The Honourable Edmund Bartlett, Tourism Minister, Jamaica has become the first Caribbean tourism leader to be inducted into the prestigious Global Travel Hall of Fame. He was presented with the honour by The Travel Corporation, CEO, Brett Tollman at The Chesterfield Hotel in Londo...
The Prime Minister of Jamaica is Jamaica's head of government, currently Bruce Golding. Bruce Golding was elected as the new leader of the governing Jamaica Labour Party and succeeded Portia Simpson-Miller to become Jamaica's eighth Prime Minister on 11 September 2007. As is the case with ...
Samuda also served on the Electoral Commission of Jamaica, having previously served an eight-year stint as a member of the Electoral Advisory Committee. The former general secretary of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Samuda has been the Member of Parliament for St. Andrew, North Centra...
The schools should be in areas where the number of coronavirus cases are low and contained, students will not necessarily use public transportation, and the schools should be underpopulated. Holness who was speaking on Thursday at a Jamaica Labour Party scholarship Awards function also agreed t...
When COVID struck, we immediately got to work, with the top three countries of origin for foreign primary agricultural and food production workers: Mexico, Jamaica and Guatemala. We announced$50 million to help farmers and agri-food businesses to cover the costs of safely welcoming temporary fore...
is the honorary chairman of the conference. Dr. Garvey will be joined by renowned actor-activist Danny Glover, who is the U.N. Ambassador for the Decade for People of African Descent, and P. J. Patterson, the former leader of Jamaica and the longest-serving prime minister in the Caribbean...
1970 - "The youth of a nation are the trustees of posterity."Summary of Alexander Bustamante's LifeHe was the pioneer, the founder of The Bustamante Industrial Trade Union in 1938. He was also the founder of the popularly known "shower party" - The Jamaica Labour Party in 1943.His work...
In respect of total debt, the Caribbean Development Bank, in its ‘Economic Review and Outlook’ for 2017, registers that Antigua and Barbuda was the lead country in reducing debt by 5.5%, ahead of Grenada at 5.1%, and Jamaica at 4.5%. ...
A statement Monday afternoon from the Ministry of Health said plans for the project are advanced. Activities under the National Dengue Clean Up are being planned in conjunction with the National Labour Day Secretariat. The committee has had several meetings. The Health Ministry says the plan ...
The article reports that Andrew Holness, the new prime minister and leader of Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has called up an early election by the end of 2011, to meet its medium term fiscal target of International Monetary Fund (IMF). It states that Andrew Holness has to focus on the ...