The findings of a study on the value of the Jamaican diaspora by the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI), will be used to guide the development of policies by the government. Some of the findings will be revealed at the upcoming Jamaica 55 Diaspora Conference scheduled for July 23-26 at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown, Kingston. This assurance was...

Diaspora Day, to be observed on June 16, will feature the launch of a study by the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI) on the value of the diaspora to the country. The study is being jointly undertaken by CaPRI and the Jamaica Diaspora Institute (JDI). Details will be outlined during a breakfast hosted by Jamaica National (Financial Services) at its...

A study to examine the value of the diaspora to Jamaica’s development will be launched on Jamaica Diaspora Day (June 16), which is celebrated annually in Jamaica and abroad. Some of the results will be revealed at the Jamaica 55 Diaspora Conference to be held in July. The designation of Diaspora Day emerged from one of seven Resolutions put forward...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade has been working with its regional counterparts to resolve some of the problems that frustrate travellers within the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). Under the CSME, skilled persons are entitled to move and work freely throughout the region once granted a CARICOM Recognition of Skills Qualification. These include university graduates, media...

A Diaspora Marketplace will be part of the Jamaica 55 Diaspora Conference scheduled to take place at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston from July 23 to 27. Chairman of the Jamaica Diaspora Conference 2017, Earl Jarrett, said the marketplace, which will operate for the duration of the conference, will provide for active business interactions. “We will literally have a...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica has today confirmed that neither Jamaican Immigration or Customs officials, nor any security personnel retained by the Government of Jamaica conducted a search on a Trinidadian Minister of Government at the Norman Manley International Airport. The Ministry was responding to media reports of an incident in which the Hon. Ayanna...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says Jamaica is in favour of dialogue in arriving at a resolution of the situation in Venezuela and rejects any attempt at international isolation of the country. She noted that while there were differing views among CARICOM Member States at the recent Council for Foreign and Community...