People’s National Party caretaker for Eastern Hanover, Wavell Hinds, is calling for the establish protocols regarding the return of sporting events being hosted in Jamaica in keeping with regulations around the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Sport remains an integral part of Jamaica's economic activity and there should be an effort to manage its return,” said Hines in a statement today.

In the upcoming season, “we anticipate there will be schoolboy football and cricket and as with the planned reopening of school, we hope there is a plan in place.”

Hinds went on to say that some of the major sporting bodies will have its upcoming seasons - cricket, football, netball, basketball and track & field, to name a few, and some level of consultations should have been held to determine a way forward.

“We are suggesting this takes place within the next 21 days so governing bodies will have time to make the required adjustments,” said Hinds.