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The Hon. Arnaldo Brown, Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade in discussion with Joshua Polachek, Public Affairs Officer in the United Sates embassy at the reading to mark International Literacy Day at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade on Tuesday, September 8.
The Hon. Arnaldo Brown, Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade in discussion with Joshua Polachek, Public Affairs Officer in the United Sates embassy at the reading to mark International Literacy Day at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade on Tuesday, September 8.

Literacy Day Message from the Hon. Arnaldo Brown

Message International Literacy Day 8 September 2015   It has been said that “Every literate person is a victory over poverty”, because “Literacy provides tools for men and women to better understand the world and shape it to meet their...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left); and President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, His Excellency Nicolás Maduro, exchange warm greetings just before the start of the ceremony to officially open the Simón Bolívar Cultural Centre in downtown Kingston today (Sept. 6). The centre, named in honour of South American Liberator and Venezuelan Revolutionary Leader, Simón Bolívar, is a gift to Jamaica from Venezuela.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left); and President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, His Excellency Nicolás Maduro, exchange warm greetings just before the start of the ceremony to officially open the Simón Bolívar Cultural Centre in downtown Kingston today (Sept. 6). The centre, named in honour of South American Liberator and Venezuelan Revolutionary Leader, Simón Bolívar, is a gift to Jamaica from Venezuela.

Simón Bolívar Cultural Centre Officially Opens
President of Venezuela, His Excellency Nicholas Maduro (left), is greeted by Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, on his arrival at the Donald Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St. James on Saturday (September 5), for the 10th Anniversary Commemorative Summit of the PetroCaribe Agreement.
President of Venezuela, His Excellency Nicholas Maduro (left), is greeted by Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, on his arrival at the Donald Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St. James on Saturday (September 5), for the 10th Anniversary Commemorative Summit of the PetroCaribe Agreement.

PetroCaribe A Symbol Of Regional Cooperation – Paulwell
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, and Venezuelan President, His Excellency Nicholas Maduro, shortly after his arrival at the Donald Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay on Saturday (September 5), for the 10th Anniversary Commemorative Summit of the PetroCaribe Agreement.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, and Venezuelan President, His Excellency Nicholas Maduro, shortly after his arrival at the Donald Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay on Saturday (September 5), for the 10th Anniversary Commemorative Summit of the PetroCaribe Agreement.

PetroCaribe A Lifeline For Struggling Caribbean Countries – PM
Former Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Most Hon. P.J. Patterson. (FILE)
Former Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Most Hon. P.J. Patterson. (FILE)

Reflections The Petrocaribe Agreement The Most Hon. P. J. Patterson, ON, OCC, PC, QC Commemorative Ceremony

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Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left), addresses a special Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister’s (OPM) Western Regional Office in Montego Bay on Friday (Sept. 4), ahead of the 10th Anniversary Commemorative Summit of the PetroCaribe Agreement this weekend. Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (centre); and OPM Press Secretary, Lincoln Robinson, were in attendance.
Foreign AffairsPetroCaribePrime MinisterTechnology

Petrocaribe Will Be Strengthened – Paulwell

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining, Hon Phillip Paulwell, says that the PetroCaribe Agreement with Venezuela will be strengthened to provide more benefits for Jamaicans. He was addressing a special Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister’s Western Regional Office in Montego Bay on Friday (Sept. 4), ahead of the 10th Anniversary Commemorative Summit of...
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Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to Jamaica, Her Excellency Maria Mendoza Ortega (left), speaking at a Jamaica Information Service ‘Think Tank’ on September 3. At right is Executive Director of the Institute of Jamaica, Anne Marie Bonner.
Foreign AffairsJIS Think Tank

Bolivar’s ‘Jamaica Letter’ Has Strengthened Relations Between Jamaica and Venezuela

Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to Jamaica, Her Excellency Maria Mendoza Ortega, says the ‘Carta de Jamaica’ or Jamaica Letter, written 200 years ago by Venezuelan Liberator, Simón Bolivar, has strengthened ties between both countries. Simon Bolivar played a key role in Latin America’s independence movement against British rule. He was born on July 24, 1783 in Caracas,...
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Foreign Affairs

Queen Diamond Jubilee Fund Gives £2 Million to Jamaica

Jamaican charities and youth projects stand to benefit from approximately £2 million or more than J$340 million  from the Queen Diamond Jubilee Fund. The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust is a charitable foundation established in 2012 to mark and celebrate the Queen’s 60 years on the Throne and her contribution to the Commonwealth. Its mission is to enrich the lives...
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High Commissioner to London, Her Excellency Aloun Ndombet-Assamba (left), presents a special award to Delores Cooper, OD for two decades of service to Jamaica and the United Kingdom (UK) Diaspora. Occasion was an Independence Day Reception hosted by the High Commission at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London on August 5. Sharing the moment is Honorary Consul, Wade Lyn.
Foreign Affairs

Jamaican Charities to Benefit from UK Independence Service

The Mustard Seed Communities and the Pringle Home for Children will share more than $310,000 (£1,700 pounds) collected during this year’s Independence Service of Praise and Thanksgiving in London. The service, held at the Emmanuel Centre in Westminster on July 25, was attended by nearly 1000 Jamaicans and friends of Jamaica from across the United Kingdom (UK). Professor Extraordinarius, University...
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Photo Caption: Charge D’Affaires of the Embassy of Jamaica, Mrs. Marsha Coore-Lobban (front left), joins the large congregation in singing a hymn of praise at the annual church service of thanksgiving commemorating Jamaica’s 53rd year of independence at the Dunbarton Chapel, Howard University School of Law on Sunday, August 2, 2015.
Foreign AffairsOffice of the Prime Minister

Human Capital Jamaica’s Greatest Asset-PM

Prime Minister, the Most Honorable Portia Simpson-Miller says Jamaica has produced an invaluable array of human capital that continues to represent the country’s greatest national asset for social development and economic growth. “It is our people supported by a system of high quality education and relevant world-class training that must now provide the next great leap forward for the nation,”...
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: Mrs. Yodit Getachew Hylton, the Honorary Consul of Ethiopia in Jamaica, Hon. Anthony Hylton, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes, State Minister for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Professor Winston Davidson, Head of the University of Technology School of Public Health & Health Technology, Her Excellency Mathu Theda Joyini, High Commissioner for South Africa to Jamaica, Ambassador Girma Birru, Ambassador of Ethiopia to Jamaica, His Excellency Ariel Fernandez Ambassador of Argentina to Jamaica and his wife Helene Fernandez.
Foreign Affairs

Jamaica Welcomes New Ethiopian Ambassador

The newly appointed Ethiopian Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Girma Birru was welcomed to the island by a contingent of ministers, members of the diplomatic community and well-wishers at a reception hosted by Mrs. Yodit Getachew Hylton, Honorary Consul of Ethiopia to Jamaica on Tuesday, May 12, 2015. Ambassador Birru submitted his credentials to the Governor General of Jamaica, His...
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