Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett today (January 22) departed the island for Madrid, Spain, to attend the eagerly awaited annual international travel and tourism tradeshow, FITUR. Slated for January 24-28, 2024, FITUR stands as Latin America's leading travel trade fair, attracting tourism professionals from across the globe. “FITUR marks the first major appointment of the year for tourism professionals,...

The recently paved Moreland community road in St. Catherine North Eastern is a “demonstration” of the infrastructure to be repaired from the $20 billion that will be spent across the island, says Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. While on a tour of the Moreland road on January 18, Mr. Holness said it connects several other communities and fits...

Work on the rehabilitation of the 2.2-kilometre (km) Holland to Bounty Hall Road in Trelawny is scheduled to get underway shortly following the breaking of ground on Thursday (Jan. 18). To be executed over a five-month period at a cost of $144.7 million, the scope of works will include demolition and site clearance, construction of sidewalks, drainage features including a...

The fee for registering with the Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) is yet to be decided, says Information Commissioner, Celia Barclay. In an interview with JIS News, Ms. Barclay advised that the registration fee is to be confirmed by the regulations that will be issued pursuant to the Data Protection Act, 2020. “In looking at issuing the drafting instructions...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the Ministry is committed to implementing measures to equip students with “future-ready” skills. “As we move forward, we want our schools to be equipped with technology, so that you, our students, have full exposure to what is there, because none of us… can say with any great certainty what jobs will...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, officially broke ground for the Pinnacle residential development in Montego Bay, St. James on Saturday (January 20). Being spearheaded by LCH Developments, the project entails the construction of four 28-storey apartment blocks in the Reading area of the second city over the next four years. The private Pinnacle community will sit on its...

Two Hanover residents are the proud beneficiaries of new housing units under the Government's Indigent Housing Programme. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, and Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, handed over the keys to 82-year-old Kathrine Miller and 60-year-old Carlton Kent in Chambers Pen on Friday (January 19). Ms. Miller received a $10 million...