Jamaica and Cuba have strengthened cooperation in the fight against the illicit trade in guns and drugs and human trafficking in their territorial waters. This is under the Maritime and Police Cooperation Agreements, which were renewed on Wednesday (December 9). Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, and Cuba’s Ambassador to Jamaica, Bernardo Guanche Hernandez, inked the deals during a...

Come next year, there could be direct flights from Bradley International Airport, in Connecticut, to Jamaica, as a result of talks between Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Ralph Thomas, and Executive Director of the airport, Kevin Dillon. “Direct service from Jamaica will serve a whole core of our population that we try to serve here in the Hartford,...

Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Ralph Thomas, will pay a four-day official visit to Hartford, Connecticut, from November 27 to 30. While in Hartford, the Ambassador will tour the Sportsman Athletic Club and Cricket Hall of Fame, and worship at the Faith Seventh-day Adventist Church, on Saturday, November 28. The Ambassador will also visit a number of Jamaican...

The Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation and the United Kingdom-based Chain of Hope have deepened their partnership to enable more Jamaican children with heart conditions to receive life-saving treatment. The charity organisations recently came together to stage a fundraising ball in London to support the provision of cardiac services at the Bustamante Hospital for Children. Held at Grosvenor House on...

Three Jamaicans are among eight outstanding Caribbean Americans honoured by the Washington-based Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS) for contribution to the American society in various fields. They are international Reggae Artiste Maxi Priest, who received the Luminary award for his outstanding contribution to Reggae music; Forensic Document Examiner, Beverley East, received the Forerunner award for her expertise and work in...

Work is advanced on the International Migration and Development Policy, which seeks to address the challenges and opportunities associated with migration. State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown, said that preparation of the policy has advanced to the Green Paper stage for “further and deeper” discussions in order to fine-tune the document, thus taking it to...

United States Congresswoman, Yvette Clarke, says scores of power brokers with Jamaican lineage are making their way on the world stage in every sector of the US economy. Giving the keynote address  at the annual awards banquet of  the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce, at the Hilton Rose Hall, on November 13, Ms. Clarke said the Jamaican Diaspora in the...

Residents of Gregory Park, St. Catherine, are set to benefit from a $15 million community resource centre. The facility, which was officially opened today (November 18), was constructed under the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Community Empowerment and Transformation Project, Phase II (COMET II). The Gregory Park Community Resource Centre boasts a Community Development Council/Community-Based Organisations (CDC/CBO) office,...

High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Her Excellency Aloun Ndombet Assamba, is the recipient of the ‘Joe Biden Development Educator of the Year 2014-2015’ Award for the Caribbean. The award, presented by the International Credit Union Leadership Development and Education Foundation, was made at a ceremony in London on Saturday, November 14. The High Commissioner was nominated for the...