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Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, speaking at the official handing over of a drip irrigation system at food safety facility at the Braco Farms in Trelawny on Thursday (August 13).
Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, speaking at the official handing over of a drip irrigation system at food safety facility at the Braco Farms in Trelawny on Thursday (August 13).

More Than 800 Jamaican Employed Under REDI Project

Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, says over 800 Jamaicans have been employed under the Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI) project. The World Bank-funded project, implemented in 2010, focuses on income generating interventions in the...
Head of the Tourism Linkages Network, Carolyn McDonald- Riley
Head of the Tourism Linkages Network, Carolyn McDonald- Riley

Tourism Linkages Hub Reaps Success
Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, examines a sugar cane grinder and water wheel which are among the artefacts on the Frome Sugar Estate. Dr. McNeill led a fact-finding tour of heritage sites in Westmoreland on August 5 with representatives of stakeholder organizations, including the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), the Westmoreland Parish Development Committee (WPDC) and the Sugar Company of Jamaica Holdings (SCJH). Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Councillor Bertel Moore, is in the background.
Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, examines a sugar cane grinder and water wheel which are among the artefacts on the Frome Sugar Estate. Dr. McNeill led a fact-finding tour of heritage sites in Westmoreland on August 5 with representatives of stakeholder organizations, including the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), the Westmoreland Parish Development Committee (WPDC) and the Sugar Company of Jamaica Holdings (SCJH). Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Councillor Bertel Moore, is in the background.

Historical Sites In Westmoreland To Be Developed
National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting (second right), presents one of ten keys to Police Commissioner, Dr. Carl Williams (left), for new police vehicles, at his office on Old Hope Road in St Andrew on August 4, while accepting a gas card from Assistant Commissioner of Police, Leon Rose (right). Looking on are Andrea Moore (second left) of the Portland Resort Board and Minister of Tourism, Dr. Wykeham McNeill (third left). The police vehicles will be distributed to the resort areas across the island, and form part of police crime fighting efforts.
National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting (second right), presents one of ten keys to Police Commissioner, Dr. Carl Williams (left), for new police vehicles, at his office on Old Hope Road in St Andrew on August 4, while accepting a gas card from Assistant Commissioner of Police, Leon Rose (right). Looking on are Andrea Moore (second left) of the Portland Resort Board and Minister of Tourism, Dr. Wykeham McNeill (third left). The police vehicles will be distributed to the resort areas across the island, and form part of police crime fighting efforts.

Fleet Management System to Be Implemented By JCF
Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (second left), makes a point at the signing of an agreement at the Tourism Ministry’s office on August 3. The Tourism Enhancement Fund is providing $260 million towards the implementation of an ‘All Island Maintenance Beautification Project’. Others (from left) are: Director of Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo), Dennis Hickey; Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott and Interim Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Colonel Daniel Pryce.
Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (second left), makes a point at the signing of an agreement at the Tourism Ministry’s office on August 3. The Tourism Enhancement Fund is providing $260 million towards the implementation of an ‘All Island Maintenance Beautification Project’. Others (from left) are: Director of Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo), Dennis Hickey; Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott and Interim Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Colonel Daniel Pryce.

TEF Provides $260 Million for Beautification Project

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JTB Collaborates to Sponsor Jamaica Promotional Day in New York

The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) is collaborating with Palace Resorts and Delta Airlines to sponsor Jamaica Promotional Day at New York’s Yankee Stadium on Friday, August 7, when the New York Yankees play the Toronto Blue Jays in a baseball game. Some 49,000 patrons, who are expected to attend the game, will have a chance to win airline tickets, courtesy of Delta Airlines, and...
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Tourism and Entertainment, Hon Dr. Wykeham McNeill (centre), basks in the glow of newly installed lights along Montego Bay’s Elegant Corridor with, from left: Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Lloyd B. Smith; Montego Bay Mayor, Councillor Glendon Harris; State Minister for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams; and Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon Noel Arscott, following the official commissioning ceremony, on July 30. A total of 797 state-of-the-art L.E.D. lights were installed along the 27-kilometre corridor, stretching from the Sangster International Airport round-a-bout to Iberostar Hotel, in Lilliput, St. James, at a cost of $272.1 million, with funding from the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF).
Tourism

Montego Bay’s Elegant Corridor ‘Lights Up’

The new lights, which have been installed along Montego Bay’s 27-kilometre Elegant Corridor, were officially switched on, during a ceremony on Thursday, July 30. The formalities were carried out by Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, and Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Noel Arscott. Installation of the 797 state-of-the-art L.E.D. lights, which span the corridor between...
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Tourism Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (left), shows off his portrait done by Jamaican artiste, Jeffery Perry (right), at the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment Linkages Hub ‘Christmas in July’ exhibition, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston, on July 24.
Tourism

Locally Produced Gift Items Showcased at ‘Christmas in July’

In an effort by the Government and its agencies to gain support for the purchase of locally produced gift items, an exhibition dubbed, ‘Christmas in July’, was held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in New Kingston, on July 24. The idea which spawned the creation of this event arose out of a remark that was made last Christmas by Tourism...
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Lights along Montego Bay’s Elegant Corridor were turned on to facilitate the requisite checks and adjustments by technicians and engineers on July 24. The installation of lights along the 17-kilometre thoroughfare was undertaken with funding by the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF)
Tourism

Lights Installed along Mo-Bay’s Elegant Corridor

Montego Bay’s Elegant Corridor is now brightly lit, following the installation of lights along the thoroughfare. This was done under a contract which the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) signed with Y.P Seaton & Associates last year. LED lamps, which have been installed along the highway from the round-about at the Sangster International Airport to Iberostar Hotel in Lilliput, were turned...
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Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, addresses the official opening of the Jewel Runaway Bay Lagoon Water Park at the Jewel Runaway Bay Beach and Golf Resort in St. Ann on July 22.
Tourism

Tourism Poised For Investment Boom

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, says the sector is poised for major investment, which will provide jobs and economic growth for the country. “I am very happy that we are now poised in Jamaica to see an investment boom like none that we have seen before.  We are seeing not only investments in upgrading properties but...
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Head of the Tourism Linkages Hub, Carolyn McDonald-Riley, highlights initiatives to fill demands within the tourism and other related sectors, at a recent JIS Think Tank.
Tourism

Tourism Linkages Hub Helping to Fill Demand for Goods and Services

The Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment, through the Tourism Linkages Hub, has been working with its partners to meet the demand for products, services and skills within tourism and other related sectors. The aim is to increase the consumption of goods and services that can be competitively sourced in Jamaica. Head of the linkages hub, Carolyn McDonald-Riley, said that opportunities...
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Members of the Scotts Hall Maroons in St. Mary perform traditional drumming.
Tourism

Scott’s Hall Maroons Looking to Develop Area as Major Attraction

As the Scott’s Hall Maroons in St. Mary prepare for the annual August 1 celebration of their culture and heritage, they are also charting plans for the area to become a major attraction. The plans, which were unveiled to Tourism Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, during a recent visit to the community, include the development of an ancestral burial ground...
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