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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 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...

Shamoy Hajare, who won this year’s Commonwealth Youth Award for the Caribbean/Canada region, being presented with her award by the High Commissioner of St. Kits Nevis, Dr. Kevin Isaac.

10 years ago Foreign Affairs

Jamaican Wins Commonwealth Youth Award

Shamoy Hajare, from Jamaica, has won this year’s Commonwealth Youth Award for the Caribbean/Canada region. The presentation was made recently at Marlborough House, in London. Shamoy is the founder and President of Jamaica School for Social Entrepreneurship (JSSE), a hub for social enterprise development, which promotes the concept of learning by doing. The JSSE currently assists individuals and community based...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (right), views the mini Commonwealth Day exhibition along with Mona High School students and English teacher, Ms. Julian Sharpe (left), at the Ministry, in New Kingston, on March 17. The Foreign Ministry and guests from the Diplomatic Corps, the University of the West Indies and Mona High commemorated the Day with a ceremony and an exhibition.

10 years ago Foreign Affairs

Young People Urged to Take Advantage of Opportunities in Commonwealth

Young people have been called on to make an impact in the world and to take advantage of the many opportunities in the Commonwealth. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, made the call at a ceremony to commemorate Commonwealth Day, on March 17, at the Ministry, in New Kingston. The day...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith arrives for the start of the first official meeting of the Cabinet held on March 15 at the Office of the Prime Minister. (File)

10 years ago Foreign Affairs

Foreign Ministry to Assist Growth Thrust

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade will be working with other Ministries and Overseas Missions to facilitate the Government’s economic growth and job creation thrust. Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, made the disclosure during an interview with journalists just before the start of the first official meeting of the Cabinet on March 15 at the...