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Jamaica Secures Climate Finance and Technical Support at COP30 for Post-Hurricane Melissa Recovery

Jamaica’s delegation to the 30th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Brazil successfully advanced discussions with key international partners, securing major financial and technical support opportunities to...

The Seal of the International Monetary Fund.

Multilateral Partners Commit US$6.7B to Jamaica’s Post-Hurricane Recovery

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.

Diaspora Members Urged to Support Adopt-A-Clinic Programme

Managing Director of the Jamaica 4-H Foundation, Peter Thompson (left), and Chief Executive Officer and Founder of the United States-based diaspora charity, Living Well Community Care Center, Dr. Joan Williamson, sign the partnership agreement for hurricane relief assistance between the organisations, at the 4-H Foundation’s Duke Street offices in Kingston on Monday (November 24).

Diaspora Charity Partners With 4-H Foundation to Assist Communities Affected by Hurricane Melissa

Jamaica’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Alexander Williams.

UK High Commissioner Welcomes Hurricane Melissa Relief Efforts

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Efficiency, Innovation and Digital Transformation, Ambassador Audrey Marks (second right) engages in conversation with (from left) Canada

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Photo: Visit of Canada’s Secretary of International Development

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Efficiency, Innovation and Digital Transformation, Ambassador Audrey Marks (second right) engages in conversation with (from left) Canada's Member of Parliament, Hon. Greg Fergus; Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Commander Alvin Gayle and Canada’s Secretary of International Development, the Hon. Randeep...

Southwest Airlines cargo representative pack relief supplies for shipment to Jamaica at the Baltimore International Airport in the United States (US). The shipment, which consists of supplies for persons severely impacted by Hurricane Melissa, arrived in the island on November 8. The items were donated by Jamaicans in the US and friends of the island.

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Jamaicans in the US and Friends of the Island Donate Hurricane Relief Supplies

Jamaicans in the United States (US) and friends of the island have contributed relief supplies valued at approximately US$30,000 to the island. The items, to benefit residents severely impacted by Hurricane Melissa, were transported to the island via Southwest Airlines on November 8. The donation was a collaborative effort involving the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington DC, the Montgomery County...

Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Andrew Swaby, addresses the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) monthly meeting on Tuesday (November 11), at the Corporation’s downtown Kingston offices.

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Embassy of China Donates $3.1 Million Towards Recovery Effort

The Embassy of the Peoples Republic of China has donated $3.1 million towards hurricane preparedness and recovery efforts across Kingston and St. Andrew. Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Andrew Swaby, made the announcement in his statement at the monthly meeting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) on Tuesday (November 11), at the Corporation’s downtown Kingston offices. “This act...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (right), converses with Captain of the HNLMS Pelikaan, Max Borsboom (left), during the arrival of relief supplies from Barbados at the Kingston Freeport Container Terminal on Wednesday (November 12). Also present is European Union (EU) Ambassador to Jamaica, Erja Askola.

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PHOTOS: Minister Johnson Smith Welcomes Hurricane Relief Supplies from Barbados

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (right), looks at a care package being shown to her by Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to Jamaica, His Excellency Manuel Durán Pilarte. The package was among a 628-tonne shipment of humanitarian supplies donated by the Dominican Republican, which arrived on Wednesday (November 12) at Kingston Wharves Limited.

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Dominican Republic Donates Supplies To Assist Families Impacted By Hurricane Melissa

Jamaica has received a shipment of relief supplies from the Dominican Republic to assist families affected by Hurricane Melissa. The 628-tonne shipment, which includes food items, blankets, bed sheets, mattresses, mosquito nets, cots and medicines, was handed over at on Wednesday (November 12) at Kingston Wharves Limited. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith,...

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States (US) and Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS), His Excellency Major General (Ret’d) Antony Anderson, provides an update on Jamaica’s post-hurricane recovery during a recent regular sitting of the OAS Permanent Council at the organisation

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Jamaica Thanks Hemispheric Partners for Post-Hurricane Melissa Support

Jamaica is grateful for the outpouring of solidarity and assistance from Organization of American States (OAS) member countries in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, says Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Major General (Ret’d) Antony Anderson. The Ambassador, who is the country’s Permanent Representative to the OAS, conveyed appreciation on the country’s behalf, during the recent sitting of the...

Ambassador to the United States, Major General (Ret’d) Antony Anderson

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Ambassador Anderson Hails Fairfax County Search and Rescue Team Deployed to Jamaica

Ambassador to the United States, Major General (Ret’d) Antony Anderson, has commended the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue team (Virginia Task Force 1) for their courage, professionalism, and humanitarian spirit during their deployment to Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa. Speaking at a welcome-home reception for the team on Monday (November 10), at the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department in...