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Japan Continues to Demonstrate Friendship with Jamaica

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says Japan continues to demonstrate its friendship with Jamaica through the provision of tangible support in various areas of development. He cited the Japan Exchange...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Marcia Gilbert-Roberts (right), is introduced to United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Deputy Representative in Jamaica, Vicente Teran (left), by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Deputy Resident Representative in Jamaica, Dr. Elsie Laurence-Chounoune. Occasion was a commemorative event dubbed 'Art for Human Rights' in recognition of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, held at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts on Monday (December 10).

Gov’t Committed to Protecting Human Rights

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (third left) and Jamaica’s Consul General to New York, Trudy Deans (fourth left), with (from left), Children of Jamaica Outreach (COJO) 2018 awardees - Phillip Feurtado, CEO, Feurtado Shipping; Chairman, Rockhouse Hotel, Paul Salmon; Founder/ Managing Partner of Capital Markets and Finance, Gopal Burgher and Founder and Chairman of COJO, Gary Williams, at the 24th Annual Fundraising Scholarship Gala and awards ceremony, held on December 1 at the Hilton JFK Hotel in New York.

Education Minister Says Diaspora Poised to Play Dual Supporting Role

Independent Expert for the United Nations (UN) Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty, Manfred Nowak, gives a presentation at the second Regional Conference of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN), at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay, St. James, on Monday (December 3).

UN Official Lauds Child Diversion Act

Prime Minister, the Most Honourable
Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP — Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP

PM Holness at G20 Leaders’ Summit

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the Protocolary Session of the Organization of American States (OAS), held in Washington DC on November 27.

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PM Urges OAS to Increase Support in Combating Illicit Small Arms Trade

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is urging the Organization of American (OAS) to continue to strengthen its support for member states to combat the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons. Mr. Holness said that the illicit arms trade is inextricably linked to organised crime and corruption across the region and is creating serious challenges to development....

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PM Holness Signs Energy Cooperation Framework with US Treasury Department

Prime Minister Andrew Holness and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin today signed an Energy Framework to foster cooperation on energy and infrastructure investment in Jamaica. Prime Minister Holness and Secretary Mnuchin signed the Framework to Strengthen Infrastructure Investment and Energy Cooperation at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The Framework is part of a U.S. initiative called...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), shaking hands with United States (US) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Ben Carson, after a meeting at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington DC on Tuesday (November 27). During the meeting, they spoke about improving urban areas and housing stock, Jamaica

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PHOTOS: Prime Minister Holness Meets with US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Ben Carson

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), shaking hands with United States (US) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Ben Carson, after a meeting at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington DC on Tuesday (November 27). During the meeting, they spoke about improving urban areas and housing stock, Jamaica's Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment...

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PM Calls on OAS Member States to Work Together to Address Challenges

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has called on members of the Organization of American States (OAS) to act in unison to address the challenges facing the countries of the hemisphere. These, he said, include crime, gender-based violence, irregular migration and the increasing number of refugees. “These are all problems that need our collaborative efforts to resolve,” he said....

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (2nd left), is greeted by Jamaica Outreach Ministries Coordinator, Elloreece Burrell, at the inaugural leadership summit, staged by the Jamaican Diaspora in the United States, at the Morrow Convention Center in Georgia from November 16 to 18. Looking on (from left) are CEO of Jamaica National Group, Earl Jarrett; and Diaspora advisory board member for Southeast US, Wayne Golding Sr. (Photo Derrick Scott)

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Plans Underway for Next Year’s Jamaica Diaspora Conference

Plans are underway for the staging of the 8th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, which is to be held in Kingston from June 16 to 20, 2019. Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., said the planning is in the preliminary stages and the Ministry will be seeking the input...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Sen. the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., delivers the keynote address at the opening of the inaugural Jamaica Diaspora United States of America (USA) leadership summit on November 17, at the Morrow Convention Center in Georgia.

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Jamaican Diaspora Urged to Develop Stronger Voice in USA

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., has called on the leaders of the Jamaican diaspora in the United States of America (USA) to come together and develop a road map to give a stronger, collective voice to the Jamaican community. He was delivering the keynote address at the...

Diaspora Board Representative for the South United States, Wayne Golding.

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Diaspora Leadership in the USA Stages Three-Day Summit

Just over 200 representatives of the Jamaica diaspora in the United States of America (USA) will converge on the town of Morrow, Georgia, for the inaugural three-day Diaspora Leadership Summit from November 16 to 18. The event, which has as its theme, ‘Making Our Voices Matter through Leadership’, will focus on the development of the diaspora’s USA-based leadership and strengthening...