Jamaica

Forbes: Social Networks — Dipping In (From "Streaming")
Tourism

“The Caribbean Region has Rebounded Magnificently — But There Is No Room for Complacency”

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Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, has cautioned the region’s travel leaders that despite a strong recovery from the pandemic, the Caribbean cannot afford to rest on its laurels. “The Caribbean region has rebounded magnificently from the setbacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors, such as natural disasters, but there is no room […]

Jamaica

Op-Ed: Liquefied Natural Gas, Nuclear Power and the Environment in Jamaica

Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, has cautioned the region’s travel leaders that despite a strong recovery from the pandemic, the Caribbean cannot afford to rest on its laurels. “The Caribbean region has rebounded magnificently from the setbacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors, such as natural disasters, but there is no room […]

Jamaica

Excerpt 1 from Marcia Forbes' "Streaming: Social Media, Mobile Lifestyles"

Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, has cautioned the region’s travel leaders that despite a strong recovery from the pandemic, the Caribbean cannot afford to rest on its laurels. “The Caribbean region has rebounded magnificently from the setbacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors, such as natural disasters, but there is no room […]

Jamaica

Op-Ed: Abortion in Jamaica

Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, has cautioned the region’s travel leaders that despite a strong recovery from the pandemic, the Caribbean cannot afford to rest on its laurels. “The Caribbean region has rebounded magnificently from the setbacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors, such as natural disasters, but there is no room […]

Excerpt 1 from Marcia Forbes' "Streaming: Social Media, Mobile Lifestyles"

Above: Kingston By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s “unsustainable public debt burden” continues to displace needed investments, preventing long-term growth, according to a new paper from the Center for Economic and Policy Research. In 2011, Jamaica had the highest debt interest payments of any country in the world, calculated as a percentage of GDP, according […]

Haiti, Dominica Among Nations to Benefit from $10.6M in IDB Climate Financing

 Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean countries including Haiti, Dominica and Grenada will apply a $10.6 million grant from the Climate Investment Funds to carry out activities aimed at addressing the impact of climate change, the Inter-American Development Bank announced Friday. At a recent meeting of the CIF’s subcommittee for the […]

Forbes: Media Freedom in Jamaica

 By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Media Freedom in Jamaica can be examined from the point of view of the consumers — that is — the reader, the listener, the viewer, or, from the point of view of the content creator and or distributor – The Media House/The Press/The Citizen Journalist. Within the context of […]

Jamaica's Government Could Decrease Budget Allocations Based on Energy Bills

 Above: Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s government is looking to decrease energy consumption across the island, and that could mean lowering budgetary allocations for governmental departments whose energy bills go up. That was the message from Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell, who said that the government now had access to the […]

Jamaica Says New Oversight Panel Won't Intrude on Contractor General's Office

 Above: Information Minister Sandrea Falconer (FP) By the Caribbean Journal staff A newly-appointed Independent Oversight Panel will not intrude on the authority of the office of the Contractor General, according to Senator Sandrea Falconer, Jamaica’s Information Minister. The announcement of the new panel, which will provide oversight for three major infrastructure projects being undertaken by […]

PetroCaribe, Wigton to Invest in Green Initiative at Jamaica's Munro College

 Above: PetroCaribe and Wigton are partnering on a green energy pilot project By the Caribbean Journal staff The PetroCaribe Development Fund and energy firm Wigton Windfarm will invest in a project to rehabilitate the wind turbine at Jamaica’s Munro College. The initiative, which was announced at Wigton’s corporate headquarters, will also involve technical assistance and […]

Op-Ed: The Jamaica Contractor General's Office and Its Critics

 By Ramesh Sujanani Op-Ed Contributor I was somewhat surprised to see no less than three articles in the Jamaica Gleaner in which the Contractor-General’s Office was queried and criticized, in what I believe to be an outstanding job over the auditing of projects, especially where it exposes questions of mismanagement and competence of those duly-elected […]

Jamaican Prime Minister Vows to Cut Red Tape for Foreign Investors

 Above: Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller met this weekend with more than 200 members of the business community in Philadelphia at a ceremony given in her honour. Simpson Miller said she was determined to attract more overseas investment to Jamaica, telling the private […]