Prime Minister Andrew Holness and a CARICOM delegation of leaders are at this hour convening high level talks with government officials and civil society in Haiti. The leaders are hearing from the relevant stakeholders and determining a path towards consensus building for the restoration of political and security stability in Haiti. The Prime Minister and the CARICOM leaders have so...

Members of the Diaspora are being urged to utilise the various channels of engagement and communication to interact with the Government. State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell, made the call while speaking at the third annual Jamaican Pioneers awards ceremony, held on Saturday (February 25) via the Zoom and Facebook...

There is a call for greater collaboration between the Ministry of Education and Youth and Jamaicans locally and in the diaspora, to tackle the culture of violent confrontations among students in schools. Addressing a seminar, dubbed ‘Violence in Schools and its Impact on Society’, at the First Assembly of God in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on Sunday (February 26), Minister...

Scores of patrons flocked to the 66th Hague Agricultural Show, which was held in Trelawny on Ash Wednesday, February 22. The show, which returned after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was hosted by the Trelawny Association of Branch Societies, an affiliate of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), under the theme ‘Fostering Economic Growth, Through Agricultural Value Chains’....

National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, has been hailed as an exemplary leader, whose legacy lives on in the descendants of those for whom he fought. Addressing a civic ceremony in Hanover on Friday (Feb. 24) to mark the 139th anniversary of the National Hero’s birth, Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport,...

State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell, is urging members of the Diaspora to familiarise themselves with the National Diaspora Policy. The document, which has been approved and tabled as a White Paper in Parliament, is available on the Ministry’s website at http://www.mfaft.gov.jm. The State Minister, who was addressing the third...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), is greeted by young people at the National Arena in St. Andrew on Sunday (Feb. 26), following his participation in the Jamaica Baptist Union’s (JBU) 173rd General Assembly, held under the theme: ‘Keeping Faith with The Word in an Ever-Changing World – Embracing the Mystery.’ The Prime Minister read the first lesson.