Members of the Diaspora residing in the Washington DC metropolitan area, Atlanta and New York will celebrate ‘Jamaica 55’ with a number of activities from August 5 to August 13. The events, organised by the Embassy of Jamaica under the leadership of Ambassador Audrey Marks, will be supported by Diaspora organisations. Activities get underway with the Jamaica Association of Maryland’s...

Diaspora Technology Task Force member and small business owner, Devon Lewis, is here to explore hiring Information Technology (IT) consultants in Jamaica to support his client-base in the United States of America. With his business providing IT training and IT consultants to the US market, the small business owner told JIS News that he attended the Diaspora 55 Conference in...

Ambassador for the Sickle Cell Support Foundation of Jamaica and member of the Jamaican Diaspora in the United Kingdom (UK), Gina Hargitay, is calling for persons to help fight the sickle cell disease, through charity. The Miss Jamaica World 2013, speaking to JIS News at the recently held Jamaica 55 Diaspora Conference in Kingston, said she is in the process...

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the Diaspora Adopt-a-Clinic project is necessary for renewing faith in the primary healthcare system. Speaking at a special interest group meeting at the Jamaica Diaspora Conference in downtown Kingston on July 26, Dr. Tufton noted that many persons do not appear to have faith in that system because of a lack of...

Members of the Jamaica Diaspora made donations to the education sector at a session of the Jamaica 55 Diaspora Conference, at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on July 26. The session was addressed by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, who highlighted the needs in the education system, and gave an update on the...

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is scheduled to visit the United Kingdom (UK) within the next two weeks to conclude arrangements to facilitate clinical training for Jamaican registered nurses at hospitals in that country. This, he said, forms part of the Government’s undertaking to expand the cadre in the eight categories of specialist nurses serving the public health...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the Government is committed to harnessing the potential of the Diaspora in ensuring the sustainable growth of the industry. “The truth is that 11 to 15 per cent of tourism arrivals in Jamaica come from the Diaspora, so Diaspora tourism is vital to us and is critical. That means $250 million to $300...