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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addresses Staff Awards Ceremony at Bahia Principe Hotel in St. Ann on July 19.

Tourism Sector Offers Great Opportunity for Gainful Employment – Minister

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the tourism industry offers one of the best opportunities for social mobility and gainful employment. Delivering the keynote address at a Staff Awards Ceremony at the Bahia Principe Jamaica Resort in Discovery Bay,...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left) is greeted by Acting Commissioner of Police, Glenmore Hinds (right), as he arrives at the National Police College of Jamaica in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine, on Tuesday (July 19) to participate in the closing ceremony for the Tourism Safety and Security District Constables Training Programme. Also pictured is Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague. During the ceremony, certificates were presented to the first batch of 89 district constables, who have been trained to serve in the island’s resort areas.

Tourism Ministry to Provide $1 Billion for Crime-Fighting Equipment

Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. the Hon. Keith Rowley (centre) is being congratulated by Vice Chancellor, University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Sir Hilary Beckles (right) following Dr. Rowley’s induction in the Prime Minister’s Park of Honour located on the grounds of the UWI, Mona in St. Andrew yesterday (July 20). At left is Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid.The park is used to honour UWI graduates, who are or have served as Heads of Government.

T&T PM Inducted into Park of Honour at UWI

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, addresses a stakeholder meeting for the Kingston and St. Andrew (KSA) Non-Revenue Water (NRW) Reduction Co-management Programme, at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on July 19.

400 NWC Employees to be Trained in Non-Revenue Water Management

Police Superintendent in charge of St. Ann, Wayne Cameron, addresses a community meeting at the Orange Hill Pentecostal Church in Brown’s Town, St. Ann, on July 19.

St. Ann Police will be Relentless Against Crime

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, speaking in the House of Representatives on July 19.

10 years ago JusticeParliament

Debate Begins on Restorative Justice Bill

Debate on a Bill to provide for the implementation of restorative justice procedures in the formal justice system began in the House of Representatives on July 19. The Bill seeks to amend the Criminal Justice (Reform) Act, the Child Care and Protection Act, the Corrections Act and the Parole Rules. This will be done under the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Amendment)...

Head of the Tourism Linkages Network, Carolyn McDonald-Riley.

10 years ago Tourism

Tourism Expands Linkages Network

The Tourism Linkages Network has expanded its mandate to facilitate connections with other key sectors. Head of the Tourism Linkages Network, Carolyn McDonald-Riley, informed that sports and entertainment, shopping, knowledge, health and wellness, and gastronomy were recently added to the areas of focus. “It is about using food as a greater attraction; focusing on our spas to increase our figures;...

Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Hon. Dr. Keith Rowley (left), is greeted by President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), William Mahfood (right), while President of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC), Warren McDonald (centre), looks on. The occasion was a luncheon hosted by the JCC and PSOJ on July 19, at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew.

10 years ago Foreign Affairs

Visit to Jamaica Successful – Dr. Rowley

Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Hon. Dr. Keith Rowley, says his visit to Jamaica has been successful in rekindling the good relations between the countries. The Prime Minister said while challenges exist, “they are not difficult to solve and all that is needed is a coming together and finding of ways to deal with them”. He...

Director of Education Programmes at the Jamaica National (JN) Foundation, Dr. Renee Rattray (centre), provides details about the iLead Summit for school leaders during a JIS Think Tank on July 19. The two-day event will be held from July 25 to 26 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston. She is flanked by Deputy Chief Inspector of the National Educational Inspectorate (NEI), Bronty Liverpool-Williams (right); and iLead School Improvement Coach and former Principal of Ardenne High School, Esther Tyson (left).

10 years ago JIS Think TankYouth

Over 350 School Leaders for JN Summit

More than 350 leaders from schools across Jamaica will be equipped with skills to raise stands at their institutions at a summit to be staged by the Jamaica National (JN) Foundation under its iLead Programme. The event is scheduled for July 25 to 26 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston. Director of Education Programmes at the JN Foundation, Dr....

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (2nd right), is shown a fruit and vegetable processor by Caribbean Cable Company’s (CCC) outgoing Managing Director, Ariel Roman Colina (2nd left), during a visit to the entity’s plant at Rodon’s Pen in Old Harbour, St. Catherine, on Tuesday, July 19. Others (from left) are CCC’s newly appointed Managing Director, Jose Estevez Torres; and Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Acting Chief Executive Officer, Peter Thompson.

10 years ago Agriculture

Gov’t Forging Partnership to Source Tools for Farmers

The Government is seeking to forge a partnership with local entity Caribbean Cable Company (CCC), to source tools and equipment for small farmers. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, says harrows, ploughs and rotavators, which are used to prepare land for cultivation, are among the implements being sought. Mr. Hutchinson indicated...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), delivers a Statement to the House of Representatives. (FILE)

10 years ago Finance & Public ServiceParliament

IMF Team to Discuss Programme Post Current Agreement

A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is to arrive in the island on July 20 to discuss an appropriate programme for Jamaica, after the current agreement ends next year. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, made the announcement during a statement to the House of Representatives on Tuesday, July 19. “We are at this time...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), embraces CEO of ListenMi Caribbean Limited, Miss Kenia Mattis, one of 27 recipients of awards of up to $4 million towards business development through the Innovation Grant from New Ideas to Entrepreneurship (IGNITE), a pilot project by the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ). The ceremony was hosted at the Spanish Court Hotel on July 19.

10 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

PM Says Government Deliberate in Supporting Businesses

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government will be deliberate and instrumental in supporting the development of businesses to enable growth of the country’s economy. He said this involves supporting the development of the entrepreneurial skills and the growing of markets. Mr. Holness was addressing an awards presentation ceremony for the Development Bank of Jamaica’s (DBJ) pilot...