Latest

Assistant to the Mexican Ambassador to Jamaica, Georgina Singh, studied in Mexico where she obtained a degree in Government and Political Studies with honours.

Jamaican Benefits from Mexican Scholarship

Twenty-eight year-old Georgina Singh is proof of the successful and enduring diplomatic relationship existing between Jamaica and Mexico, over the last 50 years. Ms. Singh, a recipient of the 2005 Call for Scholarships from the Mexican Government to foreigners, is...

Technical Advisor, Investment and Private Sector at the CARICOM Secretariat Office of Trade Negotiations, Joel Richards.

Cave Hill Students Examine Local Implementation of CSME

In this file photo Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), addresses a post-Cabinet press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston on April 13. At (right) is Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid.

CARICOM Secretary-General to Meet With Jamaican Government Officials

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

Jamaica and Trinidad Begin Talks to Solve Entry Issue

Ambassador of Mexico to Jamaica, Her Excellency Martha Cecilia Jaber.

Jamaica and Mexico to Deepen Relations

10 years ago Foreign Affairs

Country to take full Advantage of CARICOM Benefits

The Government will be appointing a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Review Commission, aimed at positioning the country to take full advantage of benefits under the organisation. This was announced by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, today (April 27), at the unveiling ceremony for new equipment installed at International Biscuits Limited (IBL), in St. Andrew. “I think the time has...

10 years ago AgricultureForeign Affairs

Farmers to Receive Organic Certification

A number of local farmers will receive training and certification in organic standards under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) and the Jamaica Diaspora Agriculture Task Force (JDAT). JAS President, Norman Grant, made the disclosure to JIS News at a food security summit held on April 21 at the Jamaica Conference Centre, Downtown, Kingston. Under...

10 years ago Budget 2016/2017Foreign Affairs

$10 Million to Advance Development Strategy

The Government’s development strategy is to be further advanced with another allotment of $10.1 million in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The sum has been provided under the Technical Cooperation Facility IV project, which aims to contribute to the implementation of the Jamaican Government's development strategy, through support to programmes financed by the European...

10 years ago Budget 2016/2017Foreign Affairs

Training in EU Procedures

Two training courses are to be implemented this fiscal year for Government and non-Government officers in European Union (EU) procedures. This is to be done under the Technical Cooperation Facility (TCF) V project, for which $129.3 million has been provided in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project seeks to identify, formulate and implement...

10 years ago Budget 2016/2017Foreign Affairs

Work to Begin this Fiscal Year on Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ New Offices

Construction of new offices downtown Kingston to house the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade is expected to get underway this fiscal year. A sum of $666 million has been set aside in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, to carry out the works. The new facility will provide adequate accommodation for staff, meeting...

Ambassador of Argentina to Jamaica, His Excellency, Ariel Fernandez (left) presents Foreign Service Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Vonroy Rochester with his post-graduate diploma, at a recent closing ceremony of the Argentine Spanish Language Training Programme. The closing ceremony was held at the offices of the Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Ministry, Dominica Drive, Kingston.

10 years ago Foreign Affairs

Jamaican Benefits from Diplomatic Programme

Jamaica’s Foreign Service personnel have been benefiting from the excellent relationship the country has with Argentina, the second largest country in Southern America. The two nations have enjoyed over 50 years of bilateral relations. Foreign Service Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Vonroy Rochester, is a proud recipient of a post-graduate diploma having completed the 2015...

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (second right), having a light exchange with Chairperson of the Jamaica Diaspora Education Task Force, Leo Gilling (second left), on the first of the two-day 2nd Biennial Advancement in Education Summit at Jamaica College, on Old Hope Road in Kingston, on March 23. Others (from left) are: President of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Norman Allen; President of the Mico University College, Dr. Ashburn Pinnock; Executive Director of the Jamaica Diaspora Institute, Professor Neville Ying; Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid and Opposition Spokesperson on Education and Training, Rev. Ronald Thwaites.

10 years ago Foreign AffairsJamaican Diaspora

Diaspora Voting to be Explored

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says the Government is to examine the best practices of certain countries, with a view to having Jamaicans living in the Diaspora being allowed to vote. Countries such as India, Mexico, France, Israel and Ireland have already implemented the framework to facilitate external voting for members of...