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Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, welcomes members of the Jamaican community, as well as members of the Diplomatic Corps and friends of Jamaica, at a reception hosted by the Embassy, in celebration of Jamaica’s 55th year of Independence, at the Organization of American States headquarters in Washington on Sunday, August 6.
Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, welcomes members of the Jamaican community, as well as members of the Diplomatic Corps and friends of Jamaica, at a reception hosted by the Embassy, in celebration of Jamaica’s 55th year of Independence, at the Organization of American States headquarters in Washington on Sunday, August 6.

Members of Diaspora Urged to Safeguard Heritage

Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, has urged members of the diaspora, to safeguard Jamaica’s heritage and “continue to build the Jamaican spirit, vision and ethos for our secured future”. Addressing members of the Jamaican community and...
Parenting Specialist, Karlene Rickard, displays her books at the recent Jamaica 55 Diaspora Conference held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston.
Parenting Specialist, Karlene Rickard, displays her books at the recent Jamaica 55 Diaspora Conference held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston.

Karlene Rickard Back Home to Serve
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith. (File)
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith. (File)

Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers Programme Hailed
Chief Executive Officer of marketing and communication agency in Canada, Brand EQ, Nadine Spencer, speaking at the recently concluded Jamaica 55 Diaspora Conference.
Chief Executive Officer of marketing and communication agency in Canada, Brand EQ, Nadine Spencer, speaking at the recently concluded Jamaica 55 Diaspora Conference.

Diaspora Member Establishes Worldwide Brand
Lead, Jamaica Diaspora Agriculture and Technology Task Forces, Kimone Gooden (centre), shares a light moment with Adjunct Professor, Seminole State College, United States of America (USA), Professor Dwight Elliot (left), and Chief Information Officer, GraceKennedy, Simon Roberts, at the recently held Jamaica 55 Diaspora Conference at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston.
Lead, Jamaica Diaspora Agriculture and Technology Task Forces, Kimone Gooden (centre), shares a light moment with Adjunct Professor, Seminole State College, United States of America (USA), Professor Dwight Elliot (left), and Chief Information Officer, GraceKennedy, Simon Roberts, at the recently held Jamaica 55 Diaspora Conference at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston.

Students Receiving Work Experience with Diaspora-Owned Technology Companies

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‘Jamaica 55’ Celebrations in the United States

Members of the Diaspora residing in the Washington DC metropolitan area, Atlanta and New York will celebrate ‘Jamaica 55’ with a number of activities from August 5 to August 13. The events, organised by the Embassy of Jamaica under the leadership of Ambassador Audrey Marks, will be supported by Diaspora organisations. Activities get underway with the Jamaica Association of Maryland’s...
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Diaspora

Diaspora Technology Task Force Members Seeks IT Consultants

Diaspora Technology Task Force member and small business owner, Devon Lewis, is here to explore hiring Information Technology (IT) consultants in Jamaica to support his client-base in the United States of America. With his business providing IT training and IT consultants to the US market, the small business owner told JIS News that he attended the Diaspora 55 Conference in...
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German Ambassador to Jamaica, Joachim Christoph Schmillen; Head of the European Union Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska; and Finance and Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, pay keen attention as a student explains how to repair a weed whacker. Occasion was the recent launch of the Sugar Transformation Unit’s (STU) skills training programme at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Training and Production Centre in Clarendon.
Foreign Affairs

EU Providing Support for Sugar-Dependent Areas

Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska, says that since 2013, the union has provided over Euros 30 million for programmes aimed at improving the livelihood of people, who reside in sugar-dependent areas. The support has been provided under the EU’s Accompanying Measures for Sugar Protocol Countries, Jamaica (AMS 2013) Project, which is being implemented...
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Foreign Affairs

Jamaicans Living Illegally in the UK Urged to Legitimise Their Status

High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), His Excellency Seth George Ramocan, is urging Jamaicans living illegally in the UK to take steps to legitimise their residency. He said this was imperative in order for persons to avoid challenges such as being unable to gain employment, noting that “if anyone employs you, that person can be charged and imprisoned.” Mr....
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Diaspora

Youth Representation on Diaspora to Increase

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade will be increasing the number of young people on the Diaspora Advisory Boards. “We are going to increase youth representation from one youth leader per country to one youth leader per region in the same way that the other senior members are represented,” said Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith....
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Diaspora

Former Miss Jamaica Urges Support for Sickle Cell Foundation

Ambassador for the Sickle Cell Support Foundation of Jamaica and member of the Jamaican Diaspora in the United Kingdom (UK), Gina Hargitay, is calling for persons to help fight the sickle cell disease, through charity. The Miss Jamaica World 2013, speaking to JIS News at the recently held Jamaica 55 Diaspora Conference in Kingston, said she is in the process...
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