Construction of the new offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, to be located in downtown Kingston, is expected to be completed by early next year. An additional sum of $253.8 million has been set aside in the 2018/19 Estimates of Expenditure to facilitate the project. The relocation of the Ministry to downtown is intended to contribute...

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, is in Dubai representing the island at the sixth annual World Government Summit, which runs from February 11 to 13. The country is being represented at the conference for the first time by Mrs. Marks, who was invited by the Government of the United Arab Emirates. The summit is a...

The European Union (EU) is seeking to establish separate arrangements with members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group as it prepares to enter into a new partnership agreement with these countries. Director-General for International Cooperation and Development in the European Commission, Stefano Manservisi, said this would represent a shift from finance-focused arrangements under the ACP-EU Partnership (Cotonou) Agreement,...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, and Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, has supported a proposal for the establishment of a fund to repair roads that have been damaged as a result of construction projects. Opposition Senator, Sophia Fraser-Binns, who made the recommendation during her contribution to the debate on the Building Bill...

The new Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Hiromasa Yamazaki, says he will work to strengthen the relationship between both countries. During his call on the Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, at the Ministry on Hagley Park Road in Kingston on January 25, the Ambassador said he is pleased about several aspects of his country’s...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, has welcomed a delegation of Cuban officials to discuss bilateral exchanges in the area of culture. “It is my understanding that there have been fruitful bilateral exchanges with specific local ministries and agencies, and the engagement has successfully promoted greater levels of technical and economic cooperation between...

Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, announces the appointment of Mr. Harold Malcolm, JP as High Commissioner Designate to Nigeria. Mr. Malcolm, who will assume duty in February, is a trained lawyer having graduated with First Class Honours from the Norman Manley Law School in 2008. As a Chevening Scholar, he attended the...