Jamaica secured more than 50 of the more than 100 awards up for grabs at the World Travel Awards for the Caribbean and Americas gala on Sunday. These include Leading Tourist and Cruise Destination, Leading Cultural and Family Travel Destination and Leading Festival,...
Group chief executive officer of Island Car Rentals, Ryan Parkes, says the company is seeing steady improvement in its operations after being impacted by the passage of Hurricane Melissa last October. He was speaking with Nationwide News at the World Travel Caribbean...
The St. James Municipal Corporation has proposed a $1 billion capital programme covering 12 projects across the parish. That's according to Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon. He was outlining the Municipal Corporation's budget at a public meeting at...
Interpersonal conflicts continue to hamper police efforts to reduce the number of homicides recorded in St. James. This, according to Commanding Officer for the St. James Police Division, SSP Eron Samuels. SSP Samuels was speaking at Thursday's sitting of the St James...
Jamaica has secured more than 1.3 million airline seats for the 2027 winter tourist season running from January to April. In a release on Friday, the Jamaica Tourist Board says it's a 23 percent increase when compared to the corresponding period in 2026. It says the...
The St. James Municipal Corporation plans to spend $2.8 billion to provide services to residents of the parish in the 2027-2028 fiscal year. Mayor of Montego Bay, Richard Vernon, presented the details of the budget at a public meeting at Montego Bay Cultural Centre on...
The National Water Commission, NWC, is reporting improvements in the Corporate Area's two major storage facilities. It follows periods of heavy rainfall across sections of the island in recent days. In an update on Thursday, the Commission says water storage levels at...
Former People's National Party general secretary, Maxine Henry Wilson, says many Jamaicans have become disenchanted with the Jamaica Labour Party administration. She was reacting to the Nationwide/Bluedot poll that found that nearly half the Jamaican electorate do not...
The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica, PSOJ, says the government must invest in long-term measures to ensure the availability of water. This amid a worsening drought. Sacha Vaccianna-Riley is executive director of the PSOJ. Last month, water minister, Matthew...
The Ministries of Finance and Labour are deliberating on the ruling of the Industrial Disputes Tribunal, IDT, in the overtime claims disagreement between the government and the Jamaica Medical Doctors' Association, JMDA. That's according to health and wellness...