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Jamaican Reggae Superstar Orville 'Shaggy' Burrell performs at the Chain of Hope’s fundraising ball in London on Friday (November 20). The Jamaican philanthropist, through his Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation, is partnering with Chain of Hope to raise funds in the United Kingdom (UK) to support the provision of cardiac services for children at the Bustamante Hospital for Children.

London Fundraiser to Benefit Children with Heart Defects

The Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation and the United Kingdom-based Chain of Hope have deepened their partnership to enable more Jamaican children with heart conditions to receive life-saving treatment. The charity organisations recently came together to stage a fundraising ball...
Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Ralph Thomas (2nd left), is flanked by Jamaican recipients of the 2015 Caribbean Heritage Awards. They are (l-r) is Michael Thompson, recipient of the Outstanding Community Service Award; Luminary awardee, international Reggae Artist Maxi Priest; and recipient of the Forerunner Award, Beverly East. The awards were presented at the 22nd Annual Caribbean Awards Gala held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Washington DC on Friday, November 20.
Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Ralph Thomas (2nd left), is flanked by Jamaican recipients of the 2015 Caribbean Heritage Awards. They are (l-r) is Michael Thompson, recipient of the Outstanding Community Service Award; Luminary awardee, international Reggae Artist Maxi Priest; and recipient of the Forerunner Award, Beverly East. The awards were presented at the 22nd Annual Caribbean Awards Gala held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Washington DC on Friday, November 20.

Three Jamaicans Honoured At Caribbean American Heritage Awards
State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown (centre), greets Migration and Development Programme Coordinator, International Organization for Migration (IOM), Republic of Moldova, Ghenadie Cretu (left). Occasion was Wednesday’s (November 18) meeting of the National Working Group on International Migration and Development (NWGIMD), at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), New Kingston. Listening keenly is: Director of the PIOJ’s Social Planning and Research Division, Easton Williams. The NWGIMD is chaired by Mr. Brown, with Mr. Williams serving as his deputy.
State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown (centre), greets Migration and Development Programme Coordinator, International Organization for Migration (IOM), Republic of Moldova, Ghenadie Cretu (left). Occasion was Wednesday’s (November 18) meeting of the National Working Group on International Migration and Development (NWGIMD), at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), New Kingston. Listening keenly is: Director of the PIOJ’s Social Planning and Research Division, Easton Williams. The NWGIMD is chaired by Mr. Brown, with Mr. Williams serving as his deputy.

Work Advanced on Migration and Development Policy
United States Congresswoman, Yvette Clarke who was in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on an official three-day visit from November 13 to 15.
United States Congresswoman, Yvette Clarke who was in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on an official three-day visit from November 13 to 15.

Congresswoman Highlights Impact of Diaspora in US
Member of Parliament for East Central St. Catherine and Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown (right), looks at something being pointed out by United States Ambassador to Jamaica, Luis Moreno, at the opening of the Gregory Park Community Development Centre in St. Catherine today (November 18). The centre was constructed under the United States Agency for International Development
Member of Parliament for East Central St. Catherine and Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown (right), looks at something being pointed out by United States Ambassador to Jamaica, Luis Moreno, at the opening of the Gregory Park Community Development Centre in St. Catherine today (November 18). The centre was constructed under the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) Community Empowerment and Transformation Project, Phase II (COMET II).

$15 Million Community Resource Centre Opens in Gregory Park

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High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Her Excellency, Aloun Ndombet-Assamba (left), receives the ‘Joe Biden Development Educator of the Year 2014-2015’ Award for the Caribbean, from Trustee of the International Credit Union Leadership Development and Education Foundation, Marilynne Epstein. The presentation was made at a ceremony in London on Saturday, November 14.
Foreign Affairs

High Commissioner Named Joe Biden Development Educator for Caribbean

High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Her Excellency Aloun Ndombet Assamba, is the recipient of the ‘Joe Biden Development Educator of the Year 2014-2015’ Award for the Caribbean. The award, presented by the International Credit Union Leadership Development and Education Foundation, was made at a ceremony in London on Saturday, November 14. The High Commissioner was nominated for the...
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CultureForeign Affairs

Jamaica stresses the importance of culture as a driver and enabler of development at UNESCO General Conference

As a country whose culture is world renowned, Jamaica recognized UNESCO’s invaluable role in promoting the cultural and creative industries as key drivers of development. This message was conveyed by Jamaica’s permanent Delegate to UNESCO, Ambassador Vilma McNish, as she delivered Jamaica’s policy statement at the 38th General Conference of UNESCO at the organization’s headquarters in Paris on 4 November...
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The Simón Bolívar Cultural Centre located downtown Kingston, which is a gift from the Venezuelan Government to Jamaica, is named in honour of South American Liberator and Venezuelan Revolutionary Leader, Simón Bolívar.
Foreign Affairs

Simón Bolívar ’s Jamaica Letter Hailed for Integration

State Minister in the Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Ministry, Hon. Arnaldo Brown, has hailed Simón Bolívar’s Jamaica Letter for engendering the entrenchment of regional integration among Latin American and Caribbean nations. Speaking at a symposium, held at the Regional Headquarters Building on  the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies, on November 11, which examined the progression...
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Director and Representative, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Cluster Office for the Caribbean, Katherine Grigsby (left), listens attentively to Everton Hannam, Secretary General, Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO. Occasion was the Cluster Meeting of the Caribbean National Commissions for UNESCO, held last week, at the Hyatt Ziva Resort in Rosehall, St. James under the theme: ‘Caribbean in Action for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals’.
Foreign Affairs

Caribbean to Get Support from UNESCO to Meet Sustainable Development Goals

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will be providing support to Caribbean countries to enable them to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs, consist of 17 goals that are focussed on ending poverty and hunger, improving health and education, making cities more sustainable, combating climate change, and protecting oceans and forests. They build on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which countries...
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Finance & Public ServiceForeign Affairs

Financial Sector Urged To Be Watchful

The Government is calling on the financial sector to be watchful in ensuring that only clean money enters or passes through their systems from the new ganja industry. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson, who made the call today (October 12), said the opening of opportunities in the industry also involved risks. He was...
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson, emphasies a point as he addresses a public forum on the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), held on October 9, at the Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies, Mona.
Foreign Affairs

Senator Nicholson Urges Full Support for CCJ

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson, is urging full support for the adoption of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as Jamaica’s final appellate court. In underscoring the court’s integrity, Minister Nicholson maintained that the judgments delivered are of high quality and not open to political manipulation. “The argument about fixing our local justice system...
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