The Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) is inviting stakeholders in the industry to attend a sensitisation session on human trafficking on March 9. The event will begin at 10:00 a.m. at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James and will also be streamed live on all TPDCo social media platforms. Executive Training Manager, TPDCo, Ruth Harris, told JIS News...

The Justice Ministry is looking to roll out more virtual services in the administration of justice across the island, as more Courts now have broadband connectivity. Speaking during the sitting of the Standing Finance Committee on Thursday (March 3), Portfolio Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, said all Courts should be connected by broadband, and in due course, all will have improved...

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) aims to release 1,000 Jamaican Iguanas in Hellshire Hills by 2026 as the iguana population grows under efforts of the Jamaican Iguana Recovery Programme. Speaking during NEPA’s World Wildlife Day Webinar on February 28, Coordinator, Watershed Information System, David Reid, shared some of the ongoing work under the programme to rehabilitate and increase...

Plans by the Government to divest the State-run Milk River Hotel and Spa in Clarendon remain on track. Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, said that work to amend the Milk River Act, which will facilitate the undertaking, is advanced. He noted that the Government is looking to divest the facility “through whatever means the Enterprise Team recommends”. The objective is...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC), Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, has said that land ownership is an untapped area for economic growth and development, and requires urgent attention. The Minister, who was speaking at a recent titling ceremony for the National Land Agency (NLA) Systematic Land Registration (SLR) Programme, said that he will continue to lend his support...

One of Jamaica’s highways is to be named in honour of renowned singer and actor and civil rights activist of Jamaican parentage, Harry Belafonte. So said Jamaica’s Prime Minister, The Most Hon. Andrew Holness, in a message to mark Belafonte’s 95th birthday anniversary on March 1. “As we celebrate with Harry Belafonte his 95 years, the Government and people of...

Twenty Jamaican students arrived safely at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay on Wednesday evening (March 2) from Ukraine. Their journey home was arranged by the Government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. Leslie Campbell, who was on hand to welcome the students, said that getting the students home safely...