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Director of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Cluster Office in the Caribbean, Katherine Grigsby, speaking at the recent UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Conference, held at the Hyatt Ziva Hotel in Rose Hall, St. James.
Director of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Cluster Office in the Caribbean, Katherine Grigsby, speaking at the recent UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Conference, held at the Hyatt Ziva Hotel in Rose Hall, St. James.

UNESCO Official Says Jamaica Should be Proud of Investment in Education

Director of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Cluster Office for the Caribbean, Katherine Grigsby, says Jamaica and other Caribbean states should be proud of the investment they have made in education. Speaking at the recent UNESCO...
Commonwealth Secretary-General, Rt. Hon. Patricia Scotland (at podium), addresses a Town Hall meeting at the Regional Headquarters of the University of the West Indies in St. Andrew on July 8.
Commonwealth Secretary-General, Rt. Hon. Patricia Scotland (at podium), addresses a Town Hall meeting at the Regional Headquarters of the University of the West Indies in St. Andrew on July 8.

Youth Urged to Help Commonwealth States Achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), is greeted by the Haitian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Peirrot Delienne, at the opening of the 37th regular meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Georgetown, Guyana, on July 4. The conference ends on July 6.
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), is greeted by the Haitian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Peirrot Delienne, at the opening of the 37th regular meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Georgetown, Guyana, on July 4. The conference ends on July 6.

Prime Minister Commends CARICOM
Prime Minister Andrew Holness (centre) is seen with (from left): Mr Bruce Golding, former Prime Minister and newly appointed Chairman of CARICOM Review Commission, Damien King, Economist, Professor Alvin Wint, and Andre Mariott-Blake, CARICOM Youth Ambassador. The Prime Minister launched the Commission today (Tuesday, June 28) at the Office of the Prime Minister.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness (centre) is seen with (from left): Mr Bruce Golding, former Prime Minister and newly appointed Chairman of CARICOM Review Commission, Damien King, Economist, Professor Alvin Wint, and Andre Mariott-Blake, CARICOM Youth Ambassador. The Prime Minister launched the Commission today (Tuesday, June 28) at the Office of the Prime Minister.

CARICOM Review Commission
Jamaica’s Acting High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Diedre Mills, stands next to the memorial statue in honour of Jamaican-born Mary Seacole, which was unveiled in the gardens of the St. Thomas Hospital on June 30.
Jamaica’s Acting High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Diedre Mills, stands next to the memorial statue in honour of Jamaican-born Mary Seacole, which was unveiled in the gardens of the St. Thomas Hospital on June 30.

Mary Seacole Statue Unveiled in London

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Gov’t to Name High Commissioner to UK Soon

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says the process is under way for the appointment of a new Jamaican High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK). Mrs. Johnson Smith was responding to questions posed by Opposition Senator, Mark Golding during Friday’s (July 1) sitting of the Senate. “There is a process between the...
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Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP
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Prime Minister Attends CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting in Guyana

The Most Honourable Prime Minister Andrew Holness leads Jamaica’s delegation to the 37th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM being held in Georgetown, Guyana, July 4-6 under the Chairmanship of the Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister of Dominica. The Prime Minister and his delegation left the island yesterday (Sunday, July 3). The meeting is being...
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Gov’t Monitoring ‘Brexit’ Opportunities and Implications for Jamaica

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says the Government continues to monitor the possible opportunities and implications for Jamaica, consequent on Britain’s decision to leave the European Union (EU). She said the Ministry, through its Foreign Trade Department, was liaising with representatives from the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, and academics, in this...
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith.
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Senator The Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith on The Implications of the United Kingdom’s Vote to Leave the European Union

Senate Statement By Senator The Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade on The Implications of the United Kingdom’s Vote to Leave the European Union Friday, 1st July 2016 Mr. President Honourable Members, For several months preceding the United Kingdom’s Referendum held on 23rd June 2016, in which the people of that country voted on whether to...
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Acting High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Diedre Mills (centre), shares a moment with Graeme Mortimer Evelyn (left); and Kat Anderson, Co-curators of the Jamaica Pulse visual arts exhibition, which opened on June 24 in Bristol.
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Jamaica Pulse Art Exhibition Opens in Bristol

Jamaica Pulse, the first major exhibition of Jamaican visual art to be held in the United Kingdom, opened on Friday (June 24) in Bristol. The four-month exhibition is being staged by the Royal West of England Academy (RWA), and showcases the diversity of Jamaican art, ranging from contemporary pieces to the works of veteran artists such as Albert Huie, George...
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Former Prime Minister, Hon. Bruce Golding (left), speaking at a forum hosted by the University of the West Indies (UWI) Office of the Vice Chancellor, in collaboration with UWI, Mona’s Department of Economics and the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI) at the UWI Regional Headquarters on June 29. Also participating in the forum, titled ’BREXIT: Implications for the Caribbean’ are (from second left) United Kingdom High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency David Fitton; Jamaica National Building Society Executive, Dr. Dana Dixon; and UWI Lecturer, Dr. Damien King.
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Caribbean Urged to Strengthen Economy

The Caribbean is being urged to strengthen its regional community and economy through CARICOM, as well as the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP), in light of Britain’s pending exit from the European Union (EU). This call came out of a forum titled, ‘BREXIT: Implications for the Caribbean’, which was hosted by the Office of the Vice Chancellor...
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness (centre) is seen with (from left): Mr Bruce Golding, former Prime Minister and newly appointed Chairman of CARICOM Review Commission, Damien King, Economist, Professor Alvin Wint, and Andre Mariott-Blake, CARICOM Youth Ambassador. The Prime Minister launched the Commission today (Tuesday, June 28) at the Office of the Prime Minister.
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Chairman of CARICOM Review Commission Outlines Tasks

Chairman of Jamaica’s newly formed Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Review Commission, Hon. Bruce Golding, says the panel will be taking a structured approach to fulfilling its very broad mandate. He says this includes utilising a “huge body of work”, comprising reports, research and studies that exist on CARICOM, to “inform ourselves as we try to address the wide range of issues”....
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