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The newly-appointed Chairman of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Mr. Godfrey Dyer, is a man on a mission. With a passion for the industry, he is determined to change the face of Jamaica's product. "My appointment as Chairman is for three years, and I tell you when I leave at the end of the three years, I must be proud...

The Comprehensive Resort Upgrading Programme is on track to begin as early as next week; with Cabinet awarding contracts to a number of consultants to provide planning services for the upgrading and improvement of the island's three major resort towns. Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, who made the disclosure at the (Nov. 21) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, said...

Senator Warren Newby, Parliamentary Secretary with responsibility for Youth in the Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports will deliver the keynote address at the Governor's Welcome Reception for the start of the First Quarter Conference of the Caribbean District of Optimist International Friday, November 23 at the Hilton Kingston Hotel. The Conference will include training sessions, consider reports and...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, on Tuesday (Nov. 20) told the House of Representatives that the government is committed to ensuring that funds from the Capital Development Fund (CDF) are put to their original purpose of restoring and redeveloping mined out communities. "It is something that we are going to ensure becomes a much greater reality than it has...

Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, has expressed confidence that recent visits to the United States, Canada, and Eastern Europe, will result in an increase in visitor arrivals from these countries. "We are satisfied that Europe is going to be very strong, Canada is going to be particularly strong, and the United States is going to be very good," he said, noting...

Jamaica's Minister for Tourism, The Honourable Edmund Bartlett, has elicited the interest of Oxford University to conduct a study on the impact of Tourism on Jamaica's economy. This, after the University approached him when he announced his medium to long term vision for tourism in Jamaica to the key players in the UK travel industry at London's World Travel Market...

Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator Dwight Nelson, has lauded the work of the civil service, but said that improvements were needed to optimize service outputs, enhance the sector's image, and make the profession an attractive option for employment. He was speaking at the launch of Civil Service Week 2007 on Monday (Nov.19)...

Some 140 children will benefit from a day of fun and excitement at the National Child Month Committee's (NCMC) annual treat slated for November 21 at Wynter's Park, St. Catherine. The children are from the Maxfield Park Children's Home, Walker's Place of Safety, Jebb Memorial Basic School, Caribbean Christian Centre for the Deaf, and Randolph Lopez School of Hope. The...

Most of the calls placed to the 119 emergency line are prank calls from children and with more than 10,000 calls received daily, the figure for prank calls now stands at 68 per cent for January to November, representing a three per cent increase when compared with the same period last year. Speaking with JIS News recently, Superintendent of Police,...

Executive Director of the Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC), Dr. Charles Douglas, is pointing to the need for greater investment in science and technology (S&T) as one way to boost Jamaica's declining productivity levels. Speaking against the background of National Science and Technology month in November and the observance of National Productivity Awareness Week from November 18 to 23 under the...

President of the Human Resource Management Association of Jamaica (HRMAJ), Colin Barnett, has called on human resources (HR) professionals to establish linkages across businesses to boost the country's productivity and competitiveness. Mr. Barnett was speaking at HRMAJ's 27th annual conference held recently at the Sunset Jamaica Grande Resort in Ocho Rios under the theme 'Human Resource Management: Building Bridges, Crossing...

More than 20 agencies and institutions are expected to participate in the 5th annual community exposition of the Old Harbour Development Area Committee (OHDAC). The event, which will be held on Wednesday (Nov. 21) at the Portmore Community College's Old Harbour campus beginning at 9:00 a.m., is being staged in collaboration with the Ministry of Education under the theme: 'Effective...