Immigration and security officials in Trinidad and Tobago are to receive customer service training in order to ensure the delivery of the highest standard of service to all persons entering the twin-island Republic. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, made the disclosure at yesterday’s (May 4) meeting of the Standing Finance Committee in...

The Government will be appointing a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Review Commission, aimed at positioning the country to take full advantage of benefits under the organisation. This was announced by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, today (April 27), at the unveiling ceremony for new equipment installed at International Biscuits Limited (IBL), in St. Andrew. “I think the time has...

A number of local farmers will receive training and certification in organic standards under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) and the Jamaica Diaspora Agriculture Task Force (JDAT). JAS President, Norman Grant, made the disclosure to JIS News at a food security summit held on April 21 at the Jamaica Conference Centre, Downtown, Kingston. Under...

The Government’s development strategy is to be further advanced with another allotment of $10.1 million in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The sum has been provided under the Technical Cooperation Facility IV project, which aims to contribute to the implementation of the Jamaican Government's development strategy, through support to programmes financed by the European...

Two training courses are to be implemented this fiscal year for Government and non-Government officers in European Union (EU) procedures. This is to be done under the Technical Cooperation Facility (TCF) V project, for which $129.3 million has been provided in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project seeks to identify, formulate and implement...

Construction of new offices downtown Kingston to house the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade is expected to get underway this fiscal year. A sum of $666 million has been set aside in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, to carry out the works. The new facility will provide adequate accommodation for staff, meeting...

Relations between Jamaica and Mexico will be further strengthened at the 8th Meeting of the Mexico-Jamaica Binational Commission in Mexico City in May 2016. Mexico’s Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Martha Cecilia Jaber, told JIS News that a comprehensive cooperation programme for 2016-2017 will be signed at the meeting. “There are different projects that will be considered in the two-year...

Jamaica’s Foreign Service personnel have been benefiting from the excellent relationship the country has with Argentina, the second largest country in Southern America. The two nations have enjoyed over 50 years of bilateral relations. Foreign Service Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Vonroy Rochester, is a proud recipient of a post-graduate diploma having completed the 2015...

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says the Government is to examine the best practices of certain countries, with a view to having Jamaicans living in the Diaspora being allowed to vote.           Countries such as India, Mexico, France, Israel and Ireland have already implemented the framework to facilitate external voting for members of...