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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.

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...

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.

PM Emphasises Importance of Foreign Ministry

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre) and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator, the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (4th left), share a photo opportunity with long-serving employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, who were honoured at a ceremony held on Wednesday (September 6) at the Ministry’s offices on Dominica Drive, New Kingston. From left are Undersecretary, Multilateral Affairs Division, Ambassador Sheila Sealy Monteith; Senior Secretary, Prudence Hamil; Undersecretary, Diaspora, Protocol and Consular Affairs Division, Ambasssador Sharon Saunders; Undersecretary, Foreign Trade Division, Marcia Thomas; Director, Caribbean and Americas Department, Angella Comfort; Librarian, Andrea Noble; Assistant Director, Protocol Department, Sharon Burrell Green, and Protocol Officer, Cecile Christie.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Honours Long-Serving Employees

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith (left), presents two publications commemorating the 55th anniversary of the Ministry’s establishment to Chief Executive Office of the Jamaica Information Service, Donna-Marie Rowe, during a ceremony at the Ministry’s Dominica Drive offices in New Kingston on Monday, September 4.. The ceremony was held to launch the publications and open a commemorative exhibition. In the background is Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Ambassador Marcia Gilbert-Roberts.

Foreign Affairs Ministry Celebrates 55th Anniversary with Commemorative Publications

Director, Investment Branch, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Omar Chedda (centre), displays a certificate for his participation in the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) 37th regional course on key issues on the international economic agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean, in Medellin, Colombia. At left is Economic Affairs Officer, UNCTAD, Kalman Kalotay. The course ran from July 24 to August 11.

Recommendations from UNCTAD Course Should Benefit Country

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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...

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Foreign Affairs Ministry Opens Exhibition to Launch 55th Anniversary Celebrations

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade launched its 55th anniversary celebrations with the opening of an exhibition highlighting the entity’s achievements since 1962. Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, and Foreign Service Officer in the Ministry’s Bilateral Relations Department, Dayton Thomas, cut the ribbon to officially launch the two-week exhibit at the Ministry’s Dominica Drive offices...

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National Library of Jamaica Lobbies United Kingdom Diaspora’s Support

Chairman of the National Library of Jamaica (NLJ), Joy Douglas, is urging Jamaicans in the United Kingdom to support the NLJ’s efforts to build a new home. Speaking at a recent meeting at the Jamaican High Commission in London, she said her goal was to establish a Friends of the National Library group. Mrs. Douglas and Jamaica’s National Librarian and...

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National Hero, Rt. Excellent Marcus Garvey, Remembered in London

Jamaica’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), His Excellency Seth George Ramocan, says the message of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, is one of liberation that brought dignity and upliftment to oppressed people around the world. He was speaking at the first annual Marcus Garvey Pan-Africanism Presentation at the Willesden Green Library in North London to...

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, greets President-elect of the National Association of Jamaicans and Supportive Organizations (NAJASO), Dr. Robert Clarke (second left), at a recent luncheon held at the embassy in Washington. Others (from left) are Chairman of NAJASO’s medical mission, Dr. Rudolph Willis; NAJASO’s President, Ricardo Nugent; Chairman of NAJASO, Dr. Richard Constable, and Legal Advisor, Ambassador Curtis Ward.

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Diaspora in US Urged to Exercise Political Influence

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, says the time is ripe for Jamaicans domiciled in the United States to exercise political influence in their adoptive home. Ambassador Marks told members of the Executive of the National Association of Jamaicans and Supportive Organizations (NAJASO), at a recent luncheon at the Embassy in Washington, that they should lead...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addresses the 23rd Session of the International Seabed Authority at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on August 16.

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Member States of ISA Urged to Pay Arrears

Member States of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in arrears with their annual contributions to the body’s Voluntary Trust Fund are being urged to bring the payments up to date quickly. This call comes from Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, who noted that several countries are in arrears for more than two...

President of the Atlanta Jamaican Association (AJA), Alan Stewart (4th left), shares a photo opportunity with seven of 13 recipients of scholarships presented by the AJA. Occasion was the organisation’s annual Independence Ball and Scholarship Awards ceremony held on August 12 at the Sheraton Hotel, downtown Atlanta. From left are Natahlia Robinson, Brianna Ramsey, Sierra Hart, Keyanna Ennis, Jazz Duncan, Stone Crews and Ghiselle Brown, who are of Jamaican heritage.

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Atlanta Jamaican Association Awards 13 Scholarships

The Atlanta Jamaican Association (AJA) has awarded 13 academic scholarships to students pursuing tertiary studies in Jamaica and Atlanta, Georgia. The presentations were made at the AJA’s annual Independence Ball and Scholarship Awards ceremony held on August 12 at the Sheraton Hotel, downtown Atlanta. Of the recipients, five are Jamaican students. They are Cadell Green and Joy-Ann Mason, who attend...