Lots of fun and exciting activities are in store for patrons attending the sixth annual Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival on Saturday (March 25) in Newcastle, St. Andrew. Director, Tourism Linkages Network, Carolyn McDonald Riley, told JIS News that the event will feature diverse coffee by-product displays, including candles, rubs, scrubs, and foods. “We will [also] be having a mixology...

The Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) is welcoming a spike in the number of applications for entertainment and vending permits over recent months. Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, Romeo Daley, told JIS News that the uptick in application numbers is being viewed as an indicator of the return to normal social and economic activities in the parish since the...

The banana and plantain industry enjoyed a very productive 2022, recording a 2.8 per cent increase in banana production and 18.7 per cent for plantain. Despite the effects of Tropical Storms Grace and Ida in 2021, the industry rebounded to produce more than 72,000 metric tonnes of banana and more than 60,000 metric tonnes of plantain in 2022. General Manager...

Residents of St. Ann who have been adversely impacted by drought conditions affecting the island should get some relief in short order. The St. Ann Municipal Corporation has received a $4-million allocation from the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation to commence the trucking of water to drought-affected communities in the parish. Mayor of St Ann’s Bay, Councillor Sydney...

There is an uptick in the number of persons utilising remittance services provided through the digital payment wallet – Lynk. Lynk is currently the sole wallet facilitating transactions involving Jamaica’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) – JAM-DEX. It is an app that can be downloaded on mobile devices. Speaking during a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on March 23, Brand and Sponsorship...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses members of the newly appointed Constitutional Reform Committee (CRC) at the first meeting of the body held on Tuesday (March 22) at the Office of the Prime Minister, St. Andrew.

Jamaican companies need to “step up to the plate” and ensure the training of more locals, says Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill. “We have 300/400,000 young people, mainly young men. We need to train them, and Jamaican companies need to step up,” he said. Senator Hill maintained that “if you don’t train them [and]...