Contestants in the Miss Hanover Festival Queen 2022 competition made a courtesy call on the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Montego Bay Regional Office on Wednesday (June 15) as part of their training for the coronation on Saturday (June 25) at the Ruseas High School auditorium starting at 8:00 p.m. They are joined by JIS Regional Manager, Tashion Stennett (fourth right);...

Interested persons who meet the eligibility criteria have until July 8 to apply for funding under the ‘Creative Caribbean: An Ecosystem of Play for Growth and Development project’. The project targets culture and creative industries (CCIs) actors, artists and entrepreneurs; registered CCI professional organisations, associations, civil society and secondary and tertiary academic institutions, students and researchers. Speaking recently at a...

Social Development Commission (SDC) Parish Manager for St. Mary, Sanya Maragh (left), and Pastor of Bethel United Church in the parish, Rev. Deloris Smith, judge entries in the recent SDC/Peace Corps Jamaica public speaking and poster design competition, held at Camp Cape Clear in Highgate, St. Mary. Eleven primary schools, four early-childhood institutions and three high schools from the Highgate...

Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry (left) and Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Caribbean Regional Office, Dr. Varough Deyde display the signed letter of intent and data sharing agreement, during a recent ceremony for the Jamaica Children and Youth Health and Well-being Study (CHEWS-JA), held at the PIOJ’s corporate offices, St. Andrew. The...

Cabinet has given approval for Jamaica’s membership to the Caribbean Biological Corridor Initiative (CBCI). This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, in a Statement to the Senate, recently. He said the CBCI has been widely recognised as an important example of South-South cooperation and aims to...

The Jamaica Productivity Centre is reporting that e-commerce and online shopping are flourishing among Jamaican consumers. “There was increased productivity in every quarter last year in the Wholesale and Retail Trade industry, with the last two quarters recording increases of 1.1 per cent and 11.5 per cent, respectively,” Minister of Labour and Social Security. Hon. Karl Samuda, said. Mr. Samuda...

A new zone for tourism development is being created from Oracabessa, St. Mary to Port Antonio, Portland, that will cater to high-end visitors to the island. Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, said the zone will bring a “new awakening” to the country’s north coast and will follow a village-type tourism model with sophisticated facilities as opposed to an all-inclusive...