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The Most Hon. Juliet Holness, Member of Parliament and Wife of the Prime Minister of Jamaica

Jamaicans In Canada Urged to Strengthen Ties with Home

Wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness, is urging members of the Jamaican diaspora in Canada to strengthen partnership with their home country in the quest to achieve true prosperity. She said that overseas nationals have a...

Member of Parliament and Parliamentary Secretary in The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, Travis Robinson, delivers the keynote presentation at the Fifth Caribbean Youth Leaders’ Summit, held recently at the Jewel Runaway Bay Beach & Golf Resort in St. Ann.

Caribbean’s Youngest MP Making an Impact

Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks (centre); President of Howard University, Dr. Wayne Frederick (third right); and Interim Chairman of the Jamaica Howard University Alumni Association, Don Christian (second left), with Jamaican students attending Howard University, at the launch of the Jamaica Howard University Alumni Association and Endowment Fund held at the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington DC.

Jamaica Howard University Alumni Association Launched

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Marcia Gilbert-Roberts (left), shakes hands with Director General for American and European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, His Excellency Muhammad Anshor (right). Occasion was the opening of the Third Meeting of the Jamaica/Indonesia Joint Commission held yesterday (September 25) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, 21 Dominica Drive in Kingston.

Jamaica and Indonesia Explore Opportunities for Joint Collaboration

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, delivers Jamaica’s Policy Statement at the 72nd General Assembly of the United Nations on September 23, at its headquarters in New York.

UN Urged to Establish Mechanism to Support Countries Affected by Natural Disasters

8 years ago Foreign AffairsTransport

Divestment of NMIA Seen as Excellent Example of Public-Private Partnership

Divestment of the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) is being touted as an excellent example of an innovative approach to developing, promoting and executing infrastructural projects with private-sector participation. This is according to Counsellor and Head of Development Cooperation, Canadian High Commission, and Representative, Global Affairs, Canada, Walter Bernyck, who noted that this private-public partnership (PPP) approach has worked well...

8 years ago Foreign AffairsGender AffairsVision 2030

Gov’t Committed to Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon Kamina Johnson Smith, says the Government is committed to the achievement of gender equality, equity and women’s economic empowerment. This, she said is in keeping with national development objectives as expressed in Vision 2030 and bolstered by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). She noted that Jamaica continues to develop and...

Member of the United Kingdom (UK) Parliament, Sarah Champion (left), raises a point to Government Senator, Dr. Sapphire Longmore (right). Also pictured (from second left) are Opposition Senator, Dr. Floyd Morris; Steve Reid; and Lord Goddard of Stockport. The four-member delegation from the UK Parliament was visiting the Randolph Lopez School of Hope in Kingston on Monday (September 18).

8 years ago Foreign Affairs

UK Members of Parliament Laud Work of School of Hope

Members of the United Kingdom (UK) Parliament have lauded the Randolph Lopez School of Hope for the work it has been doing over the years to equip intellectually challenged students with the necessary skills to become functionally independent. During a visit to the school in Kingston on September 18, Head of the delegation, Phillip Hollobone, told JIS News that he...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Marcia Gilbert-Roberts (left), shakes hands with Chargé d’Affaires at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Lee Young-Gyu. Occasion was a ceremony at the Ministry’s Dominica Drive offices in Kingston on Wednesday (September 13), where Mr. Lee formally handed over three sport utility vehicles (SUV), valued at US$100,000, to the Jamaican Government.

8 years ago Foreign Affairs

Korea Donates Three SUVs to Jamaican Government

The Republic of Korea has donated three motor vehicles valued at US$100,000 to the Government of Jamaica. The gift was made possible through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), a government-funded agency dedicated to providing grant-aid programmes for the sustainable socio-economic development of partner countries. Chargé d’Affaires at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Lee Young-Gyu, formally handed over...

Ambassador to the United States and Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS), Her Excellency Audrey Marks, addresses delegates at the opening plenary of the 3rd Ministerial meeting of the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA), at Viña del Mar in Santiago, Chile, on September 7.

8 years ago Foreign Affairs

Jamaica to Host ECPA Energy Summit in 2019

Jamaica is to host the 5th Ministerial Meeting of the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA), scheduled to be held in 2019. Ambassador to the United States and Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS), Her Excellency Audrey Marks, made the announcement as she addressed the opening plenary of the 3rd Ministerial Meeting of ECPA, at...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), listens attentively as Acting Director for Consular Affairs at the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Desreine Taylor (right), explains the functions of the Consular Affairs Department of the Ministry. Occasion was a visit to the Ministry by the Prime Minister on September 6. The Ministry is celebrating its 55 years of existence. At left is the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator, the Hon Kamina Johnson Smith.

8 years ago Foreign Affairs

PM Emphasises Importance of Foreign Ministry

Prime Minster, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the role of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) is important to Jamaica’s economic growth and job creation functions. “It is important from the philosophical level of transitioning from seeking political independence to now trying to fulfill that political independence by being truly economically independent and your role in...

8 years ago Foreign AffairsJustice

Jamaica Lauded for Being Regional Leader in Operating Drug Treatment Courts

Jamaica is being touted as a regional leader in its operation of drug treatment courts (DTCs) and a model for other countries implementing them. Representative of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Jamaica, Jeanelle van Glaanen Weygel, says experts from Jamaica have played a key role in the establishment of drug treatment courts in Trinidad and Tobago, and Barbados. She...