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Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Mrs. Donna-Marie Rowe (left), greets Cuban Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Inés Fors Fernández, when the Ambassador called on her at the agency, on March 13.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Mrs. Donna-Marie Rowe (left), greets Cuban Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Inés Fors Fernández, when the Ambassador called on her at the agency, on March 13.

Cuban Ambassador Calls on JIS CEO

         
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, and Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, and Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith.

Government Monitoring Tariff on Aluminium in Us
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), and Foreign Secretary of Mexico, His Excellency Dr. Luis Videgaray Caso, shake hands following a joint press conference hosted by Minister Johnson Smith at Jamaica House on Tuesday (May 6). Secretary Videgaray is in the island for a working visit from March 5 to 6.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), and Foreign Secretary of Mexico, His Excellency Dr. Luis Videgaray Caso, shake hands following a joint press conference hosted by Minister Johnson Smith at Jamaica House on Tuesday (May 6). Secretary Videgaray is in the island for a working visit from March 5 to 6.

Mexican Experts to Train Persons in Petroleum Industry
Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left); and Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Nestor Mendez (second left), look on as juvenile offenders at the South Camp Correctional Facility in Kingston demonstrate their yoga skills during a tour of the facility on Monday (March 5). Commissioner of Corrections, Ina Hunter (third right); and Acting Mission Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Andrew Colburn (right), also observe the yoga demonstration.
Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left); and Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Nestor Mendez (second left), look on as juvenile offenders at the South Camp Correctional Facility in Kingston demonstrate their yoga skills during a tour of the facility on Monday (March 5). Commissioner of Corrections, Ina Hunter (third right); and Acting Mission Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Andrew Colburn (right), also observe the yoga demonstration.

OAS Impressed With ‘A New Path’ in Jamaica
Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), listens to a point being made by the Organization of American States (OAS) Representative in Jamaica, Jeanelle van Glaanen Weygel (right), at the opening ceremony of the organisation’s 70th anniversary celebrations, at the Regional Headquarters of the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies, on March 5. At centre is Permanent Secretary in the Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Ministry, Ambassador Marcia Gilbert Roberts.
Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), listens to a point being made by the Organization of American States (OAS) Representative in Jamaica, Jeanelle van Glaanen Weygel (right), at the opening ceremony of the organisation’s 70th anniversary celebrations, at the Regional Headquarters of the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies, on March 5. At centre is Permanent Secretary in the Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Ministry, Ambassador Marcia Gilbert Roberts.

Foreign Minister Hails OAS

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Jamaica Not Directly Impacted By US Tariffs on Aluminium and Steel

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says Jamaica does not currently produce or export either aluminium or steel and would, therefore, not be directly impacted by the new United States (US) tariffs on imports of these products. Delivering a Statement in the Senate on Friday (March 16), at Gordon House, Senator Johnson Smith,...
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Senate Approves Bill to Protect True Origin of Products

The Senate on Friday (March 9) approved the Protection of Geographical Indications Bill, with three amendments. The Bill seeks to provide a stronger level of protection on geographical indications (GIs) of goods, thereby preventing a designation of a product as being made other than in the true place of origin. GIs are defined as indications that identify a good as...
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Gov’t to Spend $12 Billion on Road Infrastructure Works

The Government will be spending $12 billion to improve road infrastructure across the island in the upcoming fiscal year under the Major Infrastructure for Development Programme (MIDP). The funds have been provided in the 2018/19 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Among the projects is the widening of Hagley Park Road in Kingston to four lanes. Improvements...
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PM Holness Attends CARICOM Inter-sessional in Haiti

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), addresses a joint press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister today (Feb. 7) following bilateral talks with United States (US) Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson (pictured right). Mr. Tillerson was on a one-day working visit to Jamaica.
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Jamaica Wants to See Democracy Return to Venezuela – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is concerned about the political and economic crisis in Venezuela, and is desirous of seeing Venezuelans again enjoying their democracy. “This (matter of democracy) is a principle that has nothing to do with any other country. This has always been Jamaica’s position. We wish the best for the people of...
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