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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, delivers Statement to the House of Representatives on Tuesday, September 10.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, delivers Statement to the House of Representatives on Tuesday, September 10.

No Report of Deaths of Jamaicans in The Bahamas

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says there has been no report of deaths of Jamaicans, as a result of Category Five Hurricane Dorian’s impact on The Bahamas. He informed that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third left), conversing with members of the Royal Canadian Air Force at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Saturday (Sept. 7). This was ahead of a relief mission to the Bahamas by the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART), through support from Canada. Also pictured (from right) are: Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Laurie Peters; Canadian Defence Attaché to the West Indies, Col. Jacques O’Keefe; and Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Rocky Meade.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third left), conversing with members of the Royal Canadian Air Force at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Saturday (Sept. 7). This was ahead of a relief mission to the Bahamas by the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART), through support from Canada. Also pictured (from right) are: Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Laurie Peters; Canadian Defence Attaché to the West Indies, Col. Jacques O’Keefe; and Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Rocky Meade.

120 Soldiers Deployed to The Bahamas
Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Honourable Daryl Vaz
Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Honourable Daryl Vaz

Hon. Daryl Vaz to Attend Trade Forum of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right), in discussion with High Commissioner of New Zealand to Jamaica, His Excellency Anton Ojala, at King’s House on Tuesday (September 3).
Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right), in discussion with High Commissioner of New Zealand to Jamaica, His Excellency Anton Ojala, at King’s House on Tuesday (September 3).

PHOTOS: G-G and New Zealand High Commissioner
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaks at the launch of CanEx Jamaica Business Conference and Expo, at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (September 4).
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaks at the launch of CanEx Jamaica Business Conference and Expo, at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (September 4).

Work In Progress to Establish Closer Ties Between Local Cannabis Dealers and Banks In US

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade Emergency Contact Numbers

Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade MINISTRY NOTE IMPORTANT NOTICE- EMERGENCY CONTACT NUMBERS Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith hereby informs that the Ministry has provided an emergency contact line for persons who are trying to make contact with their family members or friends in The Bahamas. “Jamaicans here at home who...
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Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, speaks at today’s (September 4) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House in St. Andrew.
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Visa Policy and Action Plan to be Developed

A Visa Policy and Action Plan is to be developed, in a bid to streamline the governance and regulatory framework for the issuance of visas. Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, said this follows Cabinet’s approval for the policy and action plan. Details were provided by the Minister during today’s (September 4) post-Cabinet...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett (right), makes a point during discussion with (from left) Project Manager for the Sandals Foundation, Karen Zacca; Tourism Director, Donovan White; and Deputy Chairman of Sandals Resorts International and Chairman of the Tourism Linkages Council, Adam Stewart, following a press briefing at the office of Ministry of Tourism in New Kingston on Tuesday (September 3).
Foreign AffairsTourism

Jamaica to Moblise Resources Through Tourism Resilience Centre to Assist Bahamas

The Ministry of Tourism, through the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC), is moving to mobilise resources locally and internationally to assist The Bahamas in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Dorian. Along with the resources that are expected to be provided by local tourism stakeholders to assist the hurricane-wrecked island, the Tourism Ministry will be...
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left) and Principal of Comfort Castle Primary and Junior High School in Portland, Dalmain Moore, display cheque for $343,350, which has been donated to the school by Canadian charity, the Tamara Gordon Foundation. The Minister handed over the cheque at the Ministry, in New Kingston, on Tuesday (August 27).
EducationForeign Affairs

Portland School Gets $343,350 from Canadian Charity

Students of Comfort Castle Primary and Junior High School in Portland are the beneficiaries of a $343,350 donation from the Canadian charity, the Tamara Gordon Foundation. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, presented the cheque to Principal of the school, Dalmain Moore, at a ceremony held at the Ministry’s Dominica Drive address in...
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Jamaican badminton player/coach, Mathew Yee-Grant (left), conducts a training session with local players. They are part of the second batch of Jamaican sports personnel to benefit from specialised training in China under the Jamaica-China Technical Assistance Programme.
Foreign AffairsSport

Marked Improvements By Athletes Under Jamaica-China Technical Assistance Programme

There has been marked improvement in the performance of local athletes, who are being trained under the Jamaica-China Technical Assistance Programme. This was disclosed by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender Entertainment and Sport, Denzil Thorpe, during a meeting with representatives of the China Sports International Corporation in Beijing on Thursday (Aug.15). More than 400 local sports personnel...
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The Most Hon Andrew Holness, Prime Minister greets the Hon Alden McLaughlin, Premier of the Cayman Islands after discussions at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston on August 7.
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Prime Minister Holness Meets with Premier of the Cayman Islands

Prime Minister Andrew Holness earlier this week (August 7) held discussions at the Office of the Prime Minister, with a high-level delegation from the Government of the Cayman Islands, led by Honourable Alden McLaughlin, Premier and Minister for Employment and Border Control; Community Affairs and International Trade, Investment, Aviation and Maritime Affairs. The delegation visited Jamaica to strengthen cooperation in...
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