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The Jamaica Tourist Board, Ruder Finn Agency, Sandals Resorts, Half Moon Resorts-Montego Bay and the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, are among 22 private and public sector entities and non governmental organisations that are lending their financial support to a ground-breaking workshop on sustainable tourism. The one-day workshop on disaster preparedness being staged by the Caribbean Media Exchange (CMEXPress) will be held...

Minister of Industry and Tourism, Aloun Ndombet Assamba, says Jamaica is a brand name and many of its products have a competitive advantage around the world."Our rum, music, cultural industries, sauces, spices, aromatherapy, agro processing, soft drinks, water, high end fashion, sports, just to name a few, are second to none," said Minister Assamba. The Industry and Tourism Minister was...

Minister of Industry and Tourism, Aloun Ndombet Assamba has acknowledged the importance of the Canadian market to Jamaica's tourism industry, indicating that the sector had recorded one of the highest growths in its history in 2004. The number of stopover visitors to the island in 2004 was 1.4 million, with Canadians accounting for over 105,000 of that number, an increase...

Minister of Industry and Tourism, Aloun Ndombet Assamba, says Jamaica is a brand name and many of its products have a competitive advantage around the world."Our rum, music, cultural industries, sauces, spices, aromatherapy, agro processing, soft drinks, water, high end fashion, sports, just to name a few, are second to none," said Minister Assamba. The Industry and Tourism Minister was...

Minister of Industry and Tourism, Aloun Ndombet Assamba has acknowledged the importance of the Canadian market to Jamaica's tourism industry, indicating that the sector had recorded one of the highest growths in its history in 2004. The number of stopover visitors to the island in 2004 was 1.4 million, with Canadians accounting for over 105,000 of that number, an increase...

Prime Minister P. J. Patterson today (June 10), held crucial bilateral talks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair at his 10 Downing Street offices in London. The discussion focused on a wide number of issues which included a request for the UK to render additional support in the fight against crime and drug trafficking. Mr. Patterson noted that Jamaica enjoyed...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has written to Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair asking him to encourage a solution to the latest European Commission thinking on the EU regime for sugar which ACP countries have learnt about through the media, leaked documents and consultants' studies. The new thinking would see European Commission introducing a regulation on June 22 that will propose...

Prime Minister P. J. Patterson today (June 10), held crucial bilateral talks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair at his 10 Downing Street offices in London. The discussion focused on a wide number of issues which included a request for the UK to render additional support in the fight against crime and drug trafficking. Mr. Patterson noted that Jamaica enjoyed...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has written to Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair asking him to encourage a solution to the latest European Commission thinking on the EU regime for sugar which ACP countries have learnt about through the media, leaked documents and consultants' studies. The new thinking would see European Commission introducing a regulation on June 22 that will propose...

As part of its 40th anniversary celebrations, the Edwin Allen High School in North Clarendon has unveiled a bust of the late Edwin Allen, founder of the school and the first Minister of Education in independent Jamaica. At the ceremony, which was held yesterday (June 9), at the school, Minister of Education, Youth and Culture, Maxine Henry-Wilson described Mr. Allen...

Government's effort to reduce violence in schools has been boosted with a $20 million grant from the European Union to fund the Safe Schools Programme. The allocation, which was made in May, is in addition to budgetary support from the Government of Jamaica and should finance the various facets of the programme until the end of the 2006 academic year....

State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Delano Franklyn will be the special guest of the Jamaican Diaspora, United Kingdom (UK) next weekend. Senator Franklyn, who has special responsibility for Jamaicans overseas, will officially open the UK Diaspora's Immigration Forum at Stonebridge Park and will be the guest speaker at the inaugural Ball set for...