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The 5th biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference got underway on Sunday, June 16, with a record 700 persons in attendance. These include local and overseas delegates, speakers, exhibitors and journalists. The record turnout is in keeping with the predictions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade that this year’s conference would be the biggest and best yet. Also, it...

"Ghosts" walked the halls at the Jamaican Embassy in Washington D.C. on Wednesday evening, February 6, as acclaimed Jamaican author Professor Curdella Forbes launched her latest literary work to rave reviews. Professor Forbes, a professor of Caribbean literature at Howard University, regaled the appreciative and enthusiastic audience with excerpts from the book, which is set in the futuristic island of...

Special ceremonies are being planned by the Jamaican High Commission in London, United Kingdom (UK), to recognise UK-born persons of Jamaican heritage, who take up Jamaican citizenship. High Commissioner to the UK, Her Excellency Aloun N’dombet Assamba, said the Mission has been encouraging the second, third and fourth generation UK-born Jamaicans to recognise their “Jamaicaness”. The ceremonies, she said, would...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon Marlene Malahoo Forte, says that the Jamaican Diaspora is committed to constructive dialogue, and is working with the Ministry to move Jamaica forward. “All major groups are represented, the Board is fully constituted, Convention 2011 is on and we are going to have a wonderful...

Just over 50 delegates from the United States (US) northeast region are confirmed for the two-day Jamaica Diaspora conference, which gets underway on Wednesday June 15 in Ocho Rios, St. Ann. Diaspora Advisory Board Member for the region, Patrick Beckford, said the number is less than in previous years, noting that the effects of the recession had impacted the amount...

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Marlene Malahoo Forte, says that the government remains committed to ensuring that the voices of Jamaicans living outside of the country are heard. She was addressing a welcome reception for participants in the first annual Jamaica Diaspora Northeast United States Conference held on Friday (Oct. 29) at the West Indies...

Jamaica's Consul General in Miami, Sandra Grant Griffiths, has commended the newly formed Coalition of Jamaican Alumni Associations in South Florida, as signal of acceptance of the need to become more engaged in a collective process for educational development at home and in the Diaspora. The Consul General was speaking to members of several alumni groups, representing nearly 50 Jamaican...

The Jamaican Diaspora United Kingdom has congratulated Member of Parliament for South West St Andrew, Portia Simpson-Miller on her victory in the People's National Party leadership election. "The Jamaican Diaspora UK congratulates the Hon. Portia Simpson-Miller, MP on her success in the leadership election as the fourth president of the People's National Party. The Diaspora welcomes her and assures her...

The Embassy of Jamaica in Washington has heightened its outreach efforts to the Jamaican community in the United States in preparation for the Second Conference on the Jamaican Diaspora. The Conference, which will be staged in Kingston from June 15 to 16, will bring together many participants representing a range of Jamaican community associations, philanthropic organizations, alumni associations, interest groups,...

A panel of senior Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) officers have called on Jamaicans in the Diaspora to work with the JCF to fight crime. The team of three, which included Deputy Commissioner, Charles Scarlett of the Intelligence Unit, Assistant Commissioner Glenmore Hinds of Operation Kingfish and Inspector V. C. Campbell of the Narcotics Unit were speaking at a recent community...

Jamaicans in South Florida are gearing up for the annual Independence celebrations, with several activities planned for the tri-county area of Dade, Broward and Palm Beach. Minister of State for Education, Youth and Culture, Dr. Donald Rhodd, will be the guest speaker at the 21st annual Grand Independence Ball to be held on Saturday, July 30, at the Renaissance Hotel...