MONTEGO BAY, St James — At least one key player in the lucrative cannabis industry has come out in strong defence of the Jamaica Government and the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA), which have recently been blamed for dragging their feet on export licensing, resulting in companies fleeing the island. A

Jamaica's tourism ministry, working in tandem with industry stakeholders, has crafted a deep and comprehensive plan covering 119 pages to keep visitors and Jamaicans alike safe from COVID-19. Following is the first instalment in a series of excerpts from the document titled 'Resilience: COVID-19 Ministry of Tourism Health and Safety

THE Government's thrust for a national identification system has received support from the head of one of the country's largest financial players. President and chief executive officer of the Sagicor Group Christopher Zacca says a national identification system is important for bringing more Jamaicans into the formal economy through electronic

Having spent $240 million to move over one million pounds of excess produce from farmers since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, government is relying on the agriculture sector to help the country break out of the current economic slump. Speaking recently in a virtual forum on the Jamaican economy, Floyd

The Meteorological Service of Jamaica (Met Office) is urging Jamaicans to prepare for higher than normal temperatures over the summer period which begins on June 20 and ends on September 22. Director of the Met Office, Evan Thompson, said that already daytime temperatures have been above normal, with Montego Bay

The Government of Jamaica is pressing ahead to debate new pension regulations for the tourism sector and to prepare for the administration of oversight bodies. Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett indicated this week that the Board of Trustees of the Tourism Industry Pension Oversight Body has done the preparatory work to

Workers in the hospitality sector whose jobs have been terminated due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be able to benefit from a new health insurance plan being offered by Sagicor Life Jamaica. The plan, which includes coverage for doctors’ visits, prescription drugs, diagnostic services and hospitalization, is being provided for

Member governments in the Caribbean have renewed their parametric insurance coverage for this Atlantic Hurricane Season, ceding over US$1 billion in risk to the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) and increasing overall coverage by eight per cent. The insurance covers tropical cyclone, excess rainfall, earthquake and fisheries. In the

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) said that it has been taking significant steps to launch its long-awaited electronic foreign exchange trading platform (FXTP) with a pilot phase expected to begin on June 1. The pilot will run during what the central bank deems as a delay period brought on by

Lydford Mining Limited last Sunday made its first major shipment of processed limestone valued at US$1 million. The shipment, which left from Reynolds Pier in Ocho Rios for the United States, contained 35,000 tons of food and pharmaceutical-grade limestone aggregate which will be utilised in many applications in the food