JAMAICA

New JTA chief calls for a campaign to retain teachers

Published on: August 24, 2023
16:49

Kingston, Aug 24 (Prensa Latina) Leighton Johnson, newly-appointed President of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), called Thursday for a campaign to retain educators moving abroad.

Jamaica moving to revolutionize tourism industry

Published on: August 22, 2023
08:30

Kingston, Aug 22 (Prensa Latina) The Blue Ocean Strategy will revolutionize Jamaica's tourism industry in ways that will differentiate the island from its regional competitors, Jamaica's tourism minister, Edmund Bartlett said.

Latin American countries adopt project against plastic pollution

Published on: August 16, 2023
15:29

Geneva, Aug 16 (Prensa Latina) Colombia, Jamaica and Panama launched a million project to jointly combat plastic pollution by integrating circularity in cities, a specialized United Nations source announced today.

Jamaica showcases its agricultural challenges and potential

Published on: August 8, 2023
08:44

Kingston, Aug 8 (Prensa Latina) The 69th edition of the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Fair represents the resilience of farmers, Jamaican Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining Floyd Green said.

Labor situation reported in Jamaica due to high temperatures

Published on: August 3, 2023
08:23

Kingston, Aug 3 (Prensa Latina) Workers in warehouses and factories in Jamaica are hit by record heat temperatures with little or no refrigeration units, local media reported in light of the heat wave that is affecting the country.

Jamaican deportation increases for the first time in five years

Published on: August 2, 2023
11:10

Kingston, Aug 2 (Prensa Latina) The number of Jamaicans deported to their country increased in 2022 for the first time in five years, local media The Gleaner reported.

8.3 percent of Jamaicans face undernourishment – Report

Published on: July 13, 2023
17:15

Kingston, Jul 13 (Prensa Latina) 8.3% of the Jamaican population experienced undernourishment for the 2020-2022 period, The Gleaner published Thursday.

Covid-19 positive cases on the rise in Jamaica

Published on: July 12, 2023
15:12

Kingston, Jul 12 (Prensa Latina) Jamaica's Health and Welfare Minister Dr. Christopher Tufton on Wednesday informed the country is currently experiencing a surge in positive coronavirus case rate, according to a news source.

Alert about Sahara dust presence in Jamaica

Published on: July 10, 2023
17:26

Kingston, Jul 10 (Prensa Latina) An expansive column of dust and sand from the Sahara Desert traveled across the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean and is expected to affect Jamaica on Monday, a news media warned.

Wildfires in Jamaica surged 224 percent in February

Published on: March 9, 2023
17:01

Kingston, Mar 9 (Prensa Latina) Forest fires in Jamaica rose to 224% in past February compared to the same period of 2022, the Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) Stewart Beckford warned Thursday.

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