Several distinguished Jamaicans have been identified and engaged by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade to assist in promoting and advancing the country’s Diaspora Mapping Project. Most notable among these are former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. P.J. Patterson; and Olympian, Ambassador Merlene Ottey, who resides in Slovenia. The Project, one of several recommendations emerging from the 2006...

Over 500 young Jamaicans are slated to attend a series of four-week educational summer camps, this year, being sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) at a cost of approximately $28.95 million (US$250,000). Dubbed ‘Summer Camp Plus’, the engagements, which will be hosted by the Diaspora Education Taskforce, are scheduled for July 6 to August 5 at...

Jamaicans living overseas are looking forward to the staging of the sixth Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, set for June 13 to 18 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James. State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown, said responses coming out of the international launches indicate that there is high interest in...

Members of the Diaspora and Jamaicans at home will gather at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, in St James, from June 13 to 18, to participate in the sixth staging of the Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference. Activities will include a business and cultural exposition, a range of meetings to address investment opportunities and social activities, culminating with a Diaspora Day...

State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown, will visit the Cayman Islands this weekend for the launch of the 6th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference. The event is scheduled for Saturday (April 25) in Grand Cayman. Apart from his involvement in the launching ceremony, the State Minister will meet with members of the business...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has commended Jamaicans in the Diaspora for their consistent support of Jamaica and for never forgetting their country no matter where in the world they live. The Prime Minister was speaking at a meeting with Jamaicans in the Diaspora at the St. George’s Episcopal Church in New York on Thursday, March 27....

The 6th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, to be held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, in St. James, from June 13 to 18, is being positioned as a global forum to mobilise Jamaicans worldwide. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, said the scope of the conference is being broadened with the vision to attract members of the Diaspora...

Jamaica supports the peaceful settlement of the Cyprus problem through bi-communal talks under the auspices of the United Nations, says new High Commissioner to Cyprus, based in London, Her Excellency Aloun Ndombet Assamba. Presenting her credentials to President Nicos Anastasiades, during a ceremony on Thursday (February 12), at the Presidential Palace, Mrs. Ndombet Assamba said the Government of Jamaica supports...

The Jamaican High Commission in London will be embarking on a public education programme to educate the Diaspora about the need to regularise their status in the United Kingdom. The programme, which includes immigration seminars, will begin with a seminar on March 13 this year. Jamaican High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Her Excellency Aloun Ndombet Assamba, said the seminar...