Junior tourism minister emphasises importance of learning Spanish

Reading Time: 3 minutesMinister of State in the Ministry of Tourism Delano Seiveright has emphasised the importance of Spanish fluency for Jamaican businesses, given the increasing investments from Spanish and Mexican companies. He…

Electric drive! BYD Jamaica and JPS ink partnership

Reading Time: 2 minutesElectric vehicle (EV) dealership BYD Jamaica has partnered with the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) to offer residential customers 50 per cent off their electricity bills for six months by purchasing select BYD…

CDB collaborating with CTO on modernising tourism education 

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is collaborating with the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) in a new initiative to modernise tourism education and workforce development across the Caribbean.  The project…

Jamaica’s Bisasor McKenzie appointed to CARPHA executive board

Reading Time: 2 minutesJamaica’s chief medical officer (CMO) Dr Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie has been appointed to the executive board of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), where she will represent the country for…

UWI Mona budget forum to examine 2025/26 Fiscal plans and the path to growth

Reading Time: 2 minutesWith the government’s 2025/26 Budget now debated in Parliament and national attention turning to the implications of its measures, the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, is reaffirming…

Rubio: US to prioritise tourism, security issues facing Jamaica

Reading Time: 5 minutesSecretary of State Marco Rubio, during his bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Andrew Holness and other government officials, outlined that US President Donald Trump aims to prioritise tourism, security issues, energy and supply chain challenges facing Jamaica.

The high-level meeting which took place on Wednesday, March 26, saw Rubio detailing that the president is in the midst of realigning American global trade policy primarily to reset global trade in a way that’s fair to the US.