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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith.

Government Welcomes Windrush Compensation Scheme

The Government has welcomed the announcement of the establishment of the Windrush Compensation Scheme by the British Government, and is encouraging individuals who have been affected to submit their claims. The scheme applies to members of the ‘Windrush Generation’ -...
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left) and Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Tian Qi (right), exchange the signed agreements under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), at the MInistry in New Kingston on April 11.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left) and Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Tian Qi (right), exchange the signed agreements under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), at the MInistry in New Kingston on April 11.

Jamaica Poised for More Investments from China
Leader of Government Business in the Senate, and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, makes a statement on the situation in Venezuela, during the sitting of the Upper House on Friday (April 12). Also pictured is Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.
Leader of Government Business in the Senate, and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, makes a statement on the situation in Venezuela, during the sitting of the Upper House on Friday (April 12). Also pictured is Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.

Gov’t Supports Peaceful Solution for Venezuela
The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange discusses the significance of a heritage site featured in the publication
The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange discusses the significance of a heritage site featured in the publication 'Jamaica: Heritage in Pictures' by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust with Jamaica's High Commissioner-designate to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, His Excellency Arthur Williams. Mr Williams paid a courtesy call on the Minister at her offices in New Kingston on Wednesday, 10 April 2019.

PHOTOS: Grange Meets High Commissioner-Designate
Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), speaking with Government Senator and GraceKennedy Limited Chief Executive Officer, Don Wehby, during the launch of the Eighth Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.
Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), speaking with Government Senator and GraceKennedy Limited Chief Executive Officer, Don Wehby, during the launch of the Eighth Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.

Tangible Outcomes Expected from Diaspora Conference

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British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Asif Ahmad, adresses a press conference at the High Commision in St. Andrew on Wednesday (April 3), to provide details about the compensation scheme announced by the United Kingdom (UK) Govermemnt for the Windrush Generation.
Foreign Affairs

UK Gov’t Announces Compensation Scheme for Windrush Generation

The British Government has established a scheme to compensate members of the Windrush Generation who were unable to prove their right to live in the United Kingdom (UK). The compensation scheme was announced in London by Home Secretary, Sajid Javid. It will provide payments to eligible individuals who did not have the right documentation to prove their status in the...
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Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (second left), listens to a discussion between Jamaica National Group Assistant General Manager, Leon Mitchell (second right), and Chair of the Jamaica Diaspora Conference Programme and Content Sub-Committee, and The Mico University College Pro-Chancellor, Professor Neville Ying (right). Occasion was the official launch of the eighth biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on April 2. Also listening is Government Senator and GraceKennedy Limited Chief Executive Officer, Don Wehby
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Gov’t Committed to Implementing Robust Diaspora Policy

The Government remains committed to implementing a robust diaspora policy that provides the framework for effective partnerships with Jamaicans living abroad. In this regard, Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says beginning next week, she will be leading focus group meetings “to take forward the consultative process in some cities where our largest populations...
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Chief Executive Officer (CEO), National Library of Jamaica (NLJ), Beverley Lashley (left), receives documents from author of the book, ‘The Jamaicans: Children of God in the Promised Land’, Ambassador Basil K. Bryan, (right), on March 28 at the NLJ headquarters, downtown Kingston. Sharing the occasion is Manager, Collections Development, NLJ, Monique Forgie-Scott. The documents, which go back to the year 1910, include minutes of meetings of the first known Jamaican association in the United States of America, the British Jamaican Benevolent Association. Also included are the minutes of meetings of the Jamaica Progressive League.
Foreign Affairs

PHOTO: National Library Receives Documents

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), National Library of Jamaica (NLJ), Beverley Lashley (left), receives documents from author of the book, ‘The Jamaicans: Children of God in the Promised Land’, Ambassador Basil K. Bryan, (right), on March 28 at the NLJ headquarters, downtown Kingston. Sharing the occasion is Manager, Collections Development, NLJ, Monique Forgie-Scott. The documents, which go back to the year...
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Budget 2019/2020Foreign Affairs

Senate Approves Appropriation Act 2019

The Government now has the authority to spend funds allocated in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, following the passage of the Appropriation Act 2019 in the Upper House on March 22. This annual Bill provides authority for expenditure (other than statutory expenditure) for the financial year 2019/20 and specifies the manner in which the money is to be allocated to...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), presents grant to shopkeeper Kayon Hutchinson at the Economic Opportunities Workshop in Accompong, St Elizabeth on March 22.
Foreign Affairs

50 Businesses in Accompong Receive Grant Funding

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has awarded grants totally $1.25 million to 50 businesses in Accompong, St. Elizabeth, as part of plans to boost economic activity in the area. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, presented the grants during a handover ceremony held in the community on Friday, March 22. The beneficiaries were selected under the Ministry’s Economic...
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith.
Foreign Affairs

Johnson Smith Inks Post – Brexit Trade Agreement with UK

Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade was among nine (9) Caribbean Ministers of Trade who together with UK Trade Minister, Hon. George Hollingbery, signed an agreement to preserve existing preferential trade terms between their countries and the United Kingdom in a Post-Brexit era. Welcoming the development, Minister Johnson Smith said “Continuity and certainty...
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