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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (third left), in discussion with (from left) Tournament Director for the 57th Montego Bay Yacht Club’s International Marlin Tournament, Londie Murray; Chief Executive Officer of Stocks and Securities, Lamar Harris; and Chief Executive Officer of Dolla Financial, Kadeen Mairs, at the launch of the tournament, held on September 1, at the CRU Bar and Kitchen on Lady Musgrave Road in St. Andrew.
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (third left), in discussion with (from left) Tournament Director for the 57th Montego Bay Yacht Club’s International Marlin Tournament, Londie Murray; Chief Executive Officer of Stocks and Securities, Lamar Harris; and Chief Executive Officer of Dolla Financial, Kadeen Mairs, at the launch of the tournament, held on September 1, at the CRU Bar and Kitchen on Lady Musgrave Road in St. Andrew.

Cornwall Regional Hospital to Benefit from Marlin Tournament

By: Garfield L. Angus, September 11, 2018
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has lauded organisers of the 57th Montego Bay Yacht Club’s International Marlin Tournament for selecting the Cornwall Regional Hospital as a beneficiary. The Jamaica...
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left), reports on the performance of the sector at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on September 5.

2.95 Million Tourists Between January and August

By: Chris Patterson, September 5, 2018
Senior Legal Counsel, Fair Trading Commission, Dr. Delroy Beckford, highlighting the entity’s plans to develop a formal merger review framework, at a JIS Think Tank.

Fair Trading Commission Developing Merger Review Framework

By: Kadian Brown, August 31, 2018

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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.
Tourism

Media Charged to Inspire Social Change

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has charged media organisations to use their platform to teach, influence, sensitise and mobilise people to build a climate of change in their societies. He...
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By: Rochelle Williams, August 16, 2018
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).
Tourism

Ten Beaches to be Upgraded This Year

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says that 10 beaches are being upgraded this year under the Government’s beach development programme. The initiative, which is being funded by the Tourism...
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By: Ainsworth Morris, July 27, 2018
Some of the senior members of the organizing committee for the 12th annual Ocho Rios Seafood Festival at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’, held at Fisherman's Beach, Ocho Rios.
Tourism

Ocho Rios Seafood Festival Organisers Upbeat

Organisers of the upcoming Ocho Rios Seafood Festival are confident the event will continue to make “further inroads” into the lucrative global gastro-tourism market. With this in mind, they have...
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By: Garwin Davis, July 22, 2018