Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government will be making an investment in the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), to make it easier to accommodate the growing number of applicants vying for spaces. Mr. Holness says he is aware of the challenges at the facility and that discussions are well advanced to expand the Institute to give more...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says access to education should be seen as an inalienable right as opposed to something which is considered reserved for only a special few. Mr. Holness, who was giving the keynote address at the Edu/Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Conference at the Holiday Inn Hotel, Montego Bay, St. James, on December...

Five new tourism subsectors have been added to the country’s offerings as the Government ramps up efforts to promote Jamaica as an ideal tourist destination. The new areas, which form part of the country’s tourism linkages network, are sports and entertainment, shopping, knowledge, health and wellness, and gastronomy. They were established to further diversify the country’s tourism offerings, create business...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says it is important that sportsmen and sportswomen be recognised and awarded, as Jamaica’s sporting achievements continue to earn the country international respect. Addressing the 12th annual Courtney Walsh Award for Excellence ceremony on December 7 at Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston, Mr. Holness said sport has the power “to inspire, to...

The Venezuelan Institute for Culture and Cooperation will be offering a new Spanish-language course next year. The post-superior course will be open to candidates who have completed classes at the superior level. The Institute has been offering free Spanish classes in Jamaica for more than 40 years at the basic, intermediate, advanced and superior levels. Coordinator of the Institute, Betza...

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) has launched the 2016 Jamaica Industrial Classification (JIC), which is a categorisation of economic activities associated with the production of goods and services in the country. The 2016 JIC is a revision of the 2005 publication. Its main purpose is the provision of a comprehensive framework for the collection and reporting of statistical data...

The Justice Reform Programme has been further boosted by an additional European Union (EU) grant of $3.3 billion (€22 million). The provision, which has been allocated under the justice component of the 11th European Development Fund (EDF), is the single largest by the EU to the programme. Some $3 billion, to be managed by the Government, has been earmarked for...