The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade will be working with other Ministries and Overseas Missions to facilitate the Government’s economic growth and job creation thrust. Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, made the disclosure during an interview with journalists just before the start of the first official meeting of the Cabinet on March 15 at the...

Fourteen Jamaicans have completed a six-month pre-intermediate Spanish Language Training Programme, offered by the Government of the Argentine Republic. The programme was conducted in Jamaica by four professors from the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina, and entailed classroom instructions and virtual teaching modules. Certificates of participation were presented to the graduates, drawn from the Office of the Prime Minister...

Governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), Brian Wynter, has indicated that the exchange rate continues to remain stable and that net international reserves (NIR) are still well in excess of the target. “With the Jamaican dollar no longer overvalued, the improving inflation outlook and the resulting narrowing of the inflation differential between Jamaica and the United States, this means...

The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, has received grant funding of US$90,000 from Japan for the construction of a gymnasium, which will be used primarily for the development of artistic gymnastics at the institution. The gymnasium, to be completed within the next three months, will be built to specifications that will support the training of gymnasts, through collaboration...

‘My Boy Lollipop – Reggae from JA to UK, A Musical Journey’, was the theme of this year’s Reggae Month event organised by the Jamaican High Commission on February 23. Music and History Consultant, Kwaku, in a presentation, highlighted the reggae influence in the UK. The event also featured music, recorded interviews and a lively discussion session. Kwaku noted that...

The joy which first-time father, Hoshane Bailey, experienced following the birth of his son, Jaheim, on November 1, 2015, was short-lived after learning that the child had a heart problem requiring immediate surgery for him to live. Jaheim was diagnosed with Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA), a condition characterized by abnormal blood circulation. “We were (initially) told that he...

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, says the Latin America  Bond Deal of the Year award given to Jamaica by the International Financing Review (IFR), shows  the level of confidence which  the  international community has in  the country. Accepting the award at the IFR 2015 America’s Award ceremony, at the IFR headquarters in Time Square, Manhattan, on...

An agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the Organization of American States (OAS) Electoral Observation Mission to Jamaica for the 2016 General Election on February 25, was signed at the OAS Headquarters in Washington D.C., on Thursday, February 11. It was signed by Jamaica’s Permanent Representative to the OAS, Ambassador Ralph Thomas, on behalf of the Government of Jamaica,...

Jamaican born Professor of Theology and Ethics at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology in Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. Noel Erskine, is the 2016 recipient of the Atlanta Jamaica Association’s (AJA) Black History Month Award. Professor Noel Erskine, who hails from St. Thomas and is the former Pastor of the Ulster Spring Baptist Church in Trelawny, has been recognized for his...