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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), emphasises a point during a digital press conference on June 11. Listening is Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.

Jamaicans To Arrive From Trinidad And Tobago And Barbados Saturday

More Jamaicans are scheduled to arrive on flights from Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados on Saturday (June 13) as the Government works with Caribbean countries and regional airlines to bring nationals home. “We have now scheduled flights to bring Jamaicans...

Head of Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, Her Excellency Malgorzata Wasilewska, speaks at the opening of a High-Dependency Unit (HDU) building at the St. Ann’s Bay Hospital recently.

EU Provides Grant To Strengthen Health System

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, speaking on Wednesday (June 10) at the virtual high-level forum to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Charter.

UN In The Vanguard Of Efforts To Improve Lives – Minister Johnson Smith

Jamaica’s High Commissioner to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency Esmond Reid.

Relations Between Jamaica And Nigeria To Be Strengthened

PM Holness: Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the first virtual Extraordinary Inter-Sessional Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) on Wednesday (June 3).

PM Urges Solidarity Among OACPS Members To Address Challenges Posed By COVID-19

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, speaks at a virtual meeting of Foreign Ministers of Latin America, the Caribbean and Germany on Wednesday (June 3).

6 years ago Foreign Affairs

Jamaica Seeks Support To Remove CARICOM Nations From EU’S Blacklist

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, has called on support from Germany in removing Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries from the European Union’s (EU) money-laundering blacklist. Jamaica is among four CARICOM nations named in a new EU anti-money laundering and terrorism financing list published in May. Speaking at a virtual meeting of Foreign Ministers...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addressing a digital press conference held recently at the Office of the Prime Minister.

6 years ago CoronavirusForeign Affairs

Jamaicans Reminded To App Ly For Re-Entry Through JamCOVID

As the Government scales up activities to bring more Jamaicans home within the next two weeks, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, is reminding persons that they need to apply for re-entry through the JamCOVID app. She said that once persons have applied, they will be sent an email advising them to complete...

(UN Fund 1) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), and United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator, Mariko Kagishima, display a US$1 million cheque from the UN to support Jamaica

6 years ago CoronavirusForeign Affairs

Jamaica Receives US$ 1 Million From UN To Strengthen COVID-19 Response

Jamaica has received US$1 million from the United Nations (UN) to boost the country’s response to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic in the areas of health and social services. The support was provided under the UN’s COVID-19 Response and Recovery Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF), through which 47 countries across the globe have been earmarked for assistance in enhancing services to crucial...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left); and Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), listen to Head of the European Union Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska, at the handover of medical equipment from the EU to Jamaica, at Medical Link Limited in St. Andrew, on May 20.

6 years ago CoronavirusForeign AffairsHealth & Wellness

More Assistance From The EU

Jamaica is getting additional funding from the European Union (EU) to respond to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic through an €8-million grant for regional countries. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, told JIS News that the funds have been approved and will be channelled through the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), and Jamaica has...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (second right), and Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (third right), observe while Technical Director at Medical Link Limited, Lensworth Blake (left), highlights features of one of several pieces of medical equipment valued at approximately $80 million that the European Union (EU) has donated to the public health system. The items were handed over during a ceremony held on Wednesday (May 20), at Medical Link Limited in St. Andrew. Others (from second left) are Head of the EU Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska; German Ambassador to Jamaica, Dr. Bernd Von Munchow-Pohl; and Ambassaor of France to Jamaica, Denys Wibaux.

6 years ago CoronavirusForeign AffairsHealth & Wellness

Jamaica Receives $80-Million Donation Of Medical Supplies From EU

Jamaica’s health system has been further boosted to fight the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic through a donation of equipment valued at approximately $80 million (€535,000) from the European Union (EU). The items, which include patient monitors, infusion pumps, defibrillators, and intensive care unit beds, were provided under the EU-funded Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC). The donation...

6 years ago CoronavirusForeign Affairs

Jamaican And Canadian Foreign Ministers Lead Discussions At The UN COVID-19 Financing Meeting

Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica and the Honourable François Philippe Champagne, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, co-chaired a meeting of the United Nations Group of Friends of Sustainable Development Goals Financing on Tuesday May 19, 2020. The meeting brought together Ambassadors from across the membership of the United Nations...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (third left), and Director of Airport Operations at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA), Devon Manahan (second left), observe as some of the 207 returning Jamaicans who landed at the airport today (May 13), under the protocols established for the re-entry of Jamaicans into the country, walk to waiting Jamaica Urban Transit (JUTC) buses. They will be taken into quarantine.

6 years ago CoronavirusForeign Affairs

Another 207 Jamaicans Return Home

The Government has facilitated the controlled re-entry of another 207 Jamaicans who were stranded overseas due to the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and closure of the country’s ports. They landed at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA), today (May 13), under the protocols established for the re-entry of Jamaicans into the country. There were three flights, which consisted...