Jamaica’s unemployment rate has climbed as the labour market continues to feel the effects of Hurricane Melissa. New figures from the Statistical Institute of Jamaica, STATIN, show the rate rose to 3.7 percent in April. That’s up from 3.3 percent a year earlier. Chevon Campbell, has the details. The April Labour Force Survey shows the […]

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The Tourism Product Development Company, TPDCo, recorded a deficit of $22 million for the 2023-2024 financial year, even as the government funding that makes up all of its income rose by about 21 percent. That’s according to the agency’s audited financial statements tabled in Parliament last week. Shaloy Smikle, tells us more. The loss for […]

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Government Minister Dr. Andrew Wheatley has gone to the Supreme Court in a bid to quash the Integrity Commission’s findings against him and to stop the criminal charges the Commission says he should face. The report, tabled in Parliament on June 17, found that Wheatley acquired assets that were disproportionate to his lawful earnings between […]

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The Senate has passed legislation to improve aviation safety and bring Jamaica into compliance with international standards. Government Senator Dr. Dana Morris-Dixon, brought the bill amending the Civil Aviation Act through all its stages in the Upper House on Friday. Jamaica’s Civil Aviation Act is the primary legislation governing all civil air transport, flight operations […]

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Tensions flared in the Senate on Friday as opposition lawmaker and veteran trade unionist, the PNP’s Lambert Brown, blasted the Holness government for inking the Third Country Nationals, or TCNs, MOU with the United States. Senator Brown branded the United States as the evil empire and chided its decision to attack Iran on February 28 […]

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The Caribbean Development Bank, CDB, says the region faces a growing wave of geopolitical, economic, and climate shocks. But it warns that the region’s biggest challenge may lie closer to home in the structural weaknesses that leave its economies exposed. The message emerged from a special session at the bank’s recent 56th Annual Meeting in […]

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The Jamaica Chamber of Commerce, JCC, is calling on the government to establish a dedicated anti-corruption unit following the Integrity Commission’s report recommending that cabinet minister Dr. Andrew Wheatley be charged. The report, tabled in the House of Representatives on June 17, recommends that Dr. Wheatley be charged with four offences, including illicit enrichment. Investigators […]

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Member of Parliament for North Clarendon, Wavell Hinds, is calling for June 16th to be declared a national day of recognition for Leonard Percival Howell. Howell is widely considered the father of Rastafarianism in Jamaica. Hinds made the call in a private members’ motion in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. Howell, also known as […]

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Jamaica is leading a major push within the Organization of American States, OAS, to strengthen the hemisphere’s emergency aid mechanism and improve its capacity to support member states hit by natural disasters. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, highlighted the initiative during Jamaica’s national statement at the 56th Regular Session […]

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More than 25,000 Jamaican tourism workers have gained international certification. Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, says the programme, which aims to upskill the industry, has seen a 91 percent success rate to date. Bartlett was making his contribution to the Sectoral Debate on Tuesday. The tourism industry has suffered from a lack of skilled labour, limiting […]

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