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Chairman of the Entertainment Advisory Board, Kingsley Cooper, provides update on the ‘Jamrock Summer-90 Days, 90 Ways’ initiative at a JIS ‘Think Tank’.
Chairman of the Entertainment Advisory Board, Kingsley Cooper, provides update on the ‘Jamrock Summer-90 Days, 90 Ways’ initiative at a JIS ‘Think Tank’.

Positive Response to Jamrock Summer

By: Kadian Brown, May 29, 2015
Chairman of the Entertainment Advisory Board in the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment, Kingsley Cooper, says event organizers and promoters have been responding favourably to the ‘Jamrock Summer – 90...
State Minister for Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon Julian Robinson (centre), scans a document while in discussion with (from left), Co-Director, World Development Report (WDR) 2016, Development Economist and Chief Economist, the World Bank, Dr. Uwe Deichmann; and Director, Mona Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Policy Centre, Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC), University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Hopeton Dunn. Occasion was a Symposium on the Impact of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) on Growth, Opportunity and Service Delivery in the Caribbean, at the UWI Regional Headquarters in St. Andrew today (May 12). The symposium was hosted by the Mona ICT Policy Centre, CARIMAC, UWI in partnership with the World Bank and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) out of Canada.

Jamaica to Host Regional Hackathon

By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, May 13, 2015
National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting (second left), shares a joke with Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (left), while Justice Minister, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding (second right), converses with resident of Orange Hill, Westmoreland, Monica Jackson, during a community meeting on May 8, to discuss new legislation governing the use of ganja.

Revised Ganja Law Deemed ‘Fundamental’ and ‘Far-Reaching’

By: Glenis A. Rose, May 11, 2015

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Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (third right) assists Managing Director, Kevin Hendrickson (fifth left), in cutting the ribbon to signal the official re-opening of the re-branded Holiday Inn Resort in Rose Hall, Montego Bay, on April 28. The hotel was extensively refurbished at a cost of US$15 million. Others (from left) are: Director of Brand Experience, Holiday Inn Americas, Justin Alexander; Holiday Inn Resort's General Manager, Clark Lobban; Mrs. Kevin Hendrickson; Group Director of Marketing and Sales, Holiday Inn Resort, Nicola Madden-Greig; Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Glendon Harris and Director of Tourism, Paul Pennicook.
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Rebranded Holiday Inn Resort Re-Opens

The rebranded Holiday Inn Resort in Rose Hall, Montego Bay, formerly known as Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort and Spa, was officially re-opened on April 28, by Minister of Tourism and...
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By: Glenis A. Rose, April 29, 2015