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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, and the Director of Tourism, John Lynch, were among 150 new passengers arriving at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay today (May 21) on Jet Blue Airways inaugural flight from New York. Continuing its expansion in the Caribbean, JetBlue Airways today began a daily non-stop service to Sangster International Airport from its home...

Sixty Jamaicans are to be trained in hospitality tourism and the culinary arts, under a training project to be delivered through a partnership of the Jamaican Government and Canadian colleges. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), for the project was signed between the Government and Red River College and the College of the North Atlantic, today (May 21), at the Ministry...

Minister of National Security, Senator the Hon. Dwight Nelson, has promised a more aggressive approach to removing criminal "dons" and their armed gangs from communities. Senator Nelson said that he will be pursuing more aggressive use of the provisions of the Proceeds of Crime Act to separate both "dons and donettes" from their " ill-gotten wealth", as well as a...

Assistant Chief Education Officer, Student Assessment Unit, in the Ministry of Education, Sharon Neil, has announced that some 46,000 students have been registered for the Grade 4 Literacy Test on June 16. "The Ministry of Education has registered approximately 46,000 students for the examination. The Ministry employed electronic registration of these students. Most schools have responded. At this point, approximately...

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) will be providing tractor service to farmers across the island. The initiative will enable farmers to access land preparation services at affordable rates. Addressing a JIS Think Tank today (May 21), Chief Executive Officer of RADA, Al Powell, noted that "traditionally for many farmers, the most sophisticated tools are machete and fork (but) with...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has called on the international community to put aside its business as usual mindset in favour of urgent, concrete action for the benefit of small island states struggling to meet their development goals. Addressing the opening of the High Level Segment of the 17th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development...

The long awaited Commission of Enquiry into the collapse of financial institutions in Jamaica in the 1990s, is now set to get underway, with the roll-out of the Secretariat to the Commission on Tuesday May 26, in preparation for formal sittings in July. The Governor General, under the Commissions of Enquiry Act, recently authorised the establishment of the Commission of...

Six Canadian visitors, whose vehicle was hit by gunshots along the Spanish Town Road Thursday evening, have been safely returned to their hotel in Montego Bay. Following interviews by the police and meetings with the Ministry of Tourism and the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), the Canadians stopped at Jamaica House for a brief meeting with Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Audrey Sewell, has lauded teachers for the pivotal role they play in developing emotionally intelligent, articulate and productive citizens for national development. "Today, we honour those men and women who have not only answered the call to serve our nation in this important role, but those who have gone beyond the call of...

The Registrar General's Department (RGD) will commence the first in its series of overseas outreach programmes for 2009, targeting Jamaicans in the Diaspora, on May 27 and 28 in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States (US). Speaking to JIS News at the weekly luncheon of the Rotary Club of St. Andrew at the Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday...

New Season, Jamaica's display at the 2009 Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show has been awarded the second highest award, the Silver Gilt Flora. Blossom Levene, team leader, said that while the Jamaican group was aiming for gold this year, they were satisfied with a silver award. "I believe that we have done well, because it was really very challenging...

Head of the Debt Management Unit in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Pamella McLaren, has urged United Kingdom-based Jamaicans to invest in Government of Jamaica (GoJ) securities. Mrs. McLaren was speaking at the Jamaica National Building Society's (JNBS) Outlook for the Future forum on the Jamaican Economy in Birmingham and London over the weekend. She told the...