Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says around 40-percent of earnings from the tourism sector are retained in Jamaica. The minister spoke at Wednesday’s post-Cabinet press briefing, one day after his contribution to the Sectoral Debate. Mahiri Stewart has that report. The tourism minister announced in the House of Representatives on Tuesday that the sector earned US…

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A new Carnival ship is now homeporting from New Orleans, celebrating 30 years of cruising from the Big Easy. Read_More

Norwegian Cruise Line is launching a new discount program for teachers to mark the fifth anniversary of its Giving Joy recognition campaign. Read_More

The country’s net international reserves, NIR, has surpassed the US $5 billion mark for the first time in history. Finance Minister, Dr. Nigel Clarke, highlighted the achievement on Tuesday. The NIR is the ultimate form of a contingency arrangement for Jamaica. It serves to underwrite stability in the financial markets and influences the foreign exchange…

Jamaica is the only country in the Caribbean with a data collection culture that accords with international best practices. That’s according to World Bank economist, Trinidad Facusse. Ms. Facusse says the deficit in data collection in the rest of the Caribbean, creates problems where the accurate measurement of the prevalence of household poverty is concerned.…

Several Members of Parliament have been in their communities, encouraging students as they prepare to sit the Barbados Secondary School Entrance Examination. Member of Parliament

The Barbados Postal Service is hosting a free workshop to help local entrepreneurs maximise their online presence Seventy-eight entrepreneurs have subscribed to participate in the