WESTERN BUREAU: THE CARIBBEAN may not have succeeded with a ‘One Caribbean’ marketing initiative, but stakeholders in the industry want a ‘One Caribbean COVID Protocol’ and a medical wallet that fits the region. American Airlines vice-president,...
WESTERN BUREAU: The treasured Puerto Bueno Mountain that is at the centre of an environmental dispute will host ecotourism developments as well as investments in residential and commercial operations, and clean energy, Jamaica World LLC has...
Western Bureau: An increase in occupancy at some of Jamaica’s hotels, which is being driven by a combination of ‘staycationers’ and international guests, is fuelling optimism for a robust 2020 winter tourism season, according to Minister of...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Holness administration is being accused of trading short-term gain for long-term degradation by overturning the denial of a permit by Jamaica’s environmental agencies for mining and quarrying in the Dry Harbour Mountains. Both...
Western Bureau: One of Guyana’s most respected tourism industry pioneers, Joanne Jardim, has passed away. Jardim, mother to local businessman Brian Jardim of Rainforest Seafoods, transitioned at their home in Montego Bay last weekend. The 88-year-...
COLUMBUS, Ohio: Former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland has called for the abolition of the United States Electoral College system, calling it an archaic holdover of the slave-economy era. Strickland cited the election of Republicans George W. Bush, in...
COLUMBUS, Ohio: The first woman to chair the Republican Party of Ohio, Jane Murphy Timken, says a win for her party will signal a rejection of what she calls Joe Biden’s socialist ideology. She has also defended President Donald Trump’s commitment...
Columbus, Ohio: Claiming that the very core of their democracy is on the ballot today, Democrats in the United States say the 2020 general election is much bigger than the two presidential candidates competing. “We are in the election of our...
Columbus, OHIO: When millions of Americans go to vote tomorrow, more than 50 per cent of the eight million registered voters in the battleground state of Ohio would have cast their ballots in early voting. Douglas Priesse, chairman of the Franklin...
WESTERN BUREAU: People’s National Party (PNP) leadership candidate Lisa Hanna, while remaining noncommittal about whether she would make Senate appointments available to party stalwarts Peter Bunting and Norman Horne, says that all options remain...
Western Bureau: People’s National Party (PNP) presidential aspirant, Lisa Hanna, says the creative industries and agriculture are key sectors that must be given top priority if Jamaica is to quickly recover from a post-COVID-19 era. Addressing a...
WESTERN BUREAU: Nearly 6,000 students from 17 schools in nine parishes are to return to face-to-face learning on a phased basis as more than 50 per cent of the country’s pupils have difficulty accessing online education amid the coronavirus...
Western Bureau: People’s National Party (PNP) presidential aspirant Mark Golding has weighed in on foreign entertainers performing in the tourism sector, threatening to erode the jobs of locals. His call comes as entertainers struggle to cope in...
WESTERN BUREAU: Her plan is to become one of Jamaica’s esteemed economists, a multifaceted asset to the banking sector, a financial analyst, and a consultant. At age 22, this is Brooke-Anne Bowen’s state of mind, and age is in her favour. The...
WESTERN BUREAU: With the United States economy contracting and the United Kingdom also facing economic fallout from the ravages of COVID-19, in addition to uncertainty related to Brexit, travel-research experts are urging the Caribbean to consider...
WESTERN BUREAU: Travellers are beginning to place greater value on tourism sustainability, including options to support local communities, in making their travel decisions, according to head of travel research at Euromonitor International, Caroline...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Caribbean is set to return to face-to-face tourism trade shows with the staging of the region’s travel marketplace planned for spring 2021. Since COVID-19 changed the face of the tourism sector, cancelling all international,...
Western Bureau: Three weeks after demitting office as president of the country’s largest tourism sector group, Omar Robinson has launched the Caribbean’s newest hospitality services company. Robinson, a four-term Jamaica Hotel and Tourist...
WESTERN BUREAU: There is strong objection from some parents and a word of caution from principals to teachers offering extra lessons for up to $1,500 per session. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resumption of the new academic year, a...
Western Bureau: As Virgin Atlantic returns to Jamaica, passengers are protected with high-performance HEPA filters capable of filtering viruses, says the airline’s local airport manager, Eaton Hubbard. The British carrier, which landed a brand...
WESTERN BUREAU: Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has announced plans for a comprehensive health insurance and repatriation programme for visitors to the island, which will be introduced on November 1. Speaking at the reopening of the Zoetry resort...
Independent community tourism consultant Diana McIntyre Pike has said if the Ministry of Tourism’s proposed special community tourism unit is to be successful, a bottom-up approach must be taken, where community grass-roots organisations are a...
WESTERN BUREAU: It’s not a myth that girls are outperforming boys in Jamaica, but for 25 determined tenth-graders at St George’s College in Kingston, that will never be the reality. All 25 aced mathematics, attaining grade ones in the 2020...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica’s oldest and most vulnerable account for 70 per cent of deaths from COVID-19. Fifty-four of the 77 deaths all told have accounted for persons aged 60-99. Overall infections are closing on 5,600. Ministry of Health and...
WESTERN BUREAU: Having run into headwinds of opposition from principals and other education stakeholders, the Holness administration has backtracked on its bullish plan to phase in face-to-face classes in October amid a monthlong spike in COVID-19...
