By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica is planning to facilitate the establishment of bamboo factories across the country, the government announced this week. The factories are part of a larger bamboo development strategy by Jamaica’s Ministry of Industry, Investment and […]

Above: Trelawny (Caribbean Journal photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica received 12,000 tourists from Russia last year, according to data from the country’s Ambassador to Jamaica. That represented a 600 percent increase over 2012, according to Russian envoy Vladimir […]

Above: Montego Bay (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica is looking to develop a timeshare market as part of its tourism strategy going forward, according to Tourism Minister Dr Wykeham McNeill. The Minister, who was giving a tourism […]

Above: Chris Gayle’s UK Academy By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean cricket star Chris Gayle will be launching the Jamaican branch of his Chris Gayle Academy youth empowerment programme next week. The academy will host 20 young Jamaican men between […]