Hi Judy,
The ban has been lifted island wide by the Ministry of Tourism for personal and commercial personal water craft. It is not being postponed.
The new regulations in place include the training you mention but also proper registration, inspections, insurance requirements, water access launch routes, etc. (more details in the Observer link below).
Politics has nothing to do with it, but the insurance might. Check with your people if they have obtained the necessary insurance coverage. This has been a problem for many operators in St. Ann - here is a link to an article in the Gleaner in June:
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/latest/article.php?id=53488
TPDCo is taking a zero-tolerance stance to non-regulations and violations. Perhaps your people have completed part of the new regulations but not all. Here is a link to their warnings and explains some of the regulations.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...rning_17257700
Talking with two of the main commercial jet ski operators just last week in Negril (and always legal operators in the past), they are still in the process of finalizing the new requirements. Until the operators complete all the requirements, they are not allowed to operate.
