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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, speaks at the press briefing and launch of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association’s (JAAA) Jamaica Athletics Invitational held recently at the AC Hotel by Marriott Kingston. Seated is JAAA President, Garth Gayle.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, speaks at the press briefing and launch of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association’s (JAAA) Jamaica Athletics Invitational held recently at the AC Hotel by Marriott Kingston. Seated is JAAA President, Garth Gayle.

Sport Ministry Provides $10 Million for Jamaica Athletics Invitational

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has provided $10 million to the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) to assist with the staging of the Jamaica Athletics Invitational. The meet is scheduled to take place at the National Stadium...
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), converses with Chair, National Council on Reparation, Laleta Davis-Mattis, during a welcome reception for church leaders visiting from the United Kingdom. The event was held at the Ministry office on Trafalgar Road in Kingston on Wednesday (April 10).
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), converses with Chair, National Council on Reparation, Laleta Davis-Mattis, during a welcome reception for church leaders visiting from the United Kingdom. The event was held at the Ministry office on Trafalgar Road in Kingston on Wednesday (April 10).

PHOTOS: Minister Grange Hosts Reception for Visiting United Kingdom Church Leaders
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, addresses the launch of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) Jamaica Athletics Invitational track meet during a press briefing at the AC Hotel by Marriott Kingston on Thursday (April 11). Seated is JAAA President, Garth Gayle.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, addresses the launch of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) Jamaica Athletics Invitational track meet during a press briefing at the AC Hotel by Marriott Kingston on Thursday (April 11). Seated is JAAA President, Garth Gayle.

PHOTOS: JAAA Press Briefing for Jamaica Athletics Invitational Track Meet
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (second left), warmly greets members of Jamaica’s victorious CARIFTA Games team on their arrival at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on April 2. The team claimed Jamaica’s 38th straight CARIFTA games title, winning a total of 84 medals at the games held in Grenada from March 30 to April 1.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (second left), warmly greets members of Jamaica’s victorious CARIFTA Games team on their arrival at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on April 2. The team claimed Jamaica’s 38th straight CARIFTA games title, winning a total of 84 medals at the games held in Grenada from March 30 to April 1.

PHOTOS: Minister Grange Greets Triumphant CARIFTA Team
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), is flanked by athlete, Shaquane Gordon (right) and his mother, Dukelyn Barrett, during a CARIFTA team send-off at the Jamaica Amateur Athletics Association (JAAA) in Kingston on Thursday (March 28).
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), is flanked by athlete, Shaquane Gordon (right) and his mother, Dukelyn Barrett, during a CARIFTA team send-off at the Jamaica Amateur Athletics Association (JAAA) in Kingston on Thursday (March 28).

PHOTOS: Minister Grange Sends Off CARIFTA Team

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Principal, Kingston College (KC), Dave Myrie, addresses students at the institution located at North Street on Monday (March 25), as they celebrate the school’s victory in the just concluded ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships. KC secured their 35th title, the fourth in the last five years, with 335 points.
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PHOTOS: KC Celebrates Champs Win

Principal, Kingston College (KC), Dave Myrie, addresses students at the institution located at North Street on Monday (March 25), as they celebrate the school’s victory in the just concluded ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships. KC secured their 35th title, the fourth in the last five years, with 335 points.
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), and Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, embrace in greeting on the final day of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Championship 2024, at the National Stadium in Kingston on Saturday, March 23.
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PHOTOS: Issa Grace Kennedy Boys and Girls Championship 2024

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), and Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, embrace in greeting on the final day of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Championship 2024, at the National Stadium in Kingston on Saturday, March 23.
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, addresses members of the Independent Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel and the Anti-Doping Tribunal, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (March 21).
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Integrity of Independent Anti-Doping Panel and Appeal Tribunal Should Never Be in Question – Minister Grange

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange has charged the Independent Anti-Doping Panel (IADP) and the Anti-Doping Appeal Tribunal (ADAT) to operate at the highest standard, noting that the integrity of the bodies should never be in doubt. “No athlete or their support personnel should ever have any cause to call the integrity of the process into...
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, addresses the handover of grants valued at $42.35 million to support sports development, during a ceremony on Wednesday (March 20) at the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport in New Kingston.
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Jamaica Invests in Chess

The Government, through the Sports Development Foundation (SDF), has provided a $40-million grant to the Jamaica Chess Federation to build the sport locally. The investment is in support of a project first announced by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, in his 2023/24 Budget Debate presentation on March 7, 2023, to produce a Jamaican...
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Young people participate in the ‘Relay to Paris 2024’ event at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Bowl, St. Andrew. The event included a symbolic relay using the official Paris 2024 baton with participation from schools and universities as they celebrate in the spirit of the Olympics.
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PHOTOS: Relay to Paris 2024 Jamaica

Young people participate in the ‘Relay to Paris 2024’ event at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Bowl, St. Andrew. The event included a symbolic relay using the official Paris 2024 baton with participation from schools and universities as they celebrate in the spirit of the Olympics.
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, addresses Wednesday’s (March 6) meeting of the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives, whose members are reviewing the 2024/25 Estimates of Expenditure.
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Sport Ministry Extends Deadline for Fit for Life Proposals

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has extended the deadline for submission of proposals for the Fit for Life Community Sport Development Initiative. The initiative provides grant funding of $500,000 to each Member of Parliament to jumpstart holistic efforts to promote physical activities and sport at the grassroots level. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, who was addressing Wednesday’s...
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