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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

Prime Minister, the Most Hon Portia Simpson Miller, has underscored the significant impact the PetroCaribe Agreement has had on the economic independence of countries of the Caribbean region. In a statement at the plenary session of the 10th Anniversary Commemorative...

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.

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

Queen Diamond Jubilee Fund Gives £2 Million to Jamaica

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.

11 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...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. A.J. Nicholson (right) and Venezuelan Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Maria Jacqueline Mendoza (left), lay a wreath at the monument of Simon Bolivar, at Bolivar Square, National Heroes Circle on Friday, July 24, to commemorate the birthday of Simon Bolivar.

11 years ago Foreign Affairs

Principles of Simon Bolivar Still Relevant – Senator Nicholson

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson, says the principles of unity and cooperation exemplified by the Venezuelan military leader and liberator, Simon Bolivar, are still relevant today. Simon Bolivar played a key role in Latin America’s independence movement against British rule. He was born on July 24, 1783 in Caracas, Venezuela and died at...

Protocol Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Marva Campbell (centre), shows her Certificate of Attendance, obtained from the prestigious Diplomatic School in Madrid, Spain, to the Ministry’s Director of Training, Geraldine Myles (left); and Spanish-Jamaican Foundation (SJF) General Manager, Karen Donaldson, during a recent welcome reception held for her at the offices of the Embassy of Spain and SJF, in New Kingston. Mrs. Campbell pursued a Masters Degree in Diplomacy and International Relations at the institution during the 2014/15 academic year, and is currently preparing her thesis for submission to complete the programme, following which she will be conferred with her degree.

11 years ago Foreign Affairs

Jamaican Benefits from Studying at Spain’s Diplomatic School

Protocol Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Marva Campbell, recently returned to Jamaica, after completing studies at Spain’s prestigious Diplomatic School, in Madrid. Mrs. Campbell was awarded a scholarship to the institution, courtesy of Spain’s former Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Celsa Nuño, which was intended to provide her with the opportunity for advanced and specialized...