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The need to preserve and protect the musical heritage of the Jamaican Maroon community, was extensively discussed at a symposium, held at the Moore Town All-age School in Portland on February 29. The event, which was sponsored by the Institute of Jamaica and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), was attended by representatives of the Charles Town...

The expanded and redeveloped Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay is scheduled to be officially opened in the fall of this year, Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett has said. Speaking in London on March 3, at a Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) media reception to mark the centenary year of author, Ian Fleming, Mr. Bartlett said the building of modern airport facilities...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Pearnel Charles has said that there are many opportunities for employment overseas, but stressed that the Jamaican worker must first be certified. "There are big opportunities for employment overseas but the bigger part of the opportunity has to be satisfied here. We have to train them (workers) and certify them," he said. "This year...

Head of the European Commission (EC) Delegation in Jamaica, Carlo Pettinato has announced that (Euro)11million has been earmarked for the "next cycle of cooperation" with Jamaica and the wider Caribbean, beginning later this year. Speaking at the opening of a three-day Technical Assistance to the Caribbean (TACARI) Regional European Union Market Access seminar at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston...

A regional state-of-the-art hospitality institute for the training of supervisory staff in the tourism and hospitality industry is set to be established in Jamaica during 2009. The project is being facilitated through the collaborative efforts of the Governments of Spain and Jamaica and other Caribbean counterparts. The institute, which will be modelled off the prestigious School of Hospitality and Tourism...

Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang has said that the Ministry would be looking at its approach to housing, in a bid to improve the living conditions of persons in the informal sector. Dr. Chang, who was speaking at a recent JIS 'Think Tank', at the agency's Half-Way Tree Road head office, noted that "nearly a third of...

The need to preserve and protect the musical heritage of the Jamaican Maroon community, was extensively discussed at a symposium, held at the Moore Town All-age School in Portland on February 29. The event, which was sponsored by the Institute of Jamaica and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), was attended by representatives of the Charles Town...

Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett will lead a strong Jamaican delegation to ITB Berlin, the world's largest and leading travel trade show, March 5-9, 2008 in Messe, Berlin. Completing the high-level delegation are: Carrole Guntley, Director General in the Ministry of Tourism; John Lynch, Chairman of the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) and Jamaica Vacations (JAMVAC) and Basil Smith, Director of Tourism....

Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett will lead a strong Jamaican delegation to ITB Berlin, the world's largest and leading travel trade show, March 5-9, 2008 in Messe, Berlin. Completing the high-level delegation are: Carrole Guntley, Director General in the Ministry of Tourism; John Lynch, Chairman of the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) and Jamaica Vacations (JAMVAC) and Basil Smith, Director of Tourism....

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia Grange, has announced that plans have been advanced in the policy stage process, to facilitate the issuing of an islandwide wireless cable licence. "I will not say much more, but I am putting you on guard that this is coming," the Minister disclosed at a Digital Switchover Workshop, hosted by the Broadcasting...

Amendment to the Pensions (Prime Minister) Act, to allow for changes to the formula by which a retired Prime Minister receives pension, was passed in the Senate on February 29. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator Dwight Nelson, explained during a sitting of the Senate on February 22, that under the existing Act,...

State Minister for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Michael Stern, has stressed the need for sector interests to take steps to ensure they are fully prepared to take advantage of market access, particularly in Europe Union (EU) member countries. Speaking at the opening of a three-day Technical Assistance to the Caribbean (TACARI) Regional EU Market Access Seminar, at the Knutsford Court...