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Trench Town To Benefit From Upgraded Vin Lawrence Park

February 15, 2021

By Renee Johnson

(from left) Phillip Weis- President of the Trench Town Development Association, Christopher Whym-Stone – Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo) Board Director, Honourable Edmund Bartlett – Minister of Tourism, Mark Golding- Member of Parliament– South St. Andrew and Leader of the Opposition, and Stephen Edwards – Acting Executive Director participate in the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Trench Town Entertainment Park. In the background is Contractor for the project Orrett Wellington of Dockswell Construction.

The Trench Town community is set to benefit from major upgrades done to the Vin Lawrence Park. Located across the …

Spruce Up Provides $5 Million Dollar Resource Room For Stony Hill Residents

February 4, 2021

By Renee Johnson

(from left) Minister of Tourism - Honourable Edmund Bartlett, Acting Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo) – Stephen Edwards, Member of Parliament for West Rural St. Andrew – Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, Chief Executive Director of the Universal Service Fund- Daniel Dawes and Student of Stony Hill Primary - Shanique Phipps cut the ribbon for the official opening of the Stony Hill Community Centre Resource Room. The project was executed by TPDCo, through the Ministry of Tourism’s Spruce Up Jamaica Programme.

Minister of Tourism, Honourable Edmund Bartlett has lauded the efforts of the Spruce Up Jamaica “Pon Di Corna” programme for …

Tourism Ministry Donates Box Truck to Recycling Partners of Jamaica

October 23, 2020

By Renee Johnson

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (second right), joins Acting Executive Director, Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo.), Stephen Edwards (second left); Chairman, Recycling Partners of Jamaica (RPJ), Dr. Damien King (left); and Chief Financial Officer, RPJ, Wincella Cummings for the ribbon cutting to mark the handing over of a newly donated box truck. The donation was made by TPDCo to RPJ and the truck will serve communities in Negril, facilitating the collection of plastic items and other pollutants. Funding for the truck was provided under an MOU, between TPDCo and its sister agency, the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), at a cost of approximately seven million dollars. The event took place on Wednesday (October 21), at the recycling company’s Lakes Pen depot in St. Catherine.

In an effort to protect the environment and preserve Jamaica’s tourism product, the Ministry of Tourism through its agency, the …

Jamaica Updates Its Pre-Testing Requirements

October 13, 2020

By Renee Johnson

New Procedures Make Travel More Seamless While Protecting Visitors and Residents Jamaica has announced revised measures for international travelers visiting …

Key Partners Endorse JSIF-REDI II Call For Business Proposals

October 13, 2020

By Renee Johnson

Following on the heels of a recently successful launch and a stakeholders’ sensitisation public forum of the JSIF-REDI II project, …

Second Phase Of JSIF/REDI Launched: Call For Applications

October 8, 2020

By Renee Johnson

Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) on behalf of the Government of Jamaica with funding from the World Bank invites applications …

Rural Area Tourism to Provide Key Opportunities for Post-COVID-19 Economic Recovery – Bartlett

October 8, 2020

By Renee Johnson

Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett says his Ministry remains committed to working with Jamaica’s rural communities to strengthen their resilience, create …