[caption id="attachment_19933" align="alignright" width="300"] THE REGION HAS WELCOMED 16.6 MILLION VISITORS FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR.[/caption] Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett says Caribbean tourism continues to grow at record pace, with data from the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) showing that the region...
Jamaica’s Davina Bennet was named 2nd runner-up at the 2017 Miss Universe pageant held at The AXIS at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Miss South Africa, Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, was crowned Miss Universe 2017 while Miss Colombia, Laura González, was named 1st runner-up. Contestants from...
A New United Nations (UN) report says Latin America and the Caribbean is the most violent region in the world for women. In the report released here, UN Women and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) found that assaults on women persisted in the region despite severe...
The International Monetary Fund is not bowled over by Barbados’ economic progress or the Government’s plans to fix the island’s spiralling debt and falling international reserves. In fact, it has advised the Freundel Stuart administration to take “urgent” corrective action. Following an IMF team’s two-week Article IV...
[caption id="attachment_19890" align="alignleft" width="300"] Minister of Transport and Mining Mike Henry (left), addresses a press conference held at the ministry's Maxfield Avenue offices on Tuesday (November 14). At right is Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Dr Janine Dawkins.[/caption] THE Government, through the new National Minerals...