Terminating the decades-old programme that brought hundreds of Cuban medical personnel to its shores is an unusual move, especially for a programme that had been running smoothly for 50 years.

On Jamaica Independence Day, Tuesday, August 6, 2024, the Hon. Dr. Edmund Bartlett, Jamaica Tourism Minister, received the Order of Jamaica, the fifth highest honor equal to knighthood in the United ...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has expressed deep sorrow at the passing of Mr. Lionel Reid, a distinguished leader and long-serving executive within Jamaica’s tourism sector. Mr. Reid, who ...

The Georgetown University Lecture Fund, a student organization that hosts speakers on all topics, hosted Jamaica’s minister of health and wellness Oct. 2 for a discussion on public health initiatives ...

The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth & Information says it is deeply saddened by the death of 16-year-old Devonie Shearer of Ocho Rios High in St Ann. Shearer died after he was reportedly struck ...

Jamaica’s Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett has been acknowledged with the Global Tourism Resilience Lifetime Achievement Award at the 4th Global Tourism Resilience Day 2026, held at the Safari Park ...

In the wake of Hurricane Melissa, Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, has set a firm target for the island's tourism industry to be fully operational again by December 15, 2025. To deliver ...

Cuba says it will withdraw all its medical professionals from Jamaica less than 48 hours after Kingston said it was discontinuing the current ...

The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) is warning that it will intensify its response if the Ministry of Local Government and the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) do ...

On August 26, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva announced the appointment of Jamaica’s Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Nigel Clarke, as the IMF's ...

Jamaica’s comeback from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Melissa is an example of the destination’s stalwart resilience in the face of disaster, said Edmund Bartlett, the minister of tourism. He ...