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Professor of Sport, Event and Tourism Management at The George Washington University School of Business, Dr. Lisa Delpy Neirotti, has called on the region to use the staging of the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup for the promotion of tourism in the region. Dr. Neirotti, who was addressing the inaugural meeting of the institution's Leadership Council on the university campus...

The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) is reporting that earnings from visitor arrivals and visitor spending have surpassed projections for the first three quarters of the year. Preliminary estimates from the agency have revealed that gross foreign exchange earnings have reached US$1.4 billion for the period January to September 2006. According to the agency, this is a difference of 24.6 per...

Fifteen persons are slated to undergo Bed and Breakfast Home Stay (BBHS) Hospitality training at the Treasure Beach Hotel from November 10 to 11. Patricia Patterson, Co-ordinator for the Bed and Breakfast Home Stay Programme at the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), told JIS News that the participants would receive 12 hours of training, with sessions beginning from 10:00 a.m....

Some 60 drivers at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) will be selected to receive specialised training in order to transport visitors during the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) next year. According to Gwyneth Davidson, Marketing and Public Relations Manager at the JUTC, a committee is currently perusing the applications and employment records from approximately 150 drivers, from which 60...

Minister of Information and Development, Donald Buchanan, has charged Jamaicans to extend greater responsibility and care in order to defeat chronic homelessness, which affected some 800 to 1,500 persons. "All societies contend with this problem. The difference lies in how we respond," the Minister said, noting that, "what is needed is a combined force of parental, family and societal responsibility,...

Head of the International Institute for Social, Political and Economic Change, Dr. Jaslin Salmon, has challenged Councillors of the St. Catherine Parish Council to give even greater assistance to the poor, in the drive to further reduce the level of poverty in the parish. Dr. Salmon said that available data had revealed that there has been a gradual reduction in...

A Bill to Amend the Justices of Peace Jurisdiction Act, to penalize persons who litter public places, was passed on Tuesday (Nov. 7) in the House of Representatives. The legislation will see the issuance of tickets for public littering offences, including defacing property with graffiti or failing to properly dispose of garbage. Piloting the Bill, Minister of National Security and...

Antilles Freight Corporation, a Florida-based shipping company, was named the US Department of Commerce's Minority Exporter of the Year, at the 24th annual Minority Enterprise Development Week (MED Week) awards gala, held in Miami recently. The company was also the recipient of the Regional Award for Outstanding Performance, scoring ahead of some 30 minority companies from several states throughout the...

The Council of the University of the West Indies, meeting in Extraordinary session on Thursday, November 9th at the Mona Campus, agreed to renew the appointment of Professor Hilary Beckles as Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the Cave Hill Campus for a further five-year period, when his current term ends July 31, 2007. In putting forward the recommendation to Council,...

A major changing of the guard is anticipated next year at The University of the West Indies when no less than four senior managers will proceed on retirement, necessitating the appointment of suitable persons to replace them. The University Council, meeting in Extraordinary session on Thursday, November 9th at the Mona Campus, agreed on replacements for three of the four...

The Council of the University of the West Indies, meeting in Extraordinary session on Thursday, November 9th at the Mona Campus, decided to appoint His Excellency, Professor Gordon Valentine Shirley, as Principal of the Mona Campus in Jamaica, effective August 1, 2007 for an initial period of five years, succeeding Pro Vice-Chancellor, Professor Elsa Leo-Rhynie. Professor Shirley, who is currently...

The second edition of the parenting manual 'Pathways to Parenting: A Caribbean Approach' was officially launched today (Nov. 8) by Parenting Partners Caribbean. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Representative to Jamaica, Bertrand Bainvel, in his remarks at a press briefing held at the Alhambra Inn hotel to launch the publication, congratulated Parenting Partners Caribbean for producing the training manual, which...