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Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (left), hands over a cheque valued at $91 million to Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting (right), during a ceremony held yesterday (Oct. 17) at the Montego Bay Yacht Club in St. James. Others sharing the moment from (2nd left) are: Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Damion Crawford; Assistant Commissioner of Police in Charge of Area one, Warren Clarke; and Chairman of the Tourism Enhancement Fund, (TEF) Senator Noel Sloley.
Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (left), hands over a cheque valued at $91 million to Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting (right), during a ceremony held yesterday (Oct. 17) at the Montego Bay Yacht Club in St. James. Others sharing the moment from (2nd left) are: Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Damion Crawford; Assistant Commissioner of Police in Charge of Area one, Warren Clarke; and Chairman of the Tourism Enhancement Fund, (TEF) Senator Noel Sloley.

TEF Donates $91 Million to Boost Police Operations in North East Region

By: Glenis A. Rose, October 19, 2013
The police force has received $91 million from the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), which will go towards efforts to clamp down on illegal jet ski operations and bolster major crime...
Minister of Tourism, the Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill.

Government Takes Action to Regulate Jet Ski Operations

By: Alphea Saunders, October 16, 2013
Chairman of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry Expo 2013, Sonia Kerr-Bowen (third left), cuts the ribbon to signal the official opening of the Chamber's Expo 2013, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James, on October 11, under the theme: 'Services globalization - Enabling business development'. Others are (from left): Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Glendon Harris; Jason Corrigan of Digicel; Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams; Mayor of Atlanta, Hon. Kasim Reed; President of the Chamber, Nathan Robb and Leslie Nembhard of Fidelity Motors.

Hundreds Attend Expo in Mo-Bay

By: Glenis A. Rose, October 14, 2013

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Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Damion Crawford, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank held on Tuesday (August 27), at the agency’s Half-Way-Tree Road offices.
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Parish Extension Committees to be in Place Soon

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