Visiting participants in the upcoming Jamaica 55 Diaspora Conference, slated for July 23 to 26 in Kingston, will experience the benefits of the ‘Government at Your Service’ one-stop shop facility, which will be utilised at the event. This provision will see 11 State agencies collaborating to provide their services to attendees. They include the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency; Registrar...

Members of the Jamaican Diaspora are being encouraged to tap into investment opportunities being offered in various sectors of the local economy by the Government. This invitation was extended by Jamaica’s Consul General to New York, Trudy Deans, while addressing the Jamaica Civic and Cultural Association of Rockland County, New York, on Thursday, April 6. Ms Deans said it was...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon Andrew Holness, on Tuesday (April 4) launched the seventh biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, slated for July 23 to 26. The ‘Jamaica 55 Diaspora Conference’, which is organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, will be held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, under the theme ‘Partnering for Growth’. At a ceremony...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith says the Diaspora represents a wealth of human capital and expertise, which Jamaica will utilize as part of its growth strategy. She was addressing the Jamaica Christian Diaspora Conference at the Iberostar Rose Hall Suites in St. James on October 13. Senator Johnson Smith said with this...

Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, presented her credentials as Jamaica’s Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) to the OAS Secretary General, Luis Almagro, in Washington on September 29. The Ambassador said Jamaica is committed to the principles and objectives of the OAS. “These principles include the promotion of democracy, the protection of human rights,...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is encouraging Jamaicans in the Diaspora to sign an online petition calling for the exoneration of National Hero, the Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, by the United States (US) Government. The petition seeks to have US President Barak Obama pardon Garvey on the basis of “wrongful conviction” for mail fraud charges brought against...

The Most Hon. Juliet Holness has lauded the Atlanta Jamaican Association (AJA) for its support of education in the island through its annual scholarship awards. Mrs. Holness, who was delivering the keynote address at the AJA’s Independence ball at the Atlanta Airport Marriott Gateway hotel on Saturday night (Aug.13), said by providing these yearly scholarships, the organisation is helping the...