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The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and the Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA) wrapped up Caribbean Tourism Week in New York City last Friday (June 15) with the presentation of awards to a number of persons for their life-long contribution and innovation in hospitality management and delivery. Six persons, whose work have helped to shape the image of the regional tourism product,...

The United Kingdom (UK) Jamaican Diaspora is being urged to lobby for an educational fund to support tertiary education in the Caribbean, as part of a serious reparation or development assistance package. Chairman of the Jamaica Diaspora Foundation, Professor Rex Nettleford, said in this Bicentennial year (of the Abolition of the Slave Trade), the issue of reparation cannot be about...

In this my second year as Minister of Health I am pleased to report to this House that it wasA year of triumph over some major challenges,A year of significant improvements in the human rights of our children,A year of notable achievements in health targets for our population and A year when the modernization of the health services took a...

A contract valued at $51 million has been signed between the Ministry of Justice and Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Jamaica Limited, for the purchase and installation of network servers and security equipment at the Supreme Court and the Ministry. Speaking at the signing ceremony on (June 18), at the offices of the Ministry of Justice on Oxford Road, Permanent Secretary in...

The Senate on Friday (June 15) proposed an amendment to the Representation of the People Act 2007, to remove the imposition of a mandatory minimum sentence for breach of Clause 4, with the punishment to be instead, left to the discretion of a judge. Clause 4 of the Act, which has already been passed in the House of Representatives, makes...

The Ministry of Health in partnership with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), this morning (June 18) opened the final training initiative in the Third Country Training Programme (TCTP) for the prevention and control of chronic non-communicable diseases in the region. The programme, which is geared at leaders, coordinators and managers of chronic...

In the 1940s, Alcan, the pioneering bauxite company in Jamaica, began acquiring property. Most of these properties were used for cattle farming, with the smaller ones used for mining in the 1950s. Under an agreement with the Government of Jamaica for bauxite companies to reclaim lands they have mined out, Alcan, which later became West Indies Alumina Company (WINDALCo), began...

The Senate has approved the Ministerial and Parliamentary Functions (Phyllis Mae Mitchell) Validation and Indemnity Act, validating the official acts performed by Mrs. Mitchell and to regularise her tenure as Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Culture. Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Senator A.J. Nicholson, who piloted the Bill yesterday (June 16), explained that the...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Senator Noel Monteith has said that space rationalization studies of primary and secondary schools have been completed, and that detailed implementation planning would commence shortly. "Estimates from these space rationalization studies indicate that over $100 billion will be required to deliver a number of system changes that are essential for...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Kenneth Hall has called on young persons overseas to take advantage of opportunities that exist in Jamaica, in order to contribute to the development of the country. Addressing a group of young persons recently at the first Future Leadership Conference organized by the Jamaican Diaspora-Canada Foundation (JDCF), at the Revivaltime Tabernacle in Toronto,...

Energy saving bulbs worth some $15 million will be installed in homes in North West Clarendon, as part of the Government's energy conservation campaign to reduce the country's spiralling oil bill. The project is set to begin next week and should be completed within three weeks. This announcement was made on June 14 by Minister of State in the Ministry...

Goshen All-age School in St. Elizabeth emerged Regional Champion in the 18th annual Alumina Partners of Jamaica (ALPART) Home, Street, Schools Safety competition yesterday (June 14). In his address at the event, held at ALPART sports club at Nain, General Manager Designate of the company, Alberto Fabrini, noted that one of the reasons for the company's success during its long...