According to press reports, former Jamaica Scorpions captain and West Indies opening batsman John Campbell will have another wait to hear the decision against his 4-year drug ban after his appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) was once again delayed. The 30-year-old through his legal team of Ayana Thomas and Paul Mark-Cowan was advised on Thursday, that […]
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, on the weekend received two major awards for Jamaica from the prestigious World Travel Awards, which is in its 30th year, at the landmark Burj Al Arab in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Minister Bartlett also as Founder and Chair of the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC), a thinktank based in Jamaica, […]
The Prime Minister of Jamaica is at liberty to propose and bamboozle his subjects with a Ministry of Peace and Human Development, or “Whatever he wants to call it”.Shell-shocked, over-promised, and underdeveloped by governments that insist on patronage as the way to secure their stranglehold on the levers of power, Jamaicans do not have the liberty to hold their breath […]
“Rude boys don’t cry!”, said Judge Dread in a 1960s record. “Hush Up!”, he berated Rude Boy who was begging for mercy, and proceeded to give Rude Boy a sentence of one hundred years in prison. The popular sentence should have alarmed us, being beyond life expectancy, but instead, Judge Dread felt emboldened – and we as well- to give, […]
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, today announced that a record 1.05 million airline seats have been secured from nearly six thousand flights coming into Jamaica out of the United States, during the upcoming winter season. With just over two weeks for winter travelers to start their vacations, in anticipation of a record winter tourist season, Minister Bartlett says: “This […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – With nearly 130,000 more airline seats compared to the 2022/2023 period, Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett says the upcoming winter tourist season will be the best in Jamaica’s history. Bartlett, who is currently on official Government business overseas said “to think of where we are coming from during the COVID-19 debacle in 2020 to where the tourism […]
On November 3, 2023, the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) issued the first ever Jamaican Dollar (J$) linked international bond in the amount of J$46.6 billion, equivalent to USD 300 million. The issuance, which was oversubscribed 1.4 times, consists of Senior Unsecured Notes due 2030 which are registered with the Securities Exchange Commission in the United States. The operation represents the […]
Jamaica’s economic performance is the best it has ever been, says Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke. He cited, among the indicators, the country’s robust foreign exchange reserves, low unemployment rate, low debt to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio, as well as sustained periods of growth. “Jamaica, today, has macroeconomic fundamentals that represent the […]
Jamaica is on a drive to attract more than half a million Canadian visitors to the island by 2025, a 20 percent increase over the current figure of about 400,000. Regional Director for Canada for the Jamaica Tourist Board, Angella Bennett, revealed the ambitious goal while addressing the dinner & awards ceremony for the Sandals 27th Annual Baxter Canadian Golf […]
Jamaica and West Indies opening batsman John Campbell’s long wait for a decision to his appeal against a 4-year drug ban at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has once again been delayed. Having already waited six months since his appeal before respected American arbitrator Jeffrey Benz, the left handed batsman was expecting to hear on Tuesday whether his […]
