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Jamaica has, this year, recorded the best stopover visitor arrivals figure and foreign exchange earnings for any summer period in the country’s history.

Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett indicated that “we have 5,000 more visitors than in [the summer of] 2019, which was a record year; [and] the better news is that our earnings in the summer [of 2022 are] up 20 per cent over 2019.”

“So, not only is it that the numbers [of visitors] came, but the earnings from tourism also grew. So… this summer is the best summer that tourism has experienced in the history of Jamaica,” the Minister added.

He was addressing the welcome ceremony for the 18th annual USA Travel Advisor Golf Tournament at Sandals Ochi Beach Resort in St Ann on September 10.

Bartlett said that at the beginning of 2022, the tourism sector was projected to earn US$3.5 billion and welcome approximately 2.3 million stopover visitors for the year, to be the Caribbean’s fastest-growing tourist destination.

“However, we are now up to 2.6 million projections for stopover visitors, not including cruise [passengers], and the projection for earnings is a whopping US$4.2 billion,” he said.

Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett addresses the welcome ceremony for the 18th annual USA Travel Advisor Golf Tournament at Sandals Ochi Beach Resort in St Ann, on September 10. (Photo: JIS)

The minister said prior to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, “we had projected for this to happen five years down the road… in 2025.”

He pointed out that “you see what recovery has done and how strong that recovery is”, based on the outturns to date.

Meanwhile, Bartlett said Jamaica’s economy has recorded up to five consecutive quarters of growth, noting that, in every period, tourism has led the outturns.

He cited, as an example, the 5.7 per cent economic growth recorded in the April to June 2022 quarter, of which the tourism and hospitality sector led with 55.4 per cent.

Bartlett said this resulted from the hard work of stakeholders who made the destination more “pleasing and desired”.

Over 150 travel advisors from across the US will be participating in the golf tournament, which is being held for the first time since the pandemic’s onset.

The two-day event, which takes place from September 12 to 13, will comprise teams playing in a four-member scramble format, putting their skills to the test, and competing in various competitions throughout the tournament.

Categories to be contested include Overall Champions and Runners Up; Closest to Pin Female; Closest to Pin Male; Longest Drive Female; and Longest Drive Male.

The tournament is expected to benefit and improve Jamaica’s image as a golfing destination.

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A woman was recently convicted in St John’s Magistrates’ Court on a number of charges, including impersonating a law-enforcement officer.

Last week, Odella Limerick appeared before Magistrate Conliffe Clarke and pleaded guilty to receiving and to impersonating a police officer.

Limerick was convicted and fined a total of $4,000 – $3,000 on the receiving charge and $1,000 for the impersonation – and was ordered to pay $1,500 forthwith.

The balance is to be paid before November 15 or, in default, she will spend four months at Her Majesty’s Prison on the impersonation charge and six months for receiving. The sentences would be served concurrently.

Meanwhile, Tony Henry will make his first appearance in the District B All Saints Magistrate’s Court this morning, September 12, before Magistrate Ngaio Emanuel-Edwards.

After capturing the man, who had fled the scene of a stop-and-search exercise, the Police charged him with unlawful possession of a firearm; possession of eight 9 mm rounds of ammunition; and possession of 357 grammes of cannabis.

Henry, 30, of Collins, had escaped from law enforcers on Sunday, September 4, during an exercise undertaken in John Hughes. However, he was apprehended in Old Road on Thursday, September 8.

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La Policía de Puerto Rico se encuentra investigando tres asesinatos ocurridos en horas de la madrugada de hoy. 

Según la información que trascendió, agentes adscritos al Cuerpo de Investigaciones Criminales (CIC) de Arecibo están trabajando con el asenato de dos personas y dos heridos de bala en la carretera 140 frente al McDonald’s en Barceloneta. Mientras, un tercer asesinato se produjo en el kilómetro 57 de la carretera PR-1 en Cayey.

Sobre el crimen cometido en Barceloneta, las autoridades informaron que las circunstancias se encuentran bajo investigación. La agente Rita Rosado Vélez, de la división de Homicidios del CIC., se hizo cargo de la investigación en unión al fiscal Ariel Chico Juarbe.  

