamaica on an educational programme to combat doping in sports. Mr. Howman was addressing the opening ceremony yesterday (January 14), of the Anti-Doping 2009 Symposium hosted by the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO), at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston. "My discussions yesterday with the...

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports (MICYS), Olivia Grange, has said that the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO), will begin the process of sample collection soon. "Our objective is to begin the process of sample collection as soon as possible. Athletes will be tested in and out of competition and in addition, we will also be doing target testing," she...

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia Grange, has said that the performance of the athletes in the summer Olympics has renewed international interest in the island. "Jamaica is now centre stage in a number of areas including our tourism, our culture and also in our agricultural products, as foreigners try to discover the source of our success in...

Executive Director of the Jamaica Local Organizing Committee (LOC) for the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007, Robert Bryan, is reminding the public that any attempt to use any marks associated with the event without official permission will not be tolerated. "You cannot simply take it up on yourself and use the copyrighted marks and think you have done a...

The first in a series of sensitization sessions, geared at generating awareness of the business opportunities to arise out of the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 to be held in Jamaica, will be launched by the Jamaica Business Development Centre (JBDC) and Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO). This sensitization workshop, to be undertaken through the Caribbean Business Opportunity Services, will...

Jamaica's most decorated female athlete, Merlene Joyce Ottey, has once again been honoured by the government for 20 years of outstanding achievement on the track. An eight-foot, 700 pounds bronze statue of the world's most prolific and durable female sprinter, was unveiled yesterday (Dec. 28) at the National Stadium by Prime Minister P.J. Patterson. The statue, which was sculpted by...

Jamaica's athletes competing in the 2005 Junior Pan American Games in Canada arrived in Windsor on July 27, to a huge welcome from Jamaican nationals and officials from the city. Heading the list of delegates greeting the 58-member delegation of athletes and officials was Jamaica's Consul General to Toronto, Vivia Betton, who exhorted the athletes to give of their best,...

Some 170 males from the environs of Hayes in Clarendon, representing 12 communities, are to participate in a recently reorganized Community Football League, sponsored by Jamalco. The League was launched recently at the Vere Technical High School in that parish. Guest Speaker Peter Prendergast, President of the Jamaica Football Referees Association (JFRA) urged the participants to break down the political...

Minister of Local Government, Community Development and Sport, Portia Simpson Miller has called for the revival of the strong community spirit, which has in the past enabled the country to rise above difficult experiences and challenges. Mrs. Simpson Miller was giving the keynote address at the official launch of the Charles Town multi-purpose complex in Charles Town, Portland on Sunday,...

The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) is seeking to build support in the United Kingdom (UK) for its football programme, which has a special focus on youth development and qualifying for World Cup 2004 in Germany. President of the JFF, Creston Boxhill and Financial Controller, Carlton Barclay recently met with groups in Britain, which represent a range of interests in Jamaican...