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Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding said he is pleased with the outcome of the Fifth Summit of the Americas and is optimistic of stronger relations among the Caribbean, Latin America and the United States of America (USA). Addressing journalists at the Norman Manley International Airport on Sunday night (April 19), Mr. Golding said the three-day Summit, held in Trinidad...

The hostage incident at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St. James Jamaica involving a young man armed with a gun who forced his way through security check points and onto a CANJET chartered aircraft has been resolved, without any harm to the 159 passengers on board and the eight crew members. At approximately 6:40 am (Monday, April 20)...

At approximately 10:20 pm, Sunday, April 19, a lone gunman forced his way through security check points at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St. James and boarded CANJET flight number 918 destined for Halifax, Canada (a chartered flight), with a scheduled stop in Santa Clara, Cuba. The gunman held hostage members of the crew (eight in total) and...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding, is currently at the Sangster International Airport, Montego Bay, St. James Jamaica where a hostage incident is unfolding. Speaking with JIS NEWS, Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Information Hon. Daryl Vaz, said that the Prime Minister was briefed by Assistant Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington who...

Canada's Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper, arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Sunday (April 19) for a two-day working visit. Prime Minister Harper travelled to Jamaica from the three-day Summit of the Americas, which ended on April 19 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. He arrived in the company of Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding, and...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Dr. Ronald Robinson, has reiterated the Government's commitment to the development of Jamaica's Diaspora movement. Speaking at the first in a series of town hall meetings at the Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, New York, USA on Friday evening (April 17), Dr. Robinson, who has...

Approximately 6,000 Jamaican men and women are expected to be employed on farms in Canada this year. Larkland Stone, Chief Liaison Officer at the Jamaica Liaison Service (JLS), which oversees the Farm Work Programme in Canada, said that the figure represented the same amount as last year. "At this time, based on projections and the fact that we have picked...

Prime Minister of Canada the Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper, will address a joint sitting of the Houses of Parliament on Monday (April 20) at 2:10 p.m. The Prime Minister arrived in the island on Sunday night (April 19) for a two-day working visit. He travelled to Jamaica by special aircraft from the three-day Summit of the Americas, which ended on...

Approximately 40 residents of Prickly Pole in the Caulderwood Division of South East St. Ann, were presented with free water tanks on April 17, which will enable them to store water for domestic use. The tanks were distributed by the St. Ann Parish Council under its black tank project. "This is actually our second set being distributed," Secretary / Manager...

Jamalco has donated 50 bags of fertiliser along with sweet pepper, tomato and cucumber seeds valued at more than $150,000 to farmers in South Manchester. The items were handed over at a Farmer's Day held recently at Campbell's Castle All-age School in the parish, where the farmers also benefitted from training to improve agronomic practices in hot pepper production. Community...

The St. James Parish Council is reaching out to citizens through a series of Mayor's Fora. Speaking to JIS News at the second forum held on Thursday evening (April 16) at the Montego Bay Civic Centre, Mayor Charles Sinclair said that the sessions were aimed at promoting meaningful dialogue among citizens and representatives of key Government agencies, and providing information...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding says that he is encouraged by the commitment of the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, to give more assistance to the Caribbean and Latin America to reduce piracy and gun and drug running through the region's waters. Speaking following a Plenary session during the 5th Summit of the Americas in...