Participants of the 2017/19 Jamaica House Fellowship Programme (JHFP) are encouraging highly motivated young professionals to submit their application for this year. The lives of Mark Tracey, Karelle Samuda and Lavois Cruickshank have been changed after serving as Jamaica House Fellows. The trio, along with five others were officially pinned as the first cohort of fellows by Prime Minister, the...

The Government is working to achieve 100 per cent access to safe drinking water for all Jamaicans by 2030, while ensuring the sustainability of future supplies. The objective is in keeping with the National Development Plan, which aims to make Jamaica the place of choice to live, work, raise families and do business. Programme Director, Vision 2030 Jamaica Secretariat, Elizabeth...

The Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James, continues to distinguish itself as the leading hub in the Caribbean for hosting local and international conferences and first-class meetings. The nine-time World Travel Awards winning facility has been bringing in equitable gains to St. James and the wider economy, hosting over 100 local, international and regional events over the past few...

The town of Port Antonio, Portland, no stranger to big movies and Hollywood celebrities, is once again in the international spotlight, thanks to the 25th and latest in the iconic James Bond movie series. Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, who participated at the recent launch of ‘James Bond 25’, at the Golden Eye Resort in Oracabessa, St. Mary, “the...

Sixty-five-year-old visually impaired, Elisha Afflick, is expressing appreciation to the Kiwanis Division East 23 and the Abilities Foundation for making a difference in the lives of persons with disabilities, by providing them with care packages containing groceries and other items. “I feel very pleased and happy that somebody remembers us as disabled persons, because sometimes we feel like we are...

‘The Adventures of Kam Kam’, a Jamaican space exploration story produced by ‘Listen Mi Caribbean’, took the coveted top prize in the Concept Pitch competition at the recently concluded KingstOOn animation film festival. The five-member team was declared the winner after presenting a framework for the 52-episode pre-school animation series to the judges in a five-minute pitch at the University...

Two notable global tourism business interests have partnered with the Jamaica-based Amaterra Group to undertake a comprehensive multibillion-dollar resort development on 1,000 acres of land at Sterling Castle, near Duncans in Trelawny. Tourism and Leisure Development International (TLDI) and Rexton Capital Partners Limited have thrown their support behind project initiator, Amaterra Group Chairman and developer, Keith Russell, and wife, Paula...

Several public-sector officers say they have benefited significantly from the recent Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programme (ECCP) workshop, which was held in Montego Bay. The EECP is being implemented by the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) to, among other things, enhance and promote energy efficiency, conservation and cost savings through initiatives and measures undertaken across the public sector. Its overarching...

St. Ann native, Simone Palmer, took the decision to become a practical nurse after undergoing a life-changing experience occasioned by her three-year-old daughter, Ashalae Grant, being diagnosed with congenital heart disease. Ms. Palmer, who encountered financial and other challenges in the lead-up to her daughter’s surgery for the condition, which doctors diagnosed in 2015 when she was just a toddler,...