Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, said discussions are underway for the resumption of the tourist rail service from Montego Bay to Appleton Estate in St. Elizabeth. The service called ‘Appleton Express’ ceased operations in the 1990s.  It offered visitors a chance to tour the rum estate and factory by train. They were able to make stops in...

Director of Tourism, Paul Pennicook, says the opening up of Cuba as a tourist destination should provide opportunities for the sector in Jamaica. Addressing a media breakfast as part of the 25th staging of the Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) Tourism Trade Show, at the Hilton Resort in St. James, on September 21, Mr. Pennicook said recent developments in Cuba should...

President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Nicola Madden- Greig, said the entity is moving to play a more pivotal role in the protection of the nation’s children. This, as the JHTA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism, (The CODE). The CODE...

Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Omar Davies, says the engineering profession has a critical role to play in mitigating the effects of development on the environment. He argued that while much of the damage to the environment, whether due to housing development, mining and manufacturing operations, resulted from engineering interventions “at the same time, the efforts to...

Acting Mayor of Portmore, Councillor Leon Thomas, has welcomed a suggestion from Member of Parliament for South St. Catherine, Fitz Jackson, for more regular cleaning of beaches in the municipality. He said he will be holding discussions at the council level towards the possibility of implementing quarterly clean-up exercises. “It’s a possibility [that] on a quarterly basis we could look...

Nine Jamaican leaders are currently participating in the Caribbean-Canada Emerging Leaders’ Dialogue (CCELD), which started on Sunday (September 20) in Ottawa, Canada. The programme, geared at building the capacity of leaders selected from business, Government, labour and civil society across the Caribbean and Canada, will run for two weeks until October 4, under the theme: ‘Leading through Innovation and Transformation’....

With a pledge that “no student will go hungry while at school,” the Ardenne Alumni Foundation and the Ardenne Alumni Toronto Chapter have donated over $250,000 to the institution’s nutrition programme. The funds, raised at a benefit to officially launch the Alumni Foundation in October last year, were handed over last Thursday (September 17) during devotional exercises at the school’s...