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The Most Hon Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica meets with United States Vice President, Mike Pence

Prime Minister Holness Invited to Meeting with US Vice President Pence

Following, Jamaica‘s participation in the United Nations General Assembly last week and leading role at the UN Climate Change Summit in New York, Prime Minister Holness was invited to meet with Vice President Pence in Washington. The meeting took place, earlier this week,...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Andrew Wynter.

PICA To Engage Diaspora In Atlanta Oct. 25-26

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams; and Principal Director for Energy in the Ministry, Fitzroy Vidal, look at a charging port for an electric vehicle. Occasion was an excursion around sections of Salt Lake City, Utah, on Monday (September 23) to see an electric bus in operation. The Minister is in Utah for a Solar Power International trade show.

Electric Buses – Driving into Jamaica’s Future

Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of National Security, Rohan Richards, speaking at the recent Asset Recovery Inter-Agency Network of the Caribbean (ARIN-CARIB) Annual General Meeting at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort in St. James.

Gov’t Moving to Sign CARICOM Agreement on Sharing of Recovered Assets

Director and Cinematographer on the award-winning Jamaican short film, ‘Fight’, Gabrielle Blackwood (left), speaks at the launch of the European Union (EU) film Festival in June, at the Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston. At right is Head of the EU Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska,

October 4 Closing Date For Entries To Short Film Competition

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left), in discussion with the High Commissioner of the Republic of South Africa in Jamaica, Her Excellency Lumka Yengeni, during a courtesy call at the Ministry, on Thursday (September 12).

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PHOTOS: Minister Chang And The South African High Commissioner

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Foreign Minister Encourages Jamaicans Overseas To Register At Missions

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, is calling on persons who live, work or travel overseas to register with the country’s Missions, so that they can be easily located during times of emergency. Senator Johnson Smith, who was delivering a statement to the Senate on September 13, following the recent devastation of several...

Senior Advisor and Strategist, Ministry of Tourism, Delano Seiveright (left), is pctured with Chairman of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) Godfrey Dyer (centre); and Sandals Resort Senior Director, Wayne Cummings, at a cocktail reception for tourism stakeholders at the Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) trade show, Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James, on September 9.

7 years ago Foreign AffairsTourism

Increase in Arrivals From Russia

The Ministry of Tourism is reporting an increase in arrivals from Russia. Senior Advisor and Strategist, Delano Seiveright, said that just under 3,000 Russian tourists visited the island between January and the end of June compared to roughly 630 for the same period in 2018. “Much of this is attributable to new, regular nonstop flights between Moscow, Russia and Montego...

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

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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 has been updated on the situation with Jamaicans in the most impacted areas in The Bahamas. “The latest information is...

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.

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120 Soldiers Deployed to The Bahamas

A contingent of 120 Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldiers departed the island this afternoon (Sept. 7) to provide recovery and humanitarian support to the Bahamas following the devastation caused by Hurricane Dorian. They were accompanied by 11 members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, which provided airlift support. At least 43 persons in the Bahamas have died and homes and...

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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...

Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Honourable Daryl Vaz

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Hon. Daryl Vaz to Attend Trade Forum of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Sustainable Development Goals and Climate Change will be at the top of the agenda for the upcoming United Nations Trade Forum to be held under the umbrella of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, from September 9 to 13, 2019 in Geneva Switzerland. Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness will be represented at the Forum by Hon....