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Falmouth Port’s Importance Highlighted
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Falmouth Port’s Importance Highlighted

Chairperson of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Maxine Henry-Wilson, has emphasised that the Falmouth Port, in Trelawny is a natural economic asset, attracting thousands of overseas visitors, and members of the community must protect the facility. "The port won several awards recently, and last year about 500,000 persons came to that port. Trelawny is on the map again, you have a natural asset - a port which allows you to provide for the world,” she told students of the Muschett High School, in Trelawny, at their Career Expo, held on April 27. Mrs. Henry-Wilson, also a former Education Minister, said that persons must be trained to work at the port, who are able to provide goods and services, so that people are entertained. "The most sustainable gift that you get, and the ...
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World’s Largest Cruise Ship Docks in Montego Bay

On June 8th 2006 the Montego Bay Cruise Shipping Pier welcomed the world's biggest cruise ship and close to 4000 passengers as the Freedom of the Sea makes it's first stop in Jamaica on it's maiden voyage with it's last stop being the Cayman Islands and it's next stop being Haiti before returning home to Miami. (more…)