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...

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...

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...

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...

United States (US) Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Luis Moreno is lauding the strong relationship which exists between both countries. Delivering the keynote address at the opening ceremony of the 16th staging of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Expo, Ambassador Moreno stated that Jamaica welcomes an average of over three million Americans annually for trade and tourism...

Jamaica’s new ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Ralph Thomas is calling on members of the Diaspora to seize the opportunity to participate more fully in the development and growth of Jamaica. He was addressing a reception held in his honour at the St. Gregory Hotel in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, October 8. Ambassador Thomas stated that this could...

Jamaicans in the Diaspora, representatives of Federal and State Government and members of the diplomatic corps were on hand to officially welcome new Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Ralph Thomas, at a reception held in his honour at the St. Gregory Hotel, in Washington, D.C., on October 8. In his first public address, Ambassador Thomas called on members...