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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addressing business interests and tourism stakeholders at a luncheon in honour of Sandals Resorts International Chairman, Gordon "Butch" Stewart, at the Sandals Montego Bay Hotel in St. James on December 18.

People and Culture Give Jamaica Edge in Global Tourism – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says that the warmth and hospitality of the Jamaican people, coupled with the iconic culture, are what set the country apart and give it a competitive advantage in the global tourism market. Noting...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (December 18).

Exploitation of Blue Economy Could Contribute to Economic Development – Charles Jr.

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., addressing Tuesday’s (December 18) local launch of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) publication, ‘Migration and the 2030 Agenda’, at the Courtleigh Auditorium in New Kingston. The event, jointly staged with the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), formed part of activities marking International Migrants Day on December 18, under the theme ‘Migration with Dignity’. The other activities were the screening of a documentary titled: ‘Bushfallers – A Journey of Chasing Dreams’, and a panel discussion.

State Minister Highlights Importance of Jamaica Signing UN Compact on Migration

Wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (right) and Group Chief Executive Officer for GraceKennedy Limited, Senator Don Wehby (left), with Michael Brown (second left) and Rosemarie Forrester, who were selected as the male and female champion household workers at the GraceKennedy/Heather Little-White Household Worker of The Year awards ceremony, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on December 18.

Jamaicans Must Not Belittle Significance of Blue Collar Jobs – Mrs. Holness

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third right); and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (second row, right), with members of Jamaica’s senior national women’s football team, the ‘Reggae Girlz’. Occasion was a reception the Prime Minister hosted in honour of the Girlz at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Monday (December 17). The event was held as part of a four-day celebration of the football team’s historic feat of qualifying for the FIFA Women’s World Cup finals next year. Also pictured (second row, fifth right), is patron and major sponsor of the team, Cedella Marley, while at left is President of the Jamaica Football Federation, Michael Ricketts.

Prime Minister Fetes Reggae Girlz

Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange (fifth left), participates in a ceremony for the presentation of the Key to Spanish Town to the Reggae Girlz by Mayor, Councillor Norman Scott (seventh right). The event was held in the old capital on December 18.

7 years ago Sport

Minister Grange Hails JFF’s Welfare Fund for Former Players

Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, has lauded a decision by the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) to establish a welfare fund to support five former football players who have fallen on hard times. A former netballer will also benefit from the support. “We have to find a way to ensure that those who have contributed to the...

Motorists travel along Chesterfield Drive extension road in St. Andrew, which opened on December 2.

7 years ago TransportWorks / Construction

Motorists say Chesterfield Drive Extension has Improved Traffic Flow

Motorists in the Corporate Area are welcoming the opening of the new Chesterfield Drive extension road in St. Andrew, noting that it has made a significant difference in the flow of traffic. The road, which was commissioned into service on December 2, was built to bypass Three Miles and a section of Spanish Town Road, where China Harbour Engineering Company...

Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Homer Davis.

7 years ago National Security and Peace

Mayor Pledges to Ensure Maintenance of Law and Order in St. James

Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Homer Davis, says the body will play its part in ensuring the maintenance of safety and security in the parish, after the suspension of the State of Public Emergency (SOE) in 2019. “The commitment that I want to echo to the citizens of this parish of St....

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right), presents an award to Pishu Chandiram for 67 years of service to the tourism industry. Occasion was the inaugural staging of the Golden Tourism Day Awards, which took place at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on Sunday, December 16.

7 years ago Tourism

Tourism Workers Honoured for Long Service

With a combined 3,025 years of service to the nation’s tourism industry, 56 sector workers were honoured at a gala dinner at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James, on December 16. Dubbed the Golden Tourism Day Awards, the recipients, representing almost every aspect of the tourism industry, received trophies, citations and other tokens of appreciation “for their stellar contributions”...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (second right) and Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis (left), greet passengers who arrived at the Sangster International Airport on Sunday (December 16) on the Swoop Airlines inaugural flight from Canada into the island.

7 years ago TourismTransport

Jamaica Welcomes 196 Passengers on Inaugural Swoop Airlines Flight

Ultra low-cost carrier Swoop, made its inaugural flight from Canada into the island on Sunday (December 16), landing at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay at approximately 12:45 p.m. with 196 passengers on board. A high-level delegation was on hand to greet the passengers and flight crew, presenting them with bead necklaces as gifts. Swoop, which is owned by...

Captain of the National Women’s Football Team, Konya Plummer (left) addresses students of the Women’ s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) during a visit to the facility in Kingston on December 17. Listening (from right) are Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange; WCJF Chairperson, Debby-Ann Brown-Salmon; and Executive Director, Dr. Zoe Simpson.

7 years ago Sport

Reggae Girlz Offer Encouragement to Adolescent Mothers

Members of Jamaica’s national women’s football team, the Reggae Girlz, visited the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) on Monday (December 17), where they interacted with the adolescent mothers at the Trafalgar Road-based facility and offered words of encouragement. The visit was part of a series of activities organised by the Government to celebrate the team’s historic qualification for the...

Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett (left), guides first-time Canadian visitor, Heather Condon, through the new automated immigration kiosk at the Sangster International Airport. Occasion was the official handover of new automated kiosks on December 16 from the Passport Immigration and Citizens Agency (PICA). The new kiosks will assist with the seamless flow of the high volume of visitors through the airport.

7 years ago Tourism

Jamaica Boasts Most Seamless Airport System in Region – Tourism Minister

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says Jamaica now boasts the most “seamless” airport system in the region. Addressing business interests and tourism stakeholders at the unveiling of 20 automated kiosks at the Sangster International Airport, Montego Bay, on December 16, Mr. Bartlett said the new machines will ensure that visitors are processed “in the quickest time possible”. “The point...