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High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, His Excellency Seth George Ramocan.

High Commissioner to Launch Diaspora Conference in London

High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), His Excellency Seth George Ramocan, will launch the Jamaica 55 Diaspora Conference and the Jamaica 55 celebrations in London, on Thursday, June 1. The conference will be held over the period July 23...

Staff members of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade paint playground equipment at the Mission House Methodist Basic School in Gordon Town, East Rural St. Andrew, on Labour Day, May 23.

Basic School Receives Help from Foreign Affairs Ministry

State Minister in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Rudyard Spencer (2nd left); and Cuba’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Bernardo Guanche Hernández (right), congratulate Taneisha Atkinson (seated), who was officially presented with a medical scholarship to pursue studies in Cuba, during a ceremony at the Embassy of the Republic of Cuba on Wednesday (May 24). Also sharing in the moment are: Acting Director, Health Services, Planning and Integration, Ministry of Health, Dr. Simone Spence (left); and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Marcia Gilbert-Roberts. Taneisha, who will be pursuing an Associate Degree in Cytology, Histology and Thanatology, was among eight Jamaican students, who were awarded scholarships under the Jamaica/Cuba Bilateral Scholarship Programme.

Eight Jamaicans to Pursue Medical Studies in Cuba

High Commissioner to the UK, His Excellency Seth George Ramocan, makes his presentation at the launch of the Jamaica 55 Steering Committee in London, recently.

Jamaica 55 UK Steering Committee Launched

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (right), along with resident of Gordon Town in St. Andrew, Renechia Osbourne, paints playground equipment at the Mission House Methodist Basic School in the community during Labour Day activities on Tuesday, May 23.

Foreign Affairs Ministry Renovates Basic School

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Diaspora Conference Launch in Canada May 30

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, will launch the Diaspora 55 Conference in Canada on Tuesday, May 30, at the Eaton Chelsea Hotel in Toronto. The conference, slated for July 23 to 26 at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, under the theme: ‘Partnering for Growth’, is one of the key activities of...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith. (File)

9 years ago Foreign Affairs

New ACP-EU Agreement After 2020

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says the Government is committed to the negotiation for a successor arrangement to the African, Caribbean and Pacific-European Union (ACP-EU) Cotonou Partnership Agreement, when the existing facility expires in 2020. She also welcomes the EU’s “strong signals” expressed during the recent 42nd Session of the ACP-EU Council of...

9 years ago Foreign Affairs

Gov’t Reaffirms Support For EU Stability

The Government has reaffirmed its support for the solidarity and stability of the European Union (EU). Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, said the Administration will continue to partner with the EU in supporting issues of mutual interest in various regional and international fora. She was speaking at a special reception hosted by the...

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), greets France’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Jean-Michel Despax, during Monday’s (May 8) Europe Day reception, organised by the Office of the European Delegation in Jamaica, at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona. At centre is Delegation Head, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska.

9 years ago Foreign Affairs

European Union Lauded for Support

The Government has expressed heartfelt gratitude for the significant developmental grant support that the European Union (EU) continues to extend to Jamaica, under a Cooperation Agreement signed 42 years ago. Provisions under this arrangement over the period have, to date, totalled in excess of $100 billion (€1 billion). Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith,...

Malgorzata Wasilewska, Head of Delegation, EU Jamaica.

9 years ago Foreign Affairs

EU Delegation Celebrates Europe Day

Today (May 8) the European Union Delegation in Jamaica is celebrating Europe Day and the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Rome Treaties, which heralded the birth of a united Europe. Europe Day is a celebration of the Declaration delivered on 9th May 1950 by then French Foreign Minister, Robert Schuman - five years after the end of the...

9 years ago Foreign Affairs

CSME Important – Betton-Nayo

Head of the Trade Agreements Implementation Coordination Unit in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Symone Betton-Nayo, says Jamaicans need to be more aware of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and the many benefits it offers. She noted that the CSME must be viewed as something that belongs to the people and for which they must...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), addresses journalists at a recent press briefing held at the Ministry’s office in New Kingston. At right is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Ambassador Marcia Gilbert-Roberts.

9 years ago Foreign Affairs

Jamaica Engages CARICOM and OAS to Promote Dialogue in Venezuela

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says Jamaica will continue to engage CARICOM and the Organization of American States (OAS) members to promote dialogue and a peaceful resolution to the situation in Venezuela. Speaking to journalists at a recent press briefing at the Ministry in New Kingston, the Minister said the situation in...