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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, speaking during the Caribbean Broadcasting Union’s (CBU) recent Caribbean Broadcasting Awards (CBA) ceremony at the Courtleigh Auditorium in New Kingston. The event, which honoured broadcast media executives from the English, Dutch, French and Spanish Caribbean, was held under the theme: ‘Building Resilience to Climate Change: Business, Content and Technology Options for Caribbean Media’.
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, speaking during the Caribbean Broadcasting Union’s (CBU) recent Caribbean Broadcasting Awards (CBA) ceremony at the Courtleigh Auditorium in New Kingston. The event, which honoured broadcast media executives from the English, Dutch, French and Spanish Caribbean, was held under the theme: ‘Building Resilience to Climate Change: Business, Content and Technology Options for Caribbean Media’.

Tourism Minister Calls for Regional Collaboration to Counter Climate Change

By: Rochelle Williams, August 21, 2018
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, is calling for collaboration between Caribbean media interests, and public and private sector entities to develop strategies designed to strengthen regional resilience to the impact...
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right), greets staff of the RIU Chain Hotel who participated in a Spanish language training session at RIU Palace Montego Bay, St. James, on Thursday (August 16).

Hospitality Workers Commended for Taking Part in Spanish Course

By: Nickieta Sterling, August 17, 2018
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (third left), shares with Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) award recipients (from left) General Manager, Television Services, RJRGleaner Communications Group, Claire Grant; representative of the Caribbean Communication Network, Odette Campbell; General Manager of the Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas, Kayleaser Deveaux-Isaacs; Vice President of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU), Amalia Mai; and Creative Director with Cuba's Instituto Cubano de Radio y Televisión (ICRT), Victor Torres Crespo. Occasion as the CBU's Caribbean Broadcasting Awards (CBA) held on August 14 at the Courtleigh Auditorium in New Kingston.

Media Charged to Inspire Social Change

By: Rochelle Williams, August 16, 2018

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A section of Marking Stone Beach in St. Mary, which was recently renovated by the Government of Jamaica at a cost of $38 million. The facility was officially opemed by Tourism Minister. Hon. Edmund Bartlett, on Wednesday (July 25).
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Ten Beaches to be Upgraded This Year

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By: Ainsworth Morris, July 27, 2018
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By: Garwin Davis, July 22, 2018
Head of the Tourism Linkages Network, Carolyn McDonald Riley, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’.
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Some 118 Exhibitors for Christmas in July

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By: Kadian Brown, July 17, 2018