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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.
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.

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...
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)
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)

Plans Underway for Next Year’s Jamaica Diaspora Conference
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.
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.

Jamaican Diaspora Urged to Develop Stronger Voice in USA
Diaspora Board Representative for the South United States, Wayne Golding.
Diaspora Board Representative for the South United States, Wayne Golding.

Diaspora Leadership in the USA Stages Three-Day Summit
Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (centre), engages in light conversation with Argentine Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency, Ariel Fernandez (right), and French Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency, Denys Wibaux. Occasion was the launch of ‘A Touch of France’ at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on November 8.
Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (centre), engages in light conversation with Argentine Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency, Ariel Fernandez (right), and French Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency, Denys Wibaux. Occasion was the launch of ‘A Touch of France’ at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on November 8.

Gov’t Welcomes Increased French Interest in Jamaica

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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addresses journalists at the Ministry’s quarterly press briefing at the Dominica Drive offices in New Kingston on November 7.
Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs Ministry Provides Full Support for Windrush Migrants

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says the Ministry is heavily focused on the critical compensation scheme for the Jamaican Windrush migrants. “We have supported persons who were in Jamaica by making them aware of the call for evidence. This is the method by which persons are able to submit evidence of the impact...
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Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), makes a point to State Minister, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr, at the quarterly press briefing held at the Ministry
Foreign Affairs

Minister Johnson Smith Says Post-Brexit Trade Deal Close to Being Finalised

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says the technical work for the rollover of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) into a new CARIFORUM-United Kingdom (UK) trade arrangement post-Brexit is close to being finalised. “The European Union (EU), I assure you, remains an important trade partner for Jamaica and our CARIFORUM colleagues, and the...
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State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr (left), engages with (from right) United Nations Resident Coordinator, Bruno Pouezat; Head of Office at the International Organization for Migration, Keisha Livermore; and Deputy Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Dr. Elsie Laurence-Chounoune. Occasion was a national consultative workshop on the implications for the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM), at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on November 6.
Foreign AffairsVision 2030

Migration Important to National Development – Senator Charles Jr.

State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr, says migration is important in shaping Jamaica’s national identity and development. It is for this reason, he noted, that migration has been factored into Jamaica’s National development Plan, Vision 2030. “The Government has long been cognisant of the importance of migration,” he said, noting that migrants...
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Voting stations where voters in the Los Angeles (LA) County, California, will cast their ballots today (November 6) during the Midterm Elections.
Foreign Affairs

Jamaicans in the United States Note Importance of Voting

Jamaicans living in the United States (US) are upbeat about today’s (November 6) midterm elections and note the importance of exercising their right to vote. Lurlene Madourie-Matthews, who lives in Connecticut, said that “this is where we call home, and if our vote can make the country better, then we should all do our part to make a positive impact...
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A voter demonstrating how to cast a ballot using the new paperless electronic ballot the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s Office in California will be implementing in 2020.The system was introduced to journalists on Friday (November 2), who are part of the Foreign Press Center’s International Reporting Tour.
Foreign AffairsTechnology

LA County Develops New Digital Voting System

The Los Angeles (LA) County Registrar-Recorder’s Office in California has created a new voting system, to be implemented in 2020, which could influence a change in how persons vote across the United States of America. The new system, which will transform the way persons vote from a physical to a digital format and from paper to electronic ballots (though there...
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