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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

The Simón Bolívar Cultural Centre was officially opened today (September 6), standing as another symbol of the bonds of friendship between Jamaica and Venezuela. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller and President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,...

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.

PetroCaribe A Lifeline For Struggling Caribbean Countries – PM

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

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.

Petrocaribe Will Be Strengthened – Paulwell

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.

10 years ago 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,...

10 years ago 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...

Representatives from the Jamaica Kidney Care Foundation speak with parents at the Spanish Jamaican Foundation’s back-to-school health and information fair at the Spot Valley High School in St. James on Friday (August 21).

10 years ago Foreign AffairsHealth & Wellness

Hundreds Receive Free Health Checks for Back-To-School

Hundreds of students from the Rose Hall area in St. James have benefited from free health services in time for the start of the new academic year in September. At a free back-to-school health and information fair staged by the Spanish-Jamaica Foundation (SJF) at the Spot Valley High School on August 21, the students received free medical checks, including eye...

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.

10 years ago 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...

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.

10 years ago 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,”...

: 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.

11 years ago 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...

11 years ago Foreign Affairs

Jamaican Government Rejects Portions of 2015 Trafficking in Persons US State Department Report

The Jamaican Government has registered its deep disappointment with aspects of the 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report of the United States State Department (released on Monday July 27, 2015), and with the continuation of the Tier 2 Watch List ranking which Jamaica received last year. The Report states that “Jamaica does not comply with the minimum standards for the elimination...