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Edmund Bartlett, minister of tourism.
April 20, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Bartlett: Despite training and certification, tourism sector unlikely to match other industries in remuneration

WESTERN BUREAU: Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has acknowledged that, even while efforts are being made to professionalise the local tourism sector through training and certification, wages in the…
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett addressing students at the Jamaica Youth Tourism Summit and Artisan Experience in Montego Bay.
April 20, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Youth creativity tagged as key to shaping future of tourism

Western Bureau: Young Jamaicans are being urged to harness their creative ideas so that they can develop the skills needed to shape the future of Jamaica’s tourism. Edmund Bartlett, minister of…
From left: Tamara Bernard, hospital administrator at the Cornwall Regional Hospital [CRH] in Montego Bay, St James; Leset Stephenson, departmental manager of the CRH’s Dialysis Unit; Patrick Williams, president of the Jamaica Awareness Association of Cal
April 20, 2026 by Christopher Thomas

JAAC donates four new dialysis machines to CRH

WESTERN BUREAU: The Dialysis Unit at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH), in Montego Bay, S James, has received four new dialysis machines, courtesy of the Jamaica Awareness Association of California…
Kenyah Adamson (right), manager of the Lucea branch of the Infiniti Cooperative Credit Union Jamaica Limited, presents documents related to the entrepreneurship programme to Tova Trench-Anderson, the parish manager for the Hanover branch of the Social Deve
April 20, 2026 by Bryan Miller

Hanover’s SDC branch, Infiniti Credit Union launch entrepreneurship programme for students

Western Bureau: The Hanover branch of the Social Development Commission (SDC) has forged a partnership with Infiniti Cooperative Credit Union to launch a Youth Entrepreneurship Programme (YEP) in high…
Broughton (left) in conversation with David Betty, president of the Jamaican Canadian Association in Ontario at a Hurricane Melissa donation relief drop-off centre last November. JN Bank in Canada served as the official drop-off for items collected in Toro
April 20, 2026

Monique Broughton: JN Bank’s People Magnet in Canada

Monique Broughton remembers well her adolescent years tuning into the nightly TV news. Local and international affairs, sports and weather, all easy enough to follow. The finance segment, however,…
An arrangement of crackers, cheeses, meats, fruits and spreads is prepared for guests at a gathering of friends at an apartment in Flagstaff, Arizona.
April 20, 2026

To make hosting less stressful, strive for connection, not perfection

Inviting friends and family members over for a celebration, holiday or routine dinner provides an opportunity for connection, but pressure to serve good-tasting food in a clean and welcoming…
Team members of the VPA take a group photo after the community outreach in Rocky Point, Clarendon.
April 20, 2026

VPA’s Melissa Outreach answering the call

Hurricane Melissa tore across the island, leaving behind devastation on a scale many had never witnessed; it exposed far more than uprooted trees and damaged roads. It revealed a humanitarian crisis…
Wendy Robertson (left), corporate affairs and communication manager at the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission, donates a mattress and tarpaulin to a grateful Amy Blagrove as part of hurricane supplies to the elderly and indigent in communities of eas
April 20, 2026

More BGLC hurricane relief for eastern Hanover

In continuing a drive to provide hurricane relief to those most in need, the Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) recently returned to eastern Hanover, deeper into the interior, for…
Timar Powell, newly appointed executive director of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission
April 20, 2026

New executive director takes charge at gaming regulator today

The Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC), in entering its next strategic phase of elevating regulatory standards and building a more responsive and resilient organisation, has appointed…