The Jamaican diaspora wants to see a holistic approach to crime-fighting on the island. Head of the Jamaica Diaspora Crime Intervention and Prevention Task Force, Dr. Rupert Francis, told JIS News that the task force has pooled professionals from a broad spectrum to aid in the country’s fight against crime. “We will bring to bear the criminal-justice operators or professionals,...

Jamaica’s candidature for re-election to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council for the period 2018-2019 was launched in London on July 6. High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), His Excellency Seth George Ramocan, hosted the launch at the IMO headquarters, where the 71st Session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) was being held. The five-day meeting concluded on...

High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), His Excellency Seth George Ramocan, on July 3 officially opened the Jamaica Garden Terrace at the Scottish-influenced Boisdale Restaurant in London’s financial district, Canary Wharf. The Jamaica Garden Terrace, which will celebrate the historic and cultural links between Jamaica and Scotland, will feature Jamaican food as well as musical performances from well-known Jamaican...

Jamaica’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), His Excellency Seth Ramocan, on Thursday (July 6) hosted 23 Jamaican scholars at a luncheon in their honour at the High Commission in London. The scholars, aptly described by High Commissioner Ramocan as “amazing future leaders of Jamaica”, comprised 14 Chevening, five Commonwealth and one Jamaica National Foundation scholarship awardees, who are...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says Jamaica is of the view that the movement of skilled workers should be fast-tracked in the implementation plan for the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), as well as execution of the central application process. This, she said, would allow for a streamlining and standardisation of...

Three award-winning United Kingdom-based Jamaican writers, Alex Wheatle, Kerry Young and Kei Miller, were featured at the Jamaica 55 Literary Evening, which was hosted by the Jamaican High Commission in London, recently. The Literary Evening is one of the activities being held this year as part of the Jamaica 55-UK celebrations. High Commissioner, His Excellency Seth George Ramocan, noted the...

A memorial in honour of the African and Caribbean soldiers who fought in World Wars I and II has been unveiled in London. The sculpture, located in Windrush Square, Brixton, is formed of two six-foot (1.8m)-long obelisks, with a combined weight of just under five tonnes. It was on display at the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton in 2014. High...