JTB to go after African American Market
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) will be using social media and other promotional means to go after...
BEEEP a new innovative travel APP
BEEEP the new and innovative travel app that will change the way tourists travel with one push. The app will allow tourists to request...
Private Sector Willing to Recruit Persons with Hearing Impairments
A Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ)-commissioned study shows that an overwhelming majority of private sector organizations canvassed would recruit persons with hearing impairments.
The School-to-Work...
JAMALCO Shifts to Natural Gas
Cabinet has approved a Jamalco-proposed project for the construction of a natural gas-fired cogeneration plant to provide 94 megawatts (MW) of baseload capacity to...
JCF adds 169 new constables
One Hundred Sixty-nine New Constables Added to JCF.
A total of 169 new constables will be deployed shortly to strengthen the work of the Jamaica...
2018 Heritage Festival to Focus on the Breadfruit
The October 2018 Heritage Festival will feature several varieties of the Jamaican breadfruit plant.
In an interview with JIS News at the recent 2017 Heritage...
Jamaican Benefits from Mexican Scholarship
JAMAICA: Twenty-eight year-old Georgina Singh is proof of the successful and enduring diplomatic relationship existing between Jamaica and Mexico, over the last 50 years.
Ms....
T&T on protecting rights of Jamaicans
T&T concerned about protecting rights of Jamaicans
Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago, Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, says his Government is concerned about protecting the interests...
Plastic and Styrofoam Ban
Gov’t Bans Single-Use Plastic Bags, Plastic Straws and Styrofoam.
Starting January 1, 2019, the Government will be imposing a ban on the importation, manufacture, distribution...
Legislation to Modernise BOJ to be Tabled
egislation to modernise the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) is to be tabled in Parliament within the next six months.
This was disclosed by Minister of...
