The Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) is looking to further amend the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2015 to increase access to copyright works by members of the disabled community. The objective is to bring the law into alignment with the provisions of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)-administered Marrakesh Treaty, which aims to make the production and international transfer of specially...

The St. Thomas Tourism Destination Development and Management Plan has been completed and will be unveiled in the 2021/2022 fiscal year. This disclosure was made by Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, today (April 23) at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ held at the agency’s head office in Kingston. “The Prime Minister had given instructions as it relates...

The 27 Jamaican nationals who returned home from the United Kingdom (UK) on April 21 are currently in State quarantine. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, gave the update while addressing Friday’s (April 23) sitting of the Upper House. The Government has imposed a restriction on flights from the UK as part of...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government remains committed to taking steps to boost the complement of nurses in Jamaica’s public health system, in order to address the shortage of personnel largely as a result of attrition. These measures, Mr. Holness said, include continued pursuit of bilateral arrangements and bolstering the availability of training opportunities and resources...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says Jamaica’s efforts to assist St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) are ongoing as the islands continue to be impacted by continuous volcanic eruptions. A shipment of supplies gathered through public and private contributions left the island on April 22 for SVG. Minister McKenzie, who was on hand to observe...

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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says that Jamaica continues to command the attention of the main global tourism players and remains “top of the mind” in the marketplace. He noted that during the pandemic “when very little is happening across the world”, the island took top honors in six categories at the 2020 World Travel Awards. “The world, in...