Por otro lado, en los hechos ocurridos en Cayey, la Policía localizó el cuerpo de un hombre baleado dentro de un vehículo. El cadáver presenta múltiples impactos de bala. Agentes adscritos a la División de Homicidios del Cuerpo de Investigaciones Criminales (CIC) del área de Caguas, en unión al fiscal de turno y personal del Instituto de Ciencias Forenses (ICF), se dirigen al lugar. La vía permanecerá cerrada mientras culmina la investigación. Se exhorta el uso de rutas alternas. 

Más adelante se ampliará la información. 

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Segun splicacion di Harms e fondo di San Benny tabata tin anemia

*San Benny tabata tin su amigonan ora su “budget tabata low”

“Placa di devotonan di San Mike di Penthouse y San Benny di Tereno 

ORANJESTAD(AAN)—Na 2009 e momento grandi den su bida a yega. San Mike di Penthouse a gana eleccion cu e promesa cu e lo baha BBO y crea un economia di Cinco strea.

San Mike di Penthouse a traha su propio fiesta dorna cu placa di belasting di Pueblo cu e lo a uza como arma. Mitar BBO y tur hende a stima Mike.

Parlamento cu mayoria grandi di AVP tabata tin un amor asina grandi pa San Mike di Penthouse, cu a entrega Mike y su Back to Back Benny, e suma di 1.6 Biyon pa nan gasta sin ningun control y manera nan tabata kier.

Na 2014, San Mike di Penthouse a dicidi cu e ta presenta su comedia di Muri Morto di hamber den Fort Zoutman, rondona pa hende cu no por a mira cu San Mike di Penthouse tabata e enfermo mihor cuida na Aruba.

Hulanda a pone un fin na e show barata di San Mike di Penthouse, mientras Aruba no tabata sa, cu den Oficina di Gobierno a drenta un araña cu a uni tur family and friends di e partido den un cas, caminda nan tur por a fiesta y hinca nan cabez den santo mescos cu avestruz.

Awe fiesta di placa ta wordo presenta den Corte hunto cu nomber di Family and Friends, cu ta admiti di a entrega placa y mas placa na San Benny di Terreno y San Mike di Penthouse como devoto di e dos politiconan.

E Huez Hulandes cu a costumbra cu clima friu, ta haci e preguntanan cu Pueblo di Aruba no por a haci na e grupo di Family and Friends di San Benny di Tereno den Corte.

Por sinti e sabor di placa cu tanto hende cu hamber na Aruba ta desea di mira riba mesa, mientras Harms a pone lagrima brota for di wowo di e Arubiano cu su storia cuanto placa a bay pa San Benny di Tereno, cu, sinembargo a keda cu mas debe pa paga y despues di eleccion a haya mas placa.

Harms tabata un bon amigo pa San Benny di Tereno ora “budget di Benny tabata low”.

Benny y AVP tabata tin mas amigo, cu tabata amigo di Mike tambe pasobra aparentemente den AVP tur hende stima otro.

San Benny di Tereno asina tabata tin asistencia di su friend Sussebeek cu no tabata bay oficina pero tabata traha na telefon. Huez a haci remarke, pero aparentemente e Huez Hulandes no a comprende cu den calor hopi milager ta socede ora friends stima otro.

Sussebeek no tabata traha e 40 ora pa siman pa cual tabata paga su persona  pero hasta tabata cobra toelage pa telefon y gasolin.

Aunke Benny a bisa cu Sussebeek tabata manera su ruman, e no tabata sa cu Sussebeek a pidi tereno,

E inocencia di San Mike di Penthouse y di San Benny di Tereno ta bolbe bini dilanti. San Mike di Penthouse y San Benny di Tereno no tabata mira nada malo den terenonan cu tabata bay pa Family and Friends.

Tin hopi cos cu pober San Benny di Tereno no tabata sa. E tabata sa cu Lowenstein tabata su sponsor, pero e no sa cu cuanto placa.

Algo poco fastioso pero atrobe ta topa cu ta Amigo/Ruman. Benny y Lowenstein, cu tabata biaha hopi rond mundo, tabata sali hopi hunto y “have dinner”.

Lowenstein tambe lo a pone placa den fondo di eleccion di Benny y a paga fiesta pa e yiu di Benny.

Un mundo di amor, sentimento profundo pa e otro no keda sin placa den eleccion, a wordo presenta den e caso emocional di San Benny di Tereno, su family and friends, cu ta friends tambe di San Mike di Penthouse, e simbolo di Family and Friends cu Pueblo ta yama partido politico pero lo tin lazonan emocional cu lo por pone hende yora.

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