Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says the Government’s move to adopt a National Diaspora Policy will provide a framework to maximise the contribution of overseas nationals for Jamaica’s development. She noted that the policy, to be implemented in short order, will also address issues of concern to the diaspora. Senator Johnson Smith was...

The Government is to partner with local fertiliser manufacturer, Newport Fersan (Jamaica) Limited, to establish 186 gardens in public schools across the island. This was disclosed by Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J. C. Hutchinson, during a tour of the company’s Wherry Wharf complex at Newport East, in Kingston on June 14. He...

Jamaica recorded 3.6 million stopover and cruise visitors combined and revenues of US$2.5 billion in 2015. This was disclosed by Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, during his contribution to the 2016/17 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, June 14. He informed that for the winter period, January to April 2016, Jamaica recorded a total of 773,458...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the significant drop in violence in schools has resulted from the safety and security initiative that he implemented for schools. According to the Prime Minister, the Security and Safety in Schools Programme, which was implemented while he was Minister of Education, has provided the institutions with the capacity to tackle social ills,...

The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) is to revamp its marketing strategies, to ensure that Jamaica achieves its growth targets in the tourism sector. Making his contribution to the 2016/17 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on June 14,  Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, informed that the JTB will be reformulating its approach to capitalise on the new opportunities presented...

Fifty-eight thousand students across the island will sit the Grade Four Literacy and Numeracy examinations on June 28 and 29. While 43,000 are registered to sit both components, 15,000 will sit literacy only. Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean explained that the examinations are designed to identify areas of strength and weakness among...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the recently commissioned Tourism Demand Study has been useful in providing the empirical data to allow for effective planning and identification of goods and services in the tourism sector. Making his contribution to  the 2016/17 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives, on June 14, the Minister said the study indicates that there...