A statue of Olympian, sprinter, Asafa Powell, was unveiled at the National Stadium. It was the final of four statues commissioned as part of the Jamaica 55 Legacy Initiative.
• A mobile unit was handed over to the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission
• The Ministry developed a monitoring and evaluation framework and results management system to quantify the value of sport to national development.
Gender Affairs
• The first State-run shelter for victims of domestic abuse was opened.
• The Ministry acquired two additional properties that will be similarly developed.
• Adolescent mothers were provided with ‘Dignity Kits’ under the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation programme.
• The Bureau of Gender Affairs hosted workshops, seminars and counselling sessions to promote positive images of men and boys, while addressing different aspects of manhood and fatherhood.
• A Memorandum of Understanding was forged with the University of the West Indies Open Campus to facilitate anti-sexual harassment training for managers and workers in the public and private sectors.
Entertainment
• The Government announced plans to use the new Port Royal pier facility as an entertainment venue.
• Reggae artiste, Koffee, won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album.
• Jamaican music stars, Shaggy, Marcia Griffiths, and Ken Boothe received the Jamaica Reggae Icon Awards at the ‘Independence Spectacular’.
Three-day National Dengue Clean-up
• Jamaicans cleaned and beautified their homes and communities on
January 24, 25 and 26 under the theme – ‘Mosquitoes wanted dead, not alive!’
• A three-dimensional mural, under the multi-dimensional mural
project, titled, ‘Paint Up Yu Creative Space’, was unveiled in downtown Kingston.
