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Diaspora Conference Chairman, Earl Jarrett (left), speaks at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, today (June 6) at the agency’s head office in Kingston. He outlined plans for the Jamaica Diaspora Conference slated for July 23 to 27 in Kingston. At right is Undersecretary for Diaspora Protocol and Consular Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Sharon Saunders.

Special G-G Awards for Jamaicans Overseas

Several Jamaicans overseas will be presented with special Governor-General’s Awards at the Jamaica 55 Diaspora Conference, slated for July 23 to 27 under the theme ‘Partnering for Growth’. The five-day conference, scheduled to take place at the Jamaica Conference Centre...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness (right), in conversation with President of the Jamaica Football Federation, Captain Horace Burrell, who died yesterday at age 67.

PM Holness Mourns the Death of Capt. Horace Burrell

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (2nd right), is in discussion with (from left), Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, University of the West Indies (UWI), Tara Dasgupta; Professor in the Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD), University of the West Indies (UWI), Anthony Clayton; and Senior General Manager, Construction and Development, National Housing Trust, Donald Moore. Occasion was a national building policy workshop at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (June 6).

Minister McKenzie to Meet with Stakeholders on New Building Bill

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Carol Palmer (right) and Head of the Counter Terrorism and Organised Crime Branch, Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Assistant Commissioner of Police, Clifford Chambers (second left), shake hands following the handover of keys for a bus to be used by the Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Unit of the JCF, at a ceremony on June 1 at the Justice Ministry’s Constant Spring Road offices in St. Andrew. Others (from left) are Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, and Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague.

Media Commended for Support in Fight Against Human Trafficking

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, addresses the media launch of the Jamaica International Exhibition (JIE), in January.

JIE Major Boost for Manufacturing – Samuda

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid.

9 years ago Education

Education Minister Salutes Parents

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is saluting the thousands of Jamaican parents who, he said, are making “Herculean sacrifices” every day for the welfare of their children. He said the nation’s parents rank among the best in going the extra mile in order to ensure that their children can have the opportunities they might...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left), embraces South West Airlines’ Vice-President of Diversity and Inclusion, Ellen Torbert, at a press conference to celebrate the inaugural Southwest Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, on June 4.

9 years ago Tourism

Tourism Minister says Consistent and Reliable Airlift Critical to Growth of Industry

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says consistent, reliable and competitive airlift is critical to the further advancement of the tourism sector. The Minister pointed out that the Ministry has been taking strategic steps to target new markets and increase the number of flights to boost tourism arrivals on a sustained basis. He was speaking to journalists at a press...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, and Chairperson of the National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons, Carol Palmer (Right), hands over key for a bus to Head of the Counter Terrorism and Organised Crime Branch, Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Assistant Commissioner of Police, Clifford Chambers, at a ceremony on June 1 at the Justice Ministry’s Constant Spring Road offices in St. Andrew. The bus was acquired by the Justice Ministry at a cost of approximately $6 million. It has been donated to the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Unit of the JCF.

9 years ago Justice

JCF Members Hailed for Role in Tackling Human Trafficking

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Carol Palmer, has hailed the dedicated work of members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), in tackling human trafficking in Jamaica. Mrs. Palmer, who is also Chair of the National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons (NATFATIP), said members of the JCF Anti-Trafficking in Persons Unit have displayed a willingness to go above...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett. (File photo)

9 years ago Tourism

Tourism Minister Highlights Partnership with Southwest Airlines

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says Jamaica shares an invaluable partnership with Southwest Airlines, which has the potential to make the island the Caribbean’s leading destination. Addressing a welcome reception on June 4 for Southwest Airline’s inaugural non-stop flight from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, into Montego Bay, Mr. Bartlett said with Southwest having more gateways inside the United States than...

Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, speaking in the Senate. (FILE)

9 years ago JusticeSenate

Senate Passes Plea Bargain Bill

The Plea Negotiations and Agreement Act, 2017, which provides for a system of plea bargaining for persons who commit crimes, was passed in the Senate on Friday (June 2). The Bill was passed with 71 amendments, following conclusion of the debate which had been suspended in the Upper House on May 26. This was due to concerns raised by Senators...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (3rd right), cuts the ribbon to open the Jamaica International Exhibition (JIE) at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James, on June 1. Others (in foreground from left) are Mayor of Montego Bay, His Worship Homer Davis; Jamaica Manufacturers

9 years ago Prime Minister

PM Announces New Town Centre for Morant Bay

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced the establishment of a new town centre for the St. Thomas capital of Morant Bay. He said the Government intends to transform the 25-acre property that previously housed the Goodyear tyre factory into a modern-day township. “The Government will take that space… and we will, literally, in the 25 acres that...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith.

9 years ago Foreign AffairsOffice of the Prime Minister

Trinidadian Minister Not Searched by Jamaican Immigration Authorities

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica has today confirmed that neither Jamaican Immigration or Customs officials, nor any security personnel retained by the Government of Jamaica conducted a search on a Trinidadian Minister of Government at the Norman Manley International Airport. The Ministry was responding to media reports of an incident in which the Hon. Ayanna...