Prime Minister Andrew Holness has reassured the Canadian Diaspora that the country’s debt to GDP ratio will fall below one hundred per cent by the end of the financial year. “This is not a political achievement, it is a national achievement. But it is forcing us now to pay for our development with our own taxes and by growing our...

The Governments of Jamaica and the United States of America have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a Child Protection Compact (CPC) Partnership, which is aimed at combating the trafficking of children in Jamaica. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Marcia Gilbert-Roberts; and Chargé d’Affaires, United States Embassy in Jamaica, Eric Khant, signed the agreement on...

Jamaica will host the CARICOM Joint Standing Committees of Chiefs of Immigration and Comptrollers of Customs (CICC) meeting from May 29 to 31, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, Kingston. The 19th staging of the CICC conference will bring regional border security officials together to review the immigration processes, determine the current status of regional security structures and assess the need...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness this afternoon expressed his congratulations to Mia Mottley on an impressive landslide victory in the Barbados general elections held on Thursday (May 24). Ms. Mottley is the first female to be elected Prime Minister in Barbados’ history and Prime Minister Holness said this is proof that more women can ascend to the pinnacle of political leadership....

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., has lauded the newest batch of United States (US) Peace Corps volunteers who will be serving in communities across the country. The Minister of State was speaking at the swearing-in ceremony for the Group 89 volunteers, at the Colin E. Powell Residential...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left), greets Spanish Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Josep Bosch Bessa, when he visited the Ministry’s offices at 2 Oxford Road in St. Andrew, on May 11.

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, has hailed the commitment demonstrated by the Maryland-based Partners of Good Shepherd Jamaica in supporting the most vulnerable in the island. “On behalf of the people and Government of Jamaica, I want to commend Partners of Good Shepherd for its continued commitment, partnership and sustained contribution in valuable support to